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« Thursday April 15, 2010 »
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William T. Vollmann - Kissing the Mask
Start: 7:30 pm
Colfax Avenue: Acclaimed journalist and author William Vollmann will discuss and sign Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater, with Some Thoughts on Muses (Especially Helga Testorf), Transgender Women, Kabuki Goddesses, Porn Queens, Poets, Housewives, Makeup Artists, Geishas, Valkyries and Venus Figurines ($29.99 HarperCollins), a charming and evocative examination of the ancient Japanese tradition of Noh theatre and the keys it holds to our modern understanding of beauty. Kissing the Mask is the first major book on Noh by an American writer since the 1916 publication of the classic study Pisan Cantos and the Noh by Ezra Pound. But Kissing the Mask is pure Vollmann—illustrated with photos by the author with provocative related side discussions on femininity, transgender, kabuki, pornography, geishas, and more. Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com
Laura Munson - This Is Not The Story You Think It Is...
Start: 7:30 pm
Historic LoDo: Laura Munson will discuss and sign This Is Not The Story You Think It Is... A Season of Unlikely Happiness ($24.95 Penguin), her memoir of what happened when her husband of more than twenty years told her he wasn’t sure he loved her anymore and wanted to move out. Her response to him: I don’t buy it. In this poignant, wise, and often funny memoir, Munson recounts a period of months in which her faith in herself—and her marriage—was put to the test. Her book chronicles a woman coming to terms with the myths we tell ourselves, and others, about our life and realizing that ultimately happiness is completely within our control. Visit Laura Munson’s website. Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com
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