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Skylight Books Newsletter

October 2009                            www.skylightbooks.com
In This Issue
Deanne Stillman and Michael Blake
Tod Davies
Monte Schulz
Kathryn Ma and Jennine Capo Crucet
Larry Fondation
Francine Prose
Colin Dickey
Dan Fante
Scott Wannberg and David Smith
Will Alexander
James Ellroy
Les Plesko
Kate Durbin and Chris Abani
John Carrera
Cecilia Woloch
Three on a Match featuring Mark Thompson, Trebor Healey, and Malcolm Boyd
Dzanc Best of the Web 2009
Ann Louise Bardach
David Hamlin and Brett Arena
Jake Adelstein
Lauren Strasnick
Michael Kearns
Tom Hayden
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Skylight Books: Part of Mark Fitten's Indie 100!
Skylight's Blog: September Musings
Book Groups: Ladies' Month!
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Skylight Around Town: Join us for these events

JAMES ROWE ADAMS
Thurs., Oct. 1, 7:00 p.m.
Adams will discuss and sign From Literal to Literary: The Essential Reference Book for Biblical Metaphors at Mt. Hollywood Church, 4607 Prospect Avenue (at Rodney) Los Angeles, CA 90027. Free and open to the public.

SKYLIGHT BOOKS AT THE WEST HOLLYWOOD BOOK FAIR
Sun., Oct. 4, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Come visit the Skylight Books booth at this year's West Hollywood Book Fair!  Located at West Hollywood Park, 647 N. San Vicente Blvd.  The book fair is free and open to the public.  We will be hosting signings and panels throughout the day, with authors including Rev. Malcolm Boyd, Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, Danzy Senna, Rachel Resnick, Norman Ollestad and many, many more...

LINDA PERHACS at REDCAT
Wed., Oct. 7, 8:30 p.m.
The first-ever public performance by enigmatic folk singer Linda Perhacs (Parallelograms). She is joined by an eclectic mix of artists who chime in with projected artwork, film, dance and musical interpretations of her work. Perhacs and her collaborators also highlight ideas from the book that inspired Parallelograms: the Theosophist manifesto Thought Forms, written by Annie Besant in 1901. Cost: $25.

TAYLOR BRANCH
Thurs., Oct. 22, 7:00 p.m.
Branch, author of The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President visits Zócalo to talk about the chronicling of his friend's presidency and the Clinton legacy today.  The event will be held at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica and is free with reservations, available
here.

NELSON LICHTENSTEIN
Mon., Oct. 26, 9:45 a.m.
Lichtenstein will discuss and sign Retail Revolution: How Wal-Mart Created a Brave New World of Business at the LA Associated for a New Economy, 464 Lucas St., LA 90017. Free and open to the public.

Skylight Books August 2009 Bestsellers

Store Bestsellers

1. A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
2. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
3. Blood's a Rover by James Ellroy
4. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
5. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace
6. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
7. Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
8. Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
9. 2666 by Roberto Bolano
10. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

Event Bestsellers
1. Silver Lake by Peter Gadol
2. The Graphic Eye by Stefan Bucher
3. Children of Armenia by Michael Bobelian
4. Who's to Say What's Obscene by Paul Krassner
5. The Adderall Diaries by Stephen Elliott

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Kerry's View from the Skylight
  
E-books on our website
We all know that we love the feel, look, and the very idea of 'real' books, and none of us really think they'll ever completely go away... but it seems important to be aware of - and be smart about - all the possibilities for reading.  This year I acquired a Sony E-Reader and have tried it out -- read the e-book version of theroadCormac McCarthy's The Road on it (ordered from our website) and The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.  Great for when I was traveling and for reading in bed -- not so great when I wanted to pass the book on to a friend.  But if you're an e-book reader, just click on the "e-book" feature (at the top, next to "books") after you search for a book on our website.  And let me know what you think.
 
 
Books donated by our customers to local schools 
Our various Banned Books Week events were hits, especially the school book donations.  To date, our customers have donated 50 catcher in the ryebooks requested by local schools (including 22 copies of Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, and multiple copies of Brave New World, To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, The Catcher in the Rye, Native Son, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)!   Thanks to staff member Monica for organizing this ambitious project (email her - monica@skylightbooks.com - if you'd also like to donate).
 
Explore sections of the store ... on the website!!           graphic lit
Our new website is now featuring some specific unique sections of the store (currently "Thing" Bios, World Literature, GLBT, Zines, Graphic Literature, and "The section that shall not be named." 
 
