May, 1999 Schedule of Events

Join us for a reading celebrating the publication of Philip Whalen's Overtime: Selected Poems (Penguin, $16.95). The reading will feature Keith Abbott, Reed Bye, Jack Collom, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Anselm Hollo, Andrew Schelling, Steven Taylor, and Anne Waldman. Co-produced by The Museum of American Poetics and Dangerous and Difficult Art Productions.

Overtime: Selected Poems

Leslie Marmon Silko
Wednesday, May 5, 7:30 p.m.

Leslie Marmon Silko, the author of Ceremony, will read from Gardens in the Dunes, a new novel which moves with extraordinary fluidity and grace between two diametrically opposed worlds the timeless "traditional" world of Native American peoples and the elaborate, stylized world of the European and American upper-class at its glittering, falsely glamorous zenith before WWI.

Gardens in the Dunes ($ 25.00)
Ceremony ($ 12.95)

Ellen Meloy
Thursday, May 6, 7:30 p.m.

Ellen Meloy will read from The Last Cheater's Waltz: Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest, (Henry Holt, $23.00), in which she explores the Four Corners area, taking us to paradoxical landscapes such as hidden canyons where Navajo witchcraft and toxic waste exist side by side. Rick Bass calls her book, "Morbid, macabre, elegant, graceful, beautiful, and flat plain funny."

The Last Cheater's Waltz: Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest

Eric Karlson
Tuesday, May 11, 7:30 p.m.

Eric Karlson, co-author of How the Year 2000 Computer Crisis Affects You, sees in Y2K both an enormous challenge and a unique opportunity for humanity. He will speak about Y2K as a tool for global transformation and a chance for people to create community. Karlson will also sign his new book, Fall to Grace.

*NOTE: How the Year 2000 Computer Crisis Affects You ($ 9.95)
Fall to Grace ($ )

Clay Evans
Wednesday, May 12, 7:30 p.m.

Daily Camera columnist Clay Evans will read from I See By Your Outfit: Becoming a Cowboy a Century Too Late (Johnson paperback, $17.00). Evans worked on ranches in several western states while "learning the ropes" of the cowboy world. Evans doesn't aim to puncture the cowboy myth with this book, but rather to discover the true reality of modern cowboy work.

I See By Your Outfit: Becoming a Cowboy a Century Too Late

Pat Ament
Thursday, May 13, 7:30 p.m.

Legendary rock climber Pat Ament will tell a few wild stories and offer reflections about Boulder's climbing history in a talk entitled "Green Mountain Without Oxygen." Ament is the author of many books on climbing, including How To Be a Master Climber in Six Easy Lessons and its forthcoming companion, How To Conquer Everest in Ten Easy Lessons.

*NOTE: How To Be a Master Climber in Six Easy Lessons ($ 10.95)

Creative Writing Workshop: Writing All the Way Through
Saturday, May 15, 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Give yourself an entire day to explore the creative writing process! Learn how to write all the way through by listening to what you really want to say and allowing it space on the page. This class is open to anyone who writes anything all ages and skill levels welcome. Linda Tacy is a local writer and college instructor with more than ten years of creative writing workshop experience. The class costs $45. Call Linda at (303) 664-1053 to reserve a space.

James Balch, M.D.
Tuesday, May 18, 7:30 p.m.

James Balch will speak and sign 10 Natural Remedies That Can Change Your Life (Doubleday, $19.95). The co-author of the immensely popular Prescription for Nutritional Healing, Dr. Balch suggests that a healthy, manageable lifestyle can be achieved naturally and safely and without over-the-counter cures and fast prescriptions.

10 Natural Remedies That Can Change Your Life
Prescription for Nutritional Healing ($ )

Brian Luke Seaward
Wednesday, May 19, 7:30 p.m.

Join us for a slide show with Brian Luke Seaward, author of Stand Like Mountain, Flow Like Water and Stressed is Desserts Spelled Backward: Rising Above Life's Problems with Humor, Hope, and Courage (Conari, $12.95). Seaward shows how the greatest challenges, if met with faith, humor, and optimism, can lead to success and spiritual development.

