In partnership with Iconoclast Books join Mark Kurlansky and his daughter, Talia, as they unveil their brand new book, International Night – A Father and Daughter Cook Their Way Around the World.
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In partnership with Iconoclast Books join Mark Kurlansky and his daughter, Talia, as they unveil their brand new book, International Night – A Father and Daughter Cook Their Way Around the World.
by kmerwin
Map Ives is the Environmantal Director of Wilderness Safaris and Botswana’s National Rhino Coordinator. He is touring the USA to talk about the importance of wildlife conservation and tourism in Africa.
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Tom Spanbauer’s first novel in seven years is a rich and expansive tale of love, sex, and heartbreak covering twenty-five years. At the heart of the book is a love triangle: two men, one woman, all of them writers. The first chapters are set in the mid–eighties in New York City. At Columbia, Ben forms a bond with his macho friend, Hank. Their bond is deep and ostensibly formed around their love of writing. But they soon find out their love is more than literary. As C.S Lewis says, friendship is homosexual. Hank is straight, though, on the Kinsey scale a zero, which means no men. Ben is a five, which means an occasional woman. But both are artists, and this affection between them is a force. How do you measure love?
The second part of the book, almost a decade later, takes place in Portland, Oregon. A now-ill Ben falls for Ruth, his writing student. Their affection, like Hank’s and Ben’s, begins with how the heart is laid bare on the written page. Affection grows into love, but it is not an equal love. Ruth provides the care and devotion Ben needs, but Ben’s just too broken, Ruth is one of his occasional women, and as Ben has found out with Hank, loving has its limits.
Ben and Ruth are in their uneasy second year when Hank visits Ben in Portland. On a whim, Ben introduces Hank to Ruth. And the real trouble starts.
Set against a world of writers and artists, New York’s Lower East Side in the wild eighties, the drab confining Idaho of Ben’s youth, Portland in his middle age, and the many places in between, the complex world disclosed in I Loved You More, written in the poisoned, lyrical voice of Ben, is the author’s most complex and wise novel to date.
Tom Spanbauer is the critically acclaimed author and founder of Dangerous Writing. His five published novels Faraway Places, The Man Who Fell In Love With The Moon, In The City Of Shy Hunters, Now Is The Hour, and I Loved You More (Hawthorne Books, April 2014), are notable for their combination of a fresh and lyrical prose style with solid storytelling.
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River of January examines the dizzying development of the twentieth century through the lives of Virginia farm boy, Mont “Chum” Chumbley in his quest to fly, and Helen Thompson, a glittering New York dancer who aspired to fame.
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Iconoclast Books and the Community Library are hosting Kyla Merwin, author of the newly released memoir, Lost & Found in Egypt: A Most Unlikely Journey Through the Shifting Sands of Love and Loss. The author will be on hand to read a short segment from her book, which debuted at #2 in Amazon’s Middle East-Travel section. She will also take questions, sign books and offer free papyrus bookmarkers from Egypt (while supplies last).
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The Family of Woman Film Festival in collaboration with The Community Library are sponsoring a free showing of “Anita”.
The Magic Lantern Theatre
Thursday, July 31, at 2 PM
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Freida Mock will be present for a Q and A session after the screening.
This important film was the highlight of the 7th Family of Woman Film Festival this March. With only one showing, many people were not able to see it, so we are very pleased to offer a second screening opportunity to our supporters, as well as to their summer visitors.
http://familyofwomanfilmfestival.org