Our 13th Anniversary
At the end of this month (Oct 31 and Nov 1), we'll celebrate our 13th Anniversary!  We'll give you more details later but we can guarantee a few things -- we'll have food and special discounts all weekend.  The customer-favorite anniversary feature kerry drawingis that you get to pick your own discount (this year, in multiples of 13) at the point of purchase!   Just in time to stock up on upcoming holiday gifts. 
 
 
Kerry Slattery, General Manager
October Events at Skylight Books  

DEANNE STILLMAN
and MICHAEL BLAKE

Thursday, October 1 at 7:30 p.m.

Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) by Stillman

Twelve, the King (Perceval Press) by Blake  
 


Deanne Stillman
Michael Blake










Deanne Stillman (author of Twentynine Palms) and Michael Blake (author of the novel and screenplay Dances with Wolves) will discuss and sign their new nonfiction books on the American West.

Stillman is the widely published, critically acclaimed author of several books, including Twentynine Palms: A True Story of Murder, Marines, and the Mojave (a Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2001, described by Hunter S. Thompson as "a strange and brilliant story by an important American writer"), and Joshua Tree (a history of the nearby national park). Blake's first novel, Dances with Wolves, kicked off a successful career that included an Oscar for his adaptation of his novel to the screen, and the follow-up books The Holy Road and Indian Yell. His latest work, Twelve, the King, is a beautiful, illustrated memoir about a rescue horse that greatly impacted his life.
TOD DAVIES
Friday, October 2 at 7:30 p.m.
 
Jam Today: A Diary of Cooking with What You've Got (Exterminating Angel Press)   

Tod DaviesAn interactive event -- with snacks! -- about cooking with what you've got. We hear there's going to be eggplant caviar served, and can safely say this will be a Skylight first!  Don't miss it!

Tod Davies has been a screenwriter, film producer, radio food show host, and independent publisher. She thinks if you want the world to be a better place, you should start by making sure everyone around you is well fed and then work from there.
MONTE SCHULZ
Saturday, October 3 at 5:00 p.m.

This Side of Jordan (Fantagraphics)

Monte SchulzMonte Schulz will read from and sign his new novel, the first in a planned series of three novels about the Jazz Age. Schulz is the son of Charles M. Schulz, creator of Peanuts, and in This Side of Jordan one of his ambitions was to recreate the time of his mother's and father's Jazz Age childhood, when America was making the irresistible transition from rural to urban life.

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KATHRYN MA and
JENNINE CAPO CRUCET
Monday, October 5 at 7:30 p.m.

All that Work and Still No Boys (Univ. of Iowa Press) by Ma

How to Leave Hialeah (Univ. of Iowa Press) by Crucet

Kathryn MaJennine Capo Crucet

Two winners of the Iowa Short Fiction Award will read from their newly published short story collections.

Kathryn Ma, a first-generation American whose parents are from Wuxi and Mengzi, China, was born and raised a Pennsylvania Quaker. Her stories have appeared in the Antioch Review, Prairie Schooner, Southwest Review, Threepenny Review, TriQuarterly, and elsewhere. Jennine Capó Crucet was born to Cuban exile parents and raised in Miami. Her writing has appeared in Ploughshares, the Southern Review, the Northwest Review, and other magazines.

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LARRY FONDATION

Tuesday, October 6 at 7:30 p.m.

Unintended Consequences
(Raw Dog Screaming Press)

Larry FondationThis local author will present his new collection of stories, the fourth in his "L.A. Stories" series.

"Fondation's fiction is so far past noir that it's almost surreal. What's horrifying is that it's not surreal; it's real. Fondation is the author of three books of fiction...and each of these books is a small masterpiece..." --Transfuge (France)

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FRANCINE PROSE

Wednesday, October 7 at 7:30 p.m.

Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife (Harper)

Francine ProseThe bestselling author of many acclaimed novels and books of nonfiction, Francine Prose will discuss and sign her latest book, about the artistic achievement of Anne Frank, whose Diary of a Young Girl is required reading in countries all around the world.

Francine Prose is the author of fifteen books of fiction, including A Changed Man and Blue Angel, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and the nonfiction New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer. Her latest novel, Goldengrove, was published in September 2008. She is the president of PEN American Center.
COLIN DICKEY

Thursday, October 8 at 7:30 p.m.

Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius (Unbridled Books)

Colin DickeyA fascinating discussion by this local author about the extraordinary history of a particular kind of obsession--the desire to own the skulls of the famous, for study, for sale, and for public (or private) display. The rise of phrenology at the beginning of the 19th century only fed that fascination with the belief that genius leaves its mark on the very shape of the head.
DAN FANTE

Friday, October 9 at 7:30 p.m.