*NOTE: Stressed is Desserts Spelled Backward: Rising Above Life's Problems with Humor, Hope, and Courage
Stand Like Mountain, Flow Like Water ($ 10.95)

Dorothy Allison
Thursday, May 20, 7:30 p.m.

Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina, will read from Cavedweller (Penguin, $13.95), a sweeping novel of the human spirit that maps the unexplored recesses of the human heart. "Luminous ... pays close attention to the way women get by, the way they come to forgive one another, the way they choose who they will be." New York Times Book Review

Cavedweller
Bastard Out of Carolina ($ 12.95)

David Breashears
Monday, May 24, 7:30 p.m. At the Boulder Theater

By 1995, David Breashears had already twice reached Mount Everest's summit. He then faced the greatest challenge of his life: to scale the treacherous 29,028-foot peak hauling the giant IMAX camera (a task many deemed impossible) to film Everest, a documentary that would capture as never before the incredible experience of climbing to the top of the world. In his new memoir High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places, Breashears takes that perilous climb and uses it as the linchpin of his life, culminating a long journey characterized by hardship and adversity, passion and perseverance. As his many fans will discover, there is an inextricable link between this enigmatic man's troubled childhood, his brilliant successes as a climber and cinematographer, and his courage and honor in the face of disaster.

David Breashears will present a slide show and sign his new book High Exposure for this special event, held at the Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St. Tickets are $8.00 and can be purchased at the Boulder Theater Box Office only. Call the Box Office at (303) 786-7030.

Redeem your ticket at the event and receive $4 off the cover price of High Exposure (Simon & Schuster, $26.00). No other discounts apply; the ticket rebate offer is good only on books purchased at the theater on the night of the event. The book signing will follow the slide show. Books not purchased at Boulder Book Store will be signed only if time permits.

High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places

Connie Kaplan
Tuesday, May 25, 7:30 p.m.

Connie Kaplan will discuss The Woman's Book of Dreams: Dreaming as a Spiritual Practice (Beyond Words, $14.95). Our early ancestors used sleep and Dreamtime not only to nurture the physical body, but also as a sacred connection to the spirit-life. Kaplan's book translates these ancient teachings into a remarkable, life-changing spiritual practice for modern dreamers.

The Woman's Book of Dreams: Dreaming as a Spiritual Practice

Sam Keen
Wednesday, May 26, 7:30 p.m.

Join us when Sam Keen, the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller Fire in the Belly, speaks and signs Learning to Fly: Trapeze Reflections on Fear, Trust, and the Joy of Letting Go (Broadway, $23.00), an exhilarating memoir of his late-blooming love affair with the flying trapeze and a provocative look at the potential it offers for growth and transformation.

Learning to Fly: Trapeze Reflections on Fear, Trust, and the Joy of Letting Go
Fire in the Belly ($ 13.95)

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Thank you for supporting the 1999 Boulder Book Store Reading Series!

Author events are also supported by your purchase of the author's books. These purchases are tracked and used by the publishers in decisions about other authors who might visit.

IAll events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Events are subject to change or cancellation. Please call us to confirm on the day of the event. For more information, call 447-2074. If you are unable to use the stairs to the second floor where our events are held, please call and ask about our closed circuit television service on the main floor.

Book Fairs This Month

This month we are hosting book fairs to help a local school and community group raise funds. Support the group of your choice by mentioning at the register that you are here for their book fair. (To schedule a book fair for your school or non-profit, please contact Lisa Gesner. During the fair, we track purchases of book fair participants. Your school earns funds based on the total dollar amount of purchases made over the three-day period.) Please note: members of our Frequent Buyer program will not receive a discount on book fair purchases. The 10% is "donated" to the school at the end of the fundraiser.

FRIDAY - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12 - 13 Developmental Disabilities Center

FRIDAY - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26 -28 Rocky Mountain School for the Gifted & Creative