Books
Mary Szybist The poet reads from her work including Incarnadine in the Seattle Pacific Art Center Gallery. Seattle Pacific University, 3214 Fourth Ave. W. Free Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 6:30 – 7:30pm
Daniel Handler The author also known as Lemony Snicket discusses his new novel We Are Pirates. Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104 Free Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 7 – 8pm
David Treuer His new novel Prudence has already received high praise from Toni Morrison. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Kate E. Thompson She makes her literary debut with Bigfoot Hunters Never Lie. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., Seattle, 98115 Free Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Richelle Mead
The Ruby Circle: A Bloodlines Novel is the conclusion of the <i>Bloodlines</i> series. University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Jeanne Matthews
Where the Bones are Buried is another installment in the Dinah Pelerin mystery series. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., Seattle, 98115 Free Thursday, February 12, 2015, 5 – 6pm
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Issa Rae
Misadventures of an Awkward Black Girl is a collection of personal essays on everything from cybersexing to self-acceptance. UW Ethnic Cultural Center, 3931 Brooklyn Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Thursday, February 12, 2015, 6:30 – 7:30pm
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Issa Rae If you haven’t heard her name yet, take note. Since starting her “Misadventures of an Awkward Black Girl” series on YouTube on 2011, Rae has attracted more than 20 million views and 150,000 subscribers. She’s even gotten attention from Pharrell Williams, Lena Dunham, and Mindy Kaling. Her webisodes chronicle life, love, and everything in between with humor and sass. In the same fashion, Rae’s now written an autobiography, Misadventures of an Awkward Black Girl (Atria, $26). And while Rae is proud of her heritage and claims to hate talking about race all the time, race is as central to her memoir as her unique voice. She’s contributing to a larger conversation on ethnicity, gender, and self-acceptance. UW Ethnic Cultural Center, 634-3400, bookstore.washington. edu. Free. 6:30 p.m. BIANCA SEWAKE UW Ethnic Cultural Center, 3931 Brooklyn Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Thursday, February 12, 2015, 6:30pm
Ann Hedreen Her new memoir, Her Beautiful Brain, is about motherhood, Alzheimer’s, and loss. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA 98115 Free Thursday, February 12, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Matt Zoller Seitz The <i>New York Magazine</i> critic and EIC at RogerEbert.com discusses his new book The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel filled with interviews and insight on the making of the film. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Thursday, February 12, 2015, 7 – 8pm
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Matt Zoller Seitz If you can’t get enough of Wes Anderson or The Grand Budapest Hotel, Seitz is your man. They previously collaborated on The Wes Anderson Collection, and now comes The Grand Budapest Hotel (Abrams, $35) a coffee table-cum-scrapbook devoted to that movie and all its fabulous intricacy. Besides three long interviews with Anderson, countless set photos, scholarly essays, storyboards, costume illustrations, and arcana (because there will be arcana), Seitz collects the thoughts of Ralph Fiennes. (The latter claims Anderson is not a fussy perfectionist . . . hmmm.) But the book is all about Wes, who says, “The movie is all about seeing things from another time.” His trifold timeframe is 1985, 1968, and 1932 (each with its own aspect ratio), and the constant (re)framing reflects the as-told-to literary style of Stefan Zweig (1881-1942), whose writings inspired Anderson’s plot and characters. (Though intriguingly, Anderson says Fiennes’ Gustave is based on an unnamed friend of his.) Still, this is a real movie-lover’s book, designed to within an inch of its life, like Anderson’s own films. It’s a lovely, indispensible companion to the DVD (released last June), no matter how Budapest scores at the Oscars this month. Anderson is generous in his nods to other movies and influences (including On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, I was gratified to note, prompting the Willem Dafoe “snow-globe version” sled-ski chase). Like any good book, this one has footnotes and an index, lending meticulous support to Anderson’s stated goal of creating “a sad comedy.” Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., 624-6600, elliottbaybook.com. Free. 7 p.m. BRIAN MILLER Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Thursday, February 12, 2015, 7pm
Rainer Maria Rilke Poets Kary Wayson, Deborah Woodard, and Shin Yu Pai celebrate the influence of Rainer Maria Rilke. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Thursday, February 12, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Scott McCloud One of the most recognized authorities in comics, he discusses his new graphic novel, Sculptor.
