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« Wednesday April 28, 2010 »
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Dave Isay - Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps
Start: 7:30 pm
Historic LoDo: Colorado Public Radio joins us in presenting Dave Isay, the founder of StoryCorps and its parent company, Sound Portraits Productions. Over the past two decades his radio documentary work has won nearly every award in broadcasting, including five Peabody awards. He is the author (or coauthor) of four books based on Sound Portraits radio stories, including Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago and Flophouse. Isay will discuss and sign his new book Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps ($21.95 Penguin). In this new collection, Isay presents StoryCorps’s most revelatory stories on moms, looking across a diversity of experience to present an entirely original portrait of motherhood. THERE ARE NO RESERVATIONS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT. THANKS! Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com
Anchee Min - Pearl of China
Start: 7:30 pm
Colfax Avenue: Anchee Min, the bestselling author of Red Azalea and Empress Orchid, will read from and sign her critically acclaimed new novel Pearl of China ($24.00 Bloomsbury USA), the poignant story of the friendship of a lifetime, based on the life of Pearl S. Buck. “[Anchee] Min, a prime example of an indomitable Chinese woman, has made it her mission to reveal the truth about the lives of women in China, including Madame Mae, Empress Tzu Hsi, and now Buck...Ardently detailed, dramatic, and encompassing, Min’s fresh and penetrating interpretation of Pearl S. Buck’s extraordinary life delivers profound psychological, spiritual, and historical insights within an unforgettable cross-cultural story of a quest for veracity, compassion, and justice.” —Booklist, starred review Visit Anchee Min’s website. Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com
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