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Susan Glenn & Naomi Sokoloff
John Keeble
Lorraine McConaghy
Margaret Willson
David F. Martin & Nicolette Bromberg
Joan Singler, Jean Durning, Bettylou Valentine, & Maid Adams
Judy Bentley
Pamela Camp & John G. Gamon

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MARQUAND BOOKS
TRIMPIN

Marquand Books is currently selling copies of the limited-edition BookBeatBox, related to their forthcoming book, Trimpin. The limited-edition includes:
  • Anodized aluminum musical sculpture slipcase designed and fabricated by Trimpin
  • Music roll score individually composed
  • a hand-bound deluxe copy of the book, Trimpin: Contraptions for Art and Sound
  • DVD of the Peter Esmonde documentary film, Trimpin: The Sound of Invention  
Limited to thirteen signed and numbered copies and available directly from Marquand in Spring 2011, upon publication of the book.
award winners
Accumulating Culture

Accumulating Culture, by

Patricia Buckley Ebrey, is the 2010 recipient of the

Shimada Prize. Sponsored by the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, and the Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Art Studies in Kyoto, Japan, the prize is awarded for distinguished scholarship in the history of East Asian art.

 

Febris Erotica

Febris Erotica,by

Valeria Sobol, was one of five finalists for the 2010 prize for best new book in

Slavic literature/culture sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL).

april events

Seeking Refuge

 
Join Robert Wilson, author of Seeking Refuge, at Town Hall, with University Book Store, on April 12 at 7:30 p.m. Robert will also be at the Portland Audubon Society on April 14 at 7 p.m.
other events
Allen Tupper True

Victoria Kirby, author of Allen Tupper True, will be at Full Circle Books in Oklahoma City on March 8 at 6 p.m.

Images of the Pacific Rim

Erika Esau, author of Images of the Pacific Rim, will be speaking at the Gamble House in Pasadena on March 12 at 4 p.m.
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 March 2011
Greetings!

We're still reeling from the great news of our Art History Publishing Initiative (AHPI) grant from the Mellon Foundation. Thanks to all of you who came out at College Art to learn more!

This month we're also thrilled to be launching two new books -- Seattle in Black and White and Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Washington. Come out and join us at one of the great upcoming events we'll be hosting all around town this month!

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susan glenn & naomi sokoloff
Boundaries of Jewish Identity  
The subject of Jewish identity is one of the most vexed and contested issues of modern religious and ethnic group history. This interdisciplinary collection draws on work in law, anthropology, history, sociology, literature, and popular culture to consider contemporary and historical responses to the question "Who and what is Jewish?"

 This book speaks to readers concerned with Jewish life and culture and to audiences interested in religious, cultural, and ethnic studies. It provides an excellent opportunity to examine how Jews fit into an increasingly diverse America and an increasingly complicated global society.

Susan A. Glenn is Howard and Frances Keller Endowed Professor of History and a member of the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Washington. Naomi B. Sokoloff is professor of Near Eastern languages and civilizations and professor of comparative literature at the University of Washington, where she has also served as the Samuel and Althea Stroum Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies.

Join Susan & Naomi on
Thursday, March 3, at 7 p.m. at University Book Store
John keeble
Broken GroundBroken Ground  Broken Ground employs a construction project in the Oregon desert as the basis for a story with far-reaching political and moral implications. Hank Lafleur has been sent to supervise the project, which is a prison-for-profit financed by a multinational corporation under government contract, and meant to house felons, illegal immigrants, and, as Lafleur comes to learn, political prisoners from Latin America. Broken Ground is remarkable for its prophetic vision of the hollow securities promised by incarceration and of the effects of "privatization" as an armature of American imperialism-in both the domestic and international realms.

John Keeble is the author of four novels, including Yellowfish and Broken Ground, a collection of short stories, Nocturnal America, and a work of nonfiction, Out of the Channel: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Prince William Sound.

Join John on
Thursday, March 10, at 7 p.m.  at Broadway Books, Portland

Saturday, March 12,
at 1 p.m. at Wy-East Book Shoppe, Welches, OR

Saturday, March 26,
at 4 p.m. at Village Books, Bellingham

lorraine mcconaghy
Warship under SailWarship under Sail  
Ordered to join the Pacific Squadron in 1854, the sloop of war Decatur sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, through the Strait of Magellan to Valparaiso, Honolulu, and Puget Sound, then on to San Francisco, Panama, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, while serving in the Pacific until 1859, the eve of the Civil War. Historian Lorraine McConaghy presents the ship, its officers, and its crew in a vigorous, keenly rendered case study that illuminates the forces shaping America's antebellum navy and foreign policy in the Pacific, from Vancouver Island to Tierra del Fuego.

Lorraine McConaghy is the historian at the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle.

Join Lorraine on
Sunday, March 13, at 1 p.m. at The Rose Theatre, Port Townsend

margaret willson
WillsonDance Lest We All Fall Down
An unexpected detour can change the course of our lives forever, and, for white American anthropologist Margaret Willson, a stopover in Brazil led to immersion in a kaleidoscopic world of street urchins, capoeiristas, drug dealers, and wise teachers. She and African Brazilian activist Rita Conceicao joined forces to break the cycles of poverty and violence around them by pledging local residents they would create a top-quality educational program for girls. From 1991 to the graduation of Bahia Street's first college-bound graduate in 2005, Willson and Conceicao 's adventure took them to the shantytowns of Brazil's Northeast, high-society London, and urban Seattle.

In a narrative brimming with honesty and grace, Dance Lest We All Fall Down unfolds the story of this remarkable alliance, showing how friendship, when combined with courage, insight, and passion, can transform dreams of a better world into reality.

Join Margaret on
Thursday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m. at Eagle Harbor Books, Bainbridge Island

david F. martin & nicolette bromberg
Shadows of a Fleeting WorldShadows of a Fleeting World: Pictorial Photography and the Seattle Camera Club  
Pictorialism emerged in the early twentieth century as a prominent style of fine art photography. Artists engaged in this style were interested in the effects of transient light and Japanese compositional elements.  Historically, pictorial photography was narrowly defined by certain characteristics that gave an inaccurate assessment of its important contributions to the medium. Recent rediscoveries from American regional camera clubs, including the Seattle Camera Club (SCC), reveal that the movement was broader and more individualist than previously thought.

Shadows of a Fleeting World provides a rare glimpse into the regional Pictorialist movement. Japanese immigrants formed the club's core, and their work routinely blended Pictorialist methods with Japanese aesthetic traditions. The Japanese-influenced Pictorialist works of the SCC made a unique contribution to the international art movement.

David F. Martin is an independent art historian and curator specializing in women and minority artists of the Pacific Northwest. Nicolette Bromberg is visual materials curator, Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries.

Join David & Nicolette on
Monday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. at Skyline Retirement Community 

joan singler, jean durning, bettylou valentine, & maid adams
Seattle in Black and WhiteSeattle in Black and White:
The Congress of Racial Equality and the Fight for Equal Opportunity 

Seattle was a very different city in 1960 than it is today. There were no black bus drivers, sales clerks, or bank tellers. Black children rarely attended the same schools as white children. And few black people lived outside of the Central District. In 1960, Seattle was effectively a segregated town.

Energized by the national civil rights movement, an interracial group of Seattle residents joined together to form the Seattle chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Operational from 1961 through 1968, CORE had a brief but powerful effect on Seattle. The chapter began by challenging one of the more blatant forms of discrimination in the city, local supermarkets. Located within the black community and dependent on black customers, these supermarkets refused to hire black employees. CORE took the supermarkets to task by organizing hundreds of volunteers into shifts of continuous picketers until stores desegregated their staffs. From this initial effort CORE, in partnership with the NAACP and other groups, launched campaigns to increase employment and housing opportunities for black Seattleites, and to address racial inequalities in Seattle public schools. The members of Seattle CORE were committed to transforming Seattle into a more integrated and just society.

Seattle was one of more than one hundred cities to support an active CORE chapter. Seattle in Black and White tells the local, Seattle story about this national movement. Authored by four active members of Seattle CORE, this book not only recounts the actions of Seattle CORE but, through their memories, also captures the emotion and intensity of this pivotal and highly charged time in America's history.

Joan Singler was a founding member of Seattle CORE. Jean Durning joined soon after moving to Seattle in 1959. Bettylou Valentine joined in 1964. Maid Adams joined in 1962.

Join Joan, Jean, Bettylou, and Maid on
Thursday, March 24, at 5:30 p.m. at the Northwest African American Museum

 Sunday, April 3, at 2 p.m. at Seattle Public Library, with Elliott Bay Books

Judy  Bentley
Hiking Washington's HistoryHiking Washington's History  
Hiking Washington's History reveals the stories embedded in Washington's landscape. This trail guide narrates forty historic trails, ranging from short day hikes to three- or four-day backpacking trips over mountain passes. Every region in the state is included, from the northwesternmost tip of the continental United States at Cape Flattery to the remote Blue Mountains in the southeast. Each chapter begins with a brief overview of the region's history followed by individual trail narratives and historical highlights. Quotes from diaries, journals, letters, and reports, as well as contemporary and historic photographs, describe sites and trails from Washington's past. Each trail description includes a map and provides directions, so hikers can follow the historic route. Judy Bentley tells readers how to get there, what to expect, and what to look for.

Judy Bentley, who teaches at South Seattle Community College, is an avid hiker and the author of fourteen books for young adults.

Join Judy on
Saturday and Sunday, March 26 and 27, at the North Cascades Institute

Tuesday, March 29,
at 7 p.m. at REI Tacoma

pamela camp and john g. gamon
Rare PlantsField Guide to the Rare Plants of Washington 

Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Washington offers a window into the beauty and diversity of the rarest plants in the state.

The field guide includes:
  • 317 vascular plants, six mosses, and one lichen
  • Full-color photographs of the plants and their habitats, line drawings, and distribution maps
  • Detailed species descriptions, identification tips, and easiest times to identify the plants
  • Current conservation status and state rank
  • Complete reference list, and glossary
Each rare plant is fully characterized according to its appearance, reproductive strategy, associated plants, habitat, current threats, and scarcity in areas outside the state. A trip across Washington presents an array of habitats, from dripping spruce and hemlock forests along the coast to arid grasslands, shrub-steppe, and sand dune systems east of the mountains, from low-elevation outwash prairies to alpine slopes, from basalt flows and rocky islands to salt marshes and riverbanks. This book brings attention to the rarest and least understood plant species that find niches in this complex landscape.

Pamela Camp is a private consultant in field biology and restoration ecology and former Spokane District Botanist with the Bureau of Land Management. John G. Gamon is the Natural Heritage Program Manager at the Department of Natural Resources in Olympia, Washington.

Join the many people involved in this project on
Wednesday, March 30, at 7 p.m. at Village Books, Bellingham

Thursday, March 31,
at 7 p.m. at the Burke Museum, with University Book Store