July 19, 2010
We’re Getting On emerged from James Kaelan’s skepticism of the direction this country is moving environmentally and technologically. The novel isn’t a cautionary tale or a polemic, necessarily, but it reflects his uneasiness—even his fear—of what sort of country we’ll be living in a few decades from now. Kaelan wanted, therefore, to do something positive to promote the novel.
About a year ago he started wondering, “What if there was a way to manufacture and promote a product in this country that not only didn’t harm the environment, but actually improved it?” That birthed the idea of a book that could grow into a tree. And a book that grows into a tree not only offsets its own production emissions, it also, technically, creates the material to produce new books.
In light of the oil spill—an environmental disaster perpetrated by an industry that trades in environmental catastrophes—We’re Getting On and Flatmancrooked’s Zero Emission Book project operates as an antidote to destructive business practices
When: Tuesday- July 19th, 2010 – 7:30 PM
Where: The Avid Reader
617 Second St.
Davis, California 95616
November 18, 2009
Poetry Bistro 33 is proud to welcome Pamela Houston on Wednesday, November 18th at 9 P.M.
Pamela Houston is the author of the short story collections Cowboys Are My Weakness and Waltzing the Cat, a collection of essays titled A Little More About Me, and the novel Sighthound. Her work has been honored with the Pushcart Prize, the O. Henry Award, the Western States Book Award, the WILLA Award for Contemporary Fiction, and inclusion in The Best American Short Stories, and The Best American Short Stories of the Century. Houston has also completed a stage play entitled Tracking the Pleiades, produced by the Creede Repertory Theater, and she has edited Women on Hunting, a collection of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. An occasional contributor to CBS Sunday Morning, Pam Houston currently writes for O magazine. In addition to her many publishing credits, Houston is a popular faculty member teaching for and often coordinating the Creative Writing Program at UC Davis.
Attendees are encouraged to arrive early to secure a table, and to sign up for a spot on the Open Mic list. Poetry Night at Bistro 33, hosted by Andy Jones and produced by Brad Henderson, occurs on the first and third Wednesday of every month at 9 P.M., with an open microphone segment at 10 P.M.
Who: Pam Houston
What: Poetry Night at Bistro 33
When: Wednesday, November 18th, 9 P.M.
Where: Bistro 33, 226 F. St.