86'd (HarperPerennial)

Dan FanteWe're pleased to welcome back Dan Fante, whose new novel is the fourth in his series of semiautobiographical Bruno Dante novels. This time, Bruno, encountering setbacks as a writer, loses a telemarketing job and gains a job at a limo service, which he is instructed he can only keep if he stays sober. But business success fuels a booze-fueled downward spiral, and he struggles to keep his demons from getting the best of him.

The son of novelist John Fante (Ask the Dust), Dan Fante is the author of the novels Chump Change, Mooch, and Spitting Off Tall Buildings; the short story collection Short Dog; two books of poetry; and the plays The Boiler Room and Don Giovanni. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he lives in Arizona with his wife and son.
SCOTT WANNBERG
and DAVID SMITH

Saturday, October 10 at 5:00 p.m.

Strange Movie Full of Death (Perceval Press) by Wannberg

White Time (Off Beat Pulp Press) by Smith

Strange Movie Full of DeathTwo poets will read from their new collections.

Scott Wannberg's Strange Movie Full of Death is a death-defying, joy-riding high-wire act of a poetry collection. Of David Smith, Holly Prado writes in the Los Angeles Times, "Muscular and funny, satirical and tender, David Smith is a big-city tough talker...Smith's mixture of tough blasts and affecting lyricism creates an invigorating texture."
WILL ALEXANDER

Sunday, October 11 at 5:00 p.m.

The Sri Lankan Loxodrome (New Directions Publishing)

Will AlexanderA launch party for this new poetry collection by the acclaimed poet Will Alexander.

Alexander is a poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and visual artist who lives in Los Angeles, the city where he was born in 1948. He was the recipient of a Whiting Fellowship for Poetry in 2001 and a California Arts Council Fellowship in 2002. Over the years he has worked several jobs (including the LA Lakers box office), has taught at various institutions, and has been associated with the nonprofit organization Theatre of Hearts/Youth First, working with underserved, at-risk youth.
JAMES ELLROY

Tuesday, October 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Blood's a Rover (Knopf)

James EllroyWe're thrilled to host the Los Angeles launch for the new book by the author of so many L.A. novels that we love!

Political noir as only Ellroy can write it, Blood's A Rover is a novel of astonishing depth and scope, a massive tale of corruption and retribution, of ideals at war and the extremity of love. Set in the tumultuous year of 1968, this novel is the largest and greatest work of fiction by an American master. This is the third entry in his Underworld U.S.A. trilogy (after American Tabloid and The Cold Six Thousand)

James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. His L.A. quartet -- The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz -- were international bestsellers. American Tabloid was Time's Novel of the Year in 1995; his memoir My Dark Places was Time's Best Book and a New York Times Notable book for 1996. His novel The Cold Six Thousand was a New York Times Notable Book and Los Angeles Times Best Book for 2001. He lives on the coast of California.

Photo of James Ellroy by Marion Ettlinger.

LES PLESKO

Wednesday, October 14 at 7:30 p.m.

Slow Lie Detector (Equator Books)

Les PleskoWe're celebrating the release of a new novel from Equator Books, the publishing house that grew out of the retail store in Venice Beach.

Slow Lie Detector, a story of love and itinerant filmmaking in the heart of Death Valley, is a glimpse into the fevered career of auteur Maximilian Echs and his "nurse" and heroine as they traverse a harrowing psychic territory, searching an ever-shifting perceptual landscape for something like a perfect ending.

"Multi-layered, dream-like prose."
--Baltimore Morning Sun

"Written in the delicious Beat-poetic rhythms that are the hallmark of Les Plesko's spare style."
--Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander

KATE DURBIN
and CHRIS ABANI

Thursday, October 15 at 7:30 p.m.

The Ravenous Audience (Black Goat) by Durbin

Kate DurbinChris Abani








The launch event for Kate Durbin's debut poetry collection, The Ravenous Audience, featuring Chris Abani, curator of the Black Goat poetry series and acclaimed author and poet.

Kate Durbin is author of a chapbook, Amelia Earhart: Fragments Found in a 1937 Aviator's Boot, published by Dancing Girl Press. She holds an MFA from the University of California, Riverside, and lives in Whittier, California, where she is working on a novel.

Chris Abani's prose includes Song For Night (Akashic, 2007), The Virgin of Flames (Penguin, 2007), Becoming Abigail (Akashic, 2006), GraceLand (FSG, 2004), and Masters of the Board (Delta, 1985). His poetry collections are Hands Washing Water (Copper Canyon, 2006), Dog Woman (Red Hen, 2004), Daphne's Lot (Red Hen, 2003), and Kalakuta Republic (Saqi, 2001). He is the recipient of the PEN Hemingway Book Prize and a Guggenheim Award, among others.

SKYLIGHT LITERARY SALON
Saturday, October 17 at 4:00 p.m.

Skylight Literary SalonA modern-day mixer for the literary minded. Our staff will share their
faves from indie presses. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served!

CECILIA WOLOCH

Sunday, October 18 at 5:00 p.m.

Carpathia (BOA Editions)

Cecilia WolochAn event celebrating this latest collection of poems from the award-winning poet and lecturer in the USC Creative Writing program.

Cecilia Woloch is the author of four award-winning collections of poems: Sacrifice, a BookSense 76 Selection in 2001; Tisgan: The Gypsy Poem; Late, for which she was named Georgia Author of the Year in 2004; and Narcissus, winner of the Tupelo Press Snowbound Prize for the chapbook in 2006.

THREE ON A MATCH
featuring
MARK THOMPSON,
TREBOR HEALEY,
and MALCOLM BOYD

Monday, October 19, at 7:30 p.m.

Advocate Days and Other Stories (Queermojo) by Thompson

A Perfect Scar and Other Stories
(Queermojo) by Healey

Wisdom for the Aging
(Ken Arnold Books) by Boyd

Three generations of gay authors will present their recent books in an event that takes its name from a pre-code Warner Bros. movie about three women surviving together in the Depression.  It was a favorite movie of Vito Russo, author of the classic The Celluloid Closet.

Mark ThompsonMark Thompson started working for The Advocate in 1975, reporting on the burgeoning gay liberation movement, and ended his tenure at the national newsmagazine almost 20 years later as its Senior Editor. In addition, he has authored seven books on gay history and culture, including the internationally acclaimed trilogy, Gay Spirit, Gay Soul, and Gay Body.

Trebor HealeyIn addition to A Perfect Scar and Other Stories, Trebor Healey is the author of Through It Came Bright Colors, a novel; and Sweet Son of Pan, a poetry collection. His short fiction and poetry were nominated for a 2008 Pushcart Prize. A new short story collection, Eros and Dust, is forthcoming from Rebel Satori Press in 2010.

Malcolm BoydMalcolm Boyd is the author of 32 books including the international bestseller Are You Running with Me, Jesus?, the gay classic Take Off the Masks, and his new book Wisdom for the Aging: Practical Advice for Living the Best Years of Your Life Right Now. He served three terms as president of PEN Center USA West.

DZANC BEST OF THE WEB 2009

Tuesday, October 20, at 7:30 p.m.

Best of the Web 2009 (Dzanc)

Best of the Web 2009An event celebrating the latest entry in this series: the first comprehensive print anthology to represent the vast array of contemporary online literature on an annual basis, bringing the world of web journals to a greater audience. Three to four authors included in the anthology will read from their selected work. More details to come, so keep an eye on our website for updates!

Praise for the Best of the Web series:

"The book is heartily significant, featuring work that is sometimes surprising . . . and sometimes exhilarating--not unlike the Web itself." --Los Angeles Times

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ANN LOUISE BARDACH

Wednesday, October 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Without Fidel: A Death Foretold in Miami, Havana, and Washington (Scribner)

Ann BardachAnn Bardach, a PEN award-winning investigative journalist, will discuss and sign her new book on the disappearence of Fidel Castro from the world scene.

Bardach is a PEN award-winning investigative journalist who has covered Cuba for fifteen years for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, and many other national publications. She's author of Cuba Confidential and editor of Prison Letters of Fidel Castro and Cuba. She is a member of the core group of the Brookings Institution Cuba Force and teaches at the University of California in Santa Barbara.

DAVID HAMLIN
and BRETT ARENA


Thursday, October 22 at 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles's Original Farmers Market (Arcadia Publishing)

Los Angeles's Original Farmers MarketThe authors of a new book celebrating Los Angeles's original farmers market (at 3rd and Fairfax) will be here to discuss the 75-year history of this historic landmark.

The original Farmers Market at Third Street and Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles has been at the center of its city's history for 75 years. Farmers Market led Los Angeles out of the Great Depression, drew tourists from around the world, and became the most popular attraction in Southern California.

JAKE ADELSTEIN

Friday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m.

Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan (Pantheon Books)

Jake AdelsteinThe only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club will read and discuss his unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up.

Jake Adelstein was a reporter for the Yomiuri Shinbun, Japan's largest newspaper, from 1993 to 2005. From 2006 to 2007 he was the chief investigator for a U.S. State Department-sponsored study of human trafficking in Japan. Considered one of the foremost experts on organized crime in Japan, he works as a writer and consultant in Japan and the United States. He is also the public relations director for the Washington, D.C.-based Polaris Project Japan, which combats human trafficking and the exploitation of women and children in the sex trade.

Photo of Jake Adelstein by Michael Lionstar.

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LAUREN STRASNICK
Saturday, October 24 at 5:00 p.m.

Nothing Like You (Simon Pulse)

Lauren StrasnickThe launch party for a debut young adult novel by this local author.

"Nothing Like You is candid and quick-paced, with characters you can't help but want the best for."
--Deb Caletti, National Book Award finalist for Honey, Baby, Sweetheart

Lauren Strasnick grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, now lives in Los Angeles, and is a graduate of Emerson College and the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) MFA Writing Program. This is her first book.

MICHAEL KEARNS

Sunday, October 25 at 5:00 p.m.

The Drama of AIDS: My Lasting Connections with Two Plays that Survived the Plague (Heinemann)

Michael KearnsA launch party for this new book by author and actor Michael Kearns!  Special guests include readers Joan Engelhaupt and Eduardo Santiago. Joe Gill, Jimmy Shaw, and Kearns will perform from Robert Chesley's Jerker and James Carroll Pickett's Dream Man, the two plays that are celebrated in this memoir.

Michael Kearns has been a fixture in the world of art and politics for more than three decades, combining a mainstream career in film and television with a prolific theatrical resume that includes writing, acting, directing, and producing. Solo performance is his domain, and he has been associated with dozens of one-person shows, including many that he wrote and performed such as intimacies, Rock, Attachments, and Make Love Not War. He is also the author of several books with Heinemann, including T-Cells & Sympathy, Acting = Life (both nominated for Lambda Awards), Getting Your Solo Act Together, and most recently, The Solo Performer's Journey.

TOM HAYDEN

Thursday, October 29 at 7:30 p.m.

The Long Sixties: From 1960 to Barack Obama (Paradigm)

Tom HaydenLongtime activist Tom Hayden will discuss and sign his new book about how Barack Obama's presidency wouldn't be possible without the Sixties.

After forty years of activism, politics, and writing, no one is more qualified to write about the sixties and its legacy than Tom Hayden. From his days as a founding member of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), freedom rider in the deep South, and prominent Vietnam War protester to today, Hayden remains a leading voice for reforming politics through greater citizen participation. The author of seventeen books and the original Port Huron Statement - long considered the founding document of the sixties movement - he has more recently authored Voices of the Chicago 8: A Generation on Trial (2008) and Writings for a Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader (2008).  He continues to write for The Nation and many other magazines.

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PART OF MARK FITTEN'S INDIE 100!



Mark Fitten Indie 100Novelist Mark Fitten (Valeria's Last Stand) has undertaken a serious project: visiting 100 indie bookstores and chronicling his experiences on a blog. And, you guessed it, he visited us here at Skylight a couple of months ago, and wrote a really nice post about us!  Here's an excerpt:

September 29, 2009
#60 Skylight Books
[...]They are in a perfect spot - next to a brasserie, a pizza place, a theater, and across the street from the post office.  Location, location, location!  It so obviously matters. And the fact that they do a lot of cross promotion with their neighbors doesn't hurt. Skylight hosts many events. There are reading salons, midnight release parties, tweet-up readings. It's also a gorgeous looking store with nice lighting and a pleasant atmosphere. I hate being effusive, but I'm really enjoying myself! I'll have to spend a bit more time in L.A. The two stores I visited here are on the must visit list.

You can read more nice things about us, and see some great pics of our store, here!
SKYLIGHT'S BLOG:
SEPTEMBER MUSINGS
Find us at www.skylightbooks.blogspot.com

Guests of HonorOur blog posts in September included thoughtful entries on the stories behind McSweeney's Quarterly, Found Magazine, and our own Alternative section, a couple of book reviews (the new Jon Krakauer book and the upcoming Joshua Ferris novel), and a thrilling recap of our fabulous Infinite Summer's End party featuring John Krasinski, David Foster Wallace's agent Bonnie Nadell, and his colleague from Pomona College Kathleen Fitzpatrick. Here's an excerpt from Emily's terrific (and thoroughly illustrated) blog about the party:

Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Infinite Summer, DFW, and John Krasinski

We had an amazing gathering at Skylight last night! Thanks to everyone who joined us -- the special guests and sponsors were great, but what was truly magical was having so many DFW fans together in one room. It was exactly how I had envisioned it: a little bit of sadness at having lost DFW so early, and a lot of celebration of his talent and the impact he's had on so many of us.

Check out the rest of Emily's post here -- she goes on to describe all the wonderful elements that went into this great event. And keep tabs on us by visiting our blog homepage.

