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03.03: Kim Gordon in Conversation with Jon Raymond
2015-02-13 23:03:46| Powells Books Events Calendar
For many, Kim Gordon — vocalist, bassist, and founding member of Sonic Youth — has always been the epitome of cool. Sonic Youth is one of the most influential bands to emerge from the post-punk New York scene, and their legacy continues to loom large over the landscape of indie rock and American pop culture. In Girl in a Band (Dey Street), the famously reserved superstar speaks candidly about her past and the future. Exploring the artists, musicians, and writers who influenced Gordon and the relationship that defined her life for so long, Girl in a Band is filled with the sights and sounds of a pre-Internet world and is a deeply personal portrait of a woman who has become an icon. Gordon will be joined in conversation by Jon Raymond, author of The Half-Life and Rain Dragon.
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03.03: Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience
2015-02-13 23:03:46| Powells Books Events Calendar
In the mid-20th century, Michael Gazzaniga, "the father of cognitive neuroscience," was part of a team of pioneering neuroscientists who developed the now foundational split-brain theory: the notion that the right and left hemispheres of the brain can act independently from each other and have different strengths. In his new book, Tales from Both Sides of the Brain (Ecco), Gazzaniga tells the impassioned story of his life in science and his decades-long journey to understand how the separate spheres of our brains communicate and miscommunicate with their separate agendas.
03.03: Gina Frangello
2014-02-18 23:35:12| Powells Books Events Calendar
The friendship between Mary and Nix had endured since childhood, a seemingly unbreakable bond, until the mid-1980s, when the two young women embarked on a summer vacation in Greece. By the time their visit to Greece was over, Nix had withdrawn from their friendship, and Mary had no idea why. Three years later, Nix is dead, and Mary returns to Europe to try to understand what went wrong. A book about the deepest kind of love, A Life in Men (Algonquin) asks — and answers — these questions: How would you live if you had limited time? And with whom would you spend it? Gina Frangello will be joined in conversation by Natalie Serber, author of Shout Her Lovely Name.
03.03: Ariel Gore
2014-02-18 23:35:12| Powells Books Events Calendar
At age 39, Ariel Gore has everything she's always wanted: a successful writing career, a long-term partnership, a beautiful if tiny home, a daughter in college, and a son in preschool. But life's happy endings don't always last. If it's not one thing, after all, it's your mother. Her name is Eve. And she's here to announce that she's dying. Ariel doesn't want to take care of her crazy dying mother, but she knows she will. Darkly humorous and intimately human, The End of Eve (Hawthorne) redefines the meaning of family and everything we've ever been taught to call "love."
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03.03: Erin Lindsay McCabe
2014-02-18 23:35:11| Powells Books Events Calendar
I Shall Be Near to You (Crown) is Erin Lindsay McCabe's extraordinary novel about a strong-willed woman who disguises herself as a man in order to fight beside her husband in the Civil War. Inspired by more than 250 documented accounts of women who fought in the war, McCabe's novel is the intimate story of the drama of marriage, one woman's amazing exploits, and the tender love story that can unfold when two partners face life's challenges side by side.