Boulder Media Women are proud to present their 7th Literary Exchange, designed to give Boulder women writers a free, open, non-political opportunity to read their work and share their thoughts and opinions on a diversity of topics. This time, the topic is Women on Men: View from the Other Side, and the panel will include five authors and one television producer, moderated by EVELYN KAYE, who will give their views on men—and men are encouraged to attend!

DAVID WINGER & CONNIE ELLEFSON
Tuesday, May 4, 7:30 p.m.

Now you can cut back on the Kentucky bluegrass in favor of easier, better adapted, and more colorful and attractive home landscapes! With lavish, full-color photography, wide-ranging advice, and comprehensive charts, water-wise garden experts CONNIE ELLEFSON and DAVID WINGER showcase the Xeriscape principles that will let you make the most of the Centennial State's 300 days of annual sunshine with Xeriscape Colorado (Westcliffe, $29.95).

  Xeriscape Colorado

THOMAS MOORE
Wednesday, May 5, 7:30 p.m.

For the millions of readers awakened to new awareness by THOMAS MOORE's works comes a comforting and prescriptive sequel to the runaway bestseller Care for the Soul. In Dark Nights of the Soul (Gotham, $27.50), Moore draws on his extensive career as a psychologist and theologian to illustrate how "dark nights" can actually enlighten. He suggests entering the darkness with all of one's strength and intelligence, with the hope of discovering a new vision and a deeper sense of self.

  Dark Nights of the Soul

RICK RIDGEWAY
Thursday, May 6, 7:30 p.m.

RICK RIDGEWAY's The Big Open: On Foot Across Tibet's Chang Tang (National Geographic, $26.00) is the story of four mountaineers who embark upon a 275-mile quest through Tibet's most remote region to follow the mysterious migration of the endangered chiru. Braving the challenges of nature in order to save a piece of it, their journey is at once compelling and breathtaking, with stunning photographs from Galen Rowell and a foreword by Conrad Anker.

  The Big Open: On Foot Across Tibet's Chang Tang

BOULDER BOOK STORE READING GROUP
Tuesday, May 11, 7:30 p.m.

For the latest installment of the Boulder Book Store's Reading Group, "Boulder Reads Together," we'll be discussing Middlesex (Picador, $15.00), by Jeffrey Eugenides, the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides and her Greek-American family. Calliope has to uncover a guilty family secret and the astonishing genetic history that turns Callie into Cal, one of the most audacious narrators in contemporary fiction. This event is open to all—come down and share your thoughts!

  Middlesex

PAUL CAMPOS
Wednesday, May 12, 7:30 p.m.

After years spent scrutinizing medical studies and interviewing leading doctors, scientists, eating-disorder specialists, and psychiatrists, PAUL CAMPOS is here to lead the backlash against weight hysteria—and to show that we can safeguard our health without obsessing about the numbers on the scale. But The Obesity Myth (Gotham, $25.00) is not just a compelling argument; it’s also a provocative exposé of the culture that feeds on our self-defeating war on fat.

  The Obesity Myth

RUSSELL TARG
Thursday, May 13, 7:30 p.m.

The psychic abilities of most humans are dampened by the clatter of our conscious minds. In Limitless Mind (New World Library, $14.95), RUSSELL TARG shows readers how to quiet this noise and see into the far reaches of time and space through remote viewing, offering ways to nurture this universally available but often untapped skill. He also illuminates the phenomena of intuitive medical diagnosis and distant healing in a groundbreaking synthesis of research and empirical data.

  Limitless Mind

PATRICIA LYNN REILLY
Friday, May 14, 7:30 p.m.

Even PATRICIA LYNN REILLY's most devoted readers will be surprised by the intimacy of the selections in Words Made Flesh (Open Window Creations, $12.95), the first anthology of her writings. Here, Patricia's poetry and prose give voice to the personal story beneath her public persona as feminist theologian and inspirational speaker. Sensual, comedic, poignant, and evocative, Words Made Flesh is a celebration of the creativity and resilience of the human spirit.

  Words Made Flesh

BARRY SIFF & LIZ CALDWELL
Tuesday, May 18, 7:30 p.m.

Fit and Fun for Life (Velo, $9.95) is written to help you redefine yourself and integrate fitness into everyday life. BARRY SIFF and LIZ CALDWELL show you how to abandon intimidating fitness regimens and recall the fun you had as a kid—when being fit didn’t mean counting calories and being called to dinner was something you dreaded. Exercise isn’t about fat reduction—it is about getting active again. Learn to recognize nontraditional, everyday opportunities to get fit.

  Fit and Fun for Life

MARY ROACH
Wednesday, May 19, 7:30 p.m.

Stiff (Norton, $13.95) is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. In this fascinating, ennobling account, MARY ROACH visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries—from the anatomy labs and human-sourced pharmacies of medieval and nineteenth-century Europe to a human decay research facility in Tennessee. In her droll, inimitable voice, Roach tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them.

  Stiff

JENNIFER HEATH
Thursday, May 20, 7:30 p.m.

The Scimitar and the Veil (Paulist, $26.00) portrays over fifty extraordinary Muslim women from the birth of Islam through the 19th century. JENNIFER HEATH gathers a broad range of knowledge about the women of Islam, from mystics, scholars, and warriors to concubines and queens, into the first popular history and overview of Muslim women and their great accomplishments, written in a poetic, sometimes humorous, energetic and contemporary style.

  The Scimitar and the Veil

JAMES FREY
Friday, May 21, 7:30 p.m.
RESCHEDULED for SUNDAY MAY 23rd at 4:30 p.m. due to flight delays.

Intense, unpredictable, and instantly engaging, A Million Little Pieces (Anchor, $13.95) is a story of drug and alcohol abuse and rehabilitation as it has never been told before. In visceral, kinetic prose, crafted with a forthrightness that rejects piety, cynicism, and self-pity, JAMES FREY brings us face-to-face with a provocative new understanding of the nature of addiction and the meaning of recovery. It is also the introduction of a bold and talented literary voice.

  A Million Little Pieces

KENT HARUF
Wednesday, May 26, 7:30 p.m.

One of the most beloved novels in recent years, Plainsong was a best-seller from coast to coast—and now KENT HARUF returns to the High Plains community of Holt, Colorado, with a story of even more masterful authority. Eventide (Knopf, $24.95) revisits the McPherons and introduces new characters that are just as vivid, making for an engrossing, profoundly moving novel rich in the wisdom, humor, and humanity for which Kent Haruf is justly acclaimed.

  Eventide

WILL TOOR & SPENSER HAVLICK
Thursday, May 27, 7:30 p.m.

College and university communities across North America are facing difficult questions about automobile use. Lack of land for new parking lots and the desire to preserve air quality are only two of many factors leading institutions to seek a new plan. With Transportation and Sustainable Campus Communities (Island, $30.00), WILL TOOR and SPENSER HAVLICK present a comprehensive examination of techniques available to manage transportation in campus communities.

  Transportation and Sustainable Campus Communities

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