University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Thursday, February 12, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Randy Henderson The Seattle native presents a new story about freedom and exile in Finn Fancy Necromancy. Eagle Harbor Books, 157 Winslow Way E., Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 Free Thursday, February 12, 2015, 7:30 – 8:30pm
David J. Morris
The Evil Hours: a Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress is an eye-opening look at PTSD. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Friday, February 13, 2015, 7 – 8pm
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Lynsey Addario Oh, poor Brian Williams. So he lied about being shot down in a military helicopter during the early Iraq War? Boo-fucking-hoo. New York Times photojournalist Addario has been there-the real there-and done that a dozen times over, with no need for embellishment or self-pity. She was even held hostage by pro-Qaddafi forces during Libya’s violent revolution; and she’s also shot memorable frames in Iraq, Afghanistan, Darfur, and Congo. Her memoir It’s What I Do (Penguin, $29.95) is frank about the dangers of her job (colleague Tim Hetherington was killed in Libya), but sanguine about the appeal. She chose the profession and makes no apologies, even when trying to balance romance, pregnancy, and motherhood. Not long out of college, Addario ventured abroad-first to Argentina-and never really went home again to her splintered Connecticut family. Despite the specter of IEDs and AK-47s here, It’s What I Do is fundamentally a career memoir: how a single young woman breaks into a male-dominated trade, lives independently in a variety of foreign cultures, and survives as a globetrotting freelancer. And, as you’d expect, the book is well supported by Addario’s photos. There are corpses, battle scenes, and starving refugees, but the image that that really sticks with you is the red-lit interior of an Army cargo plane, ferrying wounded soldiers home. Since she embedded with U.S. troops several times, Addario’s respect for them is total: It’s what they do, too. Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., 386-4636, spl.org. Free. 7 p.m. BRIAN MILLER Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104 Free Friday, February 13, 2015, 7pm
Lynsey Addario It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War is her illustrated memoir as of life as a photojournalist in numerous war zones. Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104 Free Friday, February 13, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Shannon Galpin She discusses her activism work in her memoir Mountain to Mountain.
University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Friday, February 13, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Guy Colwell The release of the new anthology of <i>Inner City Romance </i>with an exhibition of his original artwork. Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, 1201 S. Vale St. Free Saturday, February 14, 2015, 6 – 7pm
David J. Morris He discusses his new book The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., Seattle, 98115 Free Saturday, February 14, 2015, 6:30 – 7:30pm
Original Music Inspired By Brokeback Mountain The Bushwick Book Club Seattle presents original music inspired by Annie Proulx’s Brokeback Mountain. Stoneway Cafe, 3510 Stone Way North, Seattle, WA 98103 $10-$20 Saturday, February 14, 2015, 9 – 10pm
Dave Richards His new novel If I Could Give You a Day raises interesting moral questions. Eagle Harbor Books, 157 Winslow Way E., Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 Free Sunday, February 15, 2015, 3 – 4pm
David Domke Marching to Selma: How MLK, LBJ & the Civil Rights Movement Changed the World is the fourth lecture in a five-part series. University of Washington Campus, 15th Ave. N.E. and N.E. 41st St., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Monday, February 16, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Marianne Apostolides In Wyckoff Auditorium, she reads from her novel Book Thug. Discussion follows with Seattle U prof Jason Wirth. Seattle University, 901 12th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Monday, February 16, 2015, 7 – 9pm
Christian G. Appy The University of Massechussetts, Amherst history professor discusses his new now, American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $5 Monday, February 16, 2015, 7:30 – 8:30pm
Kelly Link The author of Magic for Beginners and Pretty Monsters discusses her new book Get in Trouble. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Seattle Poetry Slam Local poets share their verse and spoken word compositions. 21 and over. Rebar, 1114 Howell StreetSeattle, WA $5 Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 8 – 11:30pm
Martin Frost and Tom Davis The Congressmen’s co-written book,<i> Partisan Divide</i> offers solutions to bipartisan cooperation from their 40 years of experience. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $5 Wednesday, February 18, 2015, 6:30 – 7:30pm
Carmen Boullosa
Texas: The Great Theft is the new book from Mexican novelist, poet, and playwright. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Wednesday, February 18, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Jeanine Walker The local writer reads excerpts from her play Polarities, set in 1993 and based on her youthful experiences. Hollow Earth Radio, 2018 E. Union St., #A, Seattle, WA 98122 FREE Wednesday, February 18, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Stealing the Game is the second in series from the basketball star. Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104 Free Thursday, February 19, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Kyle Boelte The Seattle memoirist makes his fiction debut with The Beautiful Unseen. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Thursday, February 19, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Robert Levy His new work, The Glittering World, has been compared to Neil Gaiman. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., Seattle, 98115 Free Thursday, February 19, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Mark Doten He discusses his debut novel about the War on Terror, The Infernal. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Friday, February 20, 2015, 7 – 8pm
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David Axelrod The liberal Chicago journalist became a political consultant and trusted advisor to future President Obama, as detailed in his new memoir Believer: My Forty Years in Politics. Steve Scher gets up in his grill. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $38.05 Friday, February 20, 2015, 7:30 – 8:30pm
Jonathan D. Moreno The bioethicist discusses Impromptu Man, a biography about the impact his renowned father J.L. Moreno had on his life. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 Free Friday, February 20, 2015, 7:30 – 8:30pm
Exterminator City Yeti Press, Neoglyphic Media and The Intruder, along with 26 local artists and publishers get together to draw and sell their work. Greenwood Collective, 8537 Greenwood Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103 Free Saturday, February 21, 2015, 3 – 4pm
Jason Black He discusses his new middle-grade novel, Blackpelt.
University Book Store (Bellevue), 990 102nd Ave. N.E., Bellevue, WA 98004 Free Saturday, February 21, 2015, 3 – 4pm
Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman The two present the second book in their The Accelerati Trilogy about a teen and his Nikola Tesla antique. University Book Store (Mill Creek), 15311 Main St., Mill Creek, WA 98012 Free Saturday, February 21, 2015, 5 – 6pm
Sara McGibbon DuBois The author pulled artifacts from the Edmonds Historical Museum for Edmonds 1850s-1950s.
Free Saturday, February 21, 2015, 6:30 – 7:30pm
Peter Stark
Astoria: Astor and Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire, A Tale of Ambition and Survival on the Early American Frontier, a story about early exploration of the Western frontier is being released in paperback. Eagle Harbor Books, 157 Winslow Way E., Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 Free Sunday, February 22, 2015, 3 – 4pm
Vivian McPeak The Executive Director of the this festival discusses Protestival: A 20 Year Restrospective of Seattle Hempfest. University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Sunday, February 22, 2015, 3 – 4pm
Christine Dupress & Elissa Washuta The two discuss their Being Cowlitz: How One Tribe Renewed and Sustained Its Identity and My Body is a Book of Rules. Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104 Free Monday, February 23, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Peter Stark He discusses Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival.
Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Monday, February 23, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Kristin Hannah She discusses The Nightingale. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., Seattle, 98115 Free Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 5 – 6pm
Ian Weir and Stacy Carlson They read from Will Starling and Among the Wonderful. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Seattle Poetry Slam Local poets share their verse and spoken word compositions. 21 and over. Rebar, 1114 Howell StreetSeattle, WA $5 Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 8 – 11:30pm
John Benditt Nancy Pearl talks to him about his debut novel of about manhood and religion, The Boatmaker . University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Kate DiCamillo Author of Because of Winn-Dixie talks about her work. Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104 Free Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Mary Pilon Her book The Monopolists tells the story of American history through the lens of the popular board game Monopoly. University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Thursday, February 26, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Carly Anne West
The Bargaining is her follow-up to the YA thriller The Murmurings. University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Friday, February 27, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Edward Lewis and Audrey Edwards The founder and executive editor of Essence magazine discuss their collaborative book, The Man from Essence: Creating a Magazine for Black Women. Northwest African American Museum, 2300 South Massachusetts StreetSeattle, WA 98144 Free Friday, February 27, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Jennifer Hillman-Magnuson She discusses her travel memoir, Peanut Butter and Naan. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., Seattle, 98115 Free Friday, February 27, 2015, 7 – 8pm
Margaret Jacobs She discusses her new book A Generation Removed: The Fostering and Adoption of Indigenous Children in the Postwar World. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Friday, February 27, 2015, 7 – 8pm
