Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 5:00pm
The next Bookends Book Club for middle readers will meet Thursday May 10. The selection for this month is
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Monday, April 23, 2012 - 7:00pm
Athena Kashyap’s poetry collection, "Crossing Black Waters," is an
exploration of borders through one family’s personal odyssey from the
violent upheaval of the Partition of India in 1947 to emigrating to the
U.S. The book delves into the psychological impact of leaving behind a
past that keeps “pulsating behind swinging shutters of thought” to
recreate lives and identities anew, and searches for “home” – a “lonely
room in the [my] mind,” a “heartache” at the “end of rainbows,” or else a
fictitious “country,” built around “hubs” of friendships forged over
“glasses of wine and tandoori chicken.” A key phrase is “I am knot”– the
“not” of losing one’s identity and family coupled with the idea that
one cannot truly be separate and is “knotted” with the past and kin for
life. Her poetry has appeared in “Exquisite Corpse”, “Quiddity”,
“Sanskriti”, “The Fourth River” among other journals, and has also been
widely anthologized in the U.S. and U.K. She has a MFA and MA from San
Francisco State University and University of California at Davis, and is
an Adjunct Professor of English at City College of San Francisco. She
currently resides in Bangalore, India.
Monday, March 19, 2012 - 7:00pm
Featuring writers Lizette Wanzer and Robert Chrisman
Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 6:30pm
Phoenix Books celebrates our birthday *and* Noe Valley Word Week with an evening of up and coming Bay Area Writers including Fia Maxwell, Jason File, Jeff Von Ward, Chris Carosi, Paul D. Blumer and Keely Hyslop. Live music, wine and food!
Monday, March 12, 2012 - 7:00pm
A special Odd Mondays to celebrate Noe Valley Word Week featuring: Educator Sydney Gurewitz Clemens, Historian Bill Yenne, Community Organizer Mike Miller, Psychotherapist Ginny Pizzardi, and Episcopal Priest Robert Warren Cromey, 7 pm
Monday, March 5, 2012 - 7:00pm
Author Emily Leider discusses her new book on Myrna Loy.
Monday, February 27, 2012 - 7:00pm
Rabbi Michael Lerner Reading and Signing
"Embracing Israel/Palestine:
A Strategy to Heal and Transform the Middle East"
FREE ADMISSION
A major modern conundrum is how the Arab/Israel conflict remains unresolved and, seemingly, unresolvable. In Embracing Israel/Palestine, Rabbi Michael Lerner examines how the mutual demonization and discounting of each sides’ legitimate needs drive the antagonism, and explores the underlying psychological dynamics that fuel the seeming intransigence on both sides. Lerner shows the importance of being both pro- Israel and pro-Palestine, challenges the master narratives in both Israel and Palestine to the extent that they demean the other side, and exposes the false idea that “homeland security” (either for Israel or for the U.S.) can be achieved through military, political, economic, or cultural domination. Lerner argues that real security is best achieved through an ethos of caring and generosity toward “the other” and presents a Global Marshall Plan whose first location would be the Middle East. Insisting that any agreement reached at the negotiating table will be worthless without a fundamental transformation of consciousness, Lerner shows how we in the West could play a central role in facilitating that change if we
ourselves were to adopt a more rational approach to homeland security and foreign policy.
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 7:00pm
Odd Mondays presents author Aggie Hoff, reading from her new book about her experiences as a judge. For more info on Odd Mondays, visit
www.oddmondays.com.
Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 5:00pm
Come join us for some swingin' live jazz with the Nick Culp Trio.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 11:00am
Longtime Phoenix Books manager Alison Levy is also a well-known children's musician, and hosts a fun and energetic music and storytime every Wednesday morning at 11:00 a.m. The place gets packed, so come early for a good spot. And be ready to dance, sing, wiggle, jump and have fun! For more info on Alison, including songs and upcoming performance dates, visit
www.reverbnation.com/alisonfaithlevy. Join her facebook page at
www.facebook.com/alisonfaithlevy.
