Sedaris' Latest Hot Off Press
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Sedaris’ Latest Hot Off Press
Posted on: Monday, 16 June 2008, 15:00 CDT
By DAVID STEINBERG Of the Journal David Sedaris talks about his latest collection of touching and humorous essays, “When You Are Engulfed in Flames,” at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at Barnes & Noble in Coronado Shopping Center. Publishers Weekly, a trade publication, said Sedaris “triumphs in this sixth essay collection. There is less focus here on the Sedaris clan as a whole, though the various members make memorable and often hilarious appearances. In ‘The Understudy,’ the Sedaris siblings band together to battle the odious baby-sitter Mrs. Peacock … Sedaris also regales readers with his experiences around the globe, from sitting in a Parisian doctor’s office wearing only his underwear in ‘In the Waiting Room’ to warding off birds in the French countryside with record albums in ‘Aerial.’ ” AUTHOR IN ALBUQUERQUE, SANTA FE, TAOS: Francesca Marciano chats about her new book, “The End of Manners,” 7 p.m. Monday, June 16, at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande NW; 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, at Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St., Santa Fe; and 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 19 at Caffe Tazza, 122 Kit Carson Road, Taos. Marciano’s novel is about a photographer, Maria Galante, and journalist, Imo Glass, on assignment in Afghanistan to capture girls who’ve attmepted suicide rather than be married to much older men. They must navigate among spies, mercenaries and arms dealers. And Maria has to decide if it’s more important to succeed at her job and please Imo or follow her own moral compass. The author, who lives in Rome, wrote the screenplay for the film “Don’t Tell,” which was nominated for an Oscar in 2005.
ANIMAL WELFARE ADVOCATE: At 7 p.m. Thursday, June 19, author Jana Kohl discusses her book “A Rare Breed of Love: The True Story of Baby and the Mission She Inspired to Help Dogs Everywhere” at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande NW. Joining Kohl will be Baby, her airlines three-legged, voiceless poodle that’s a survivor …continue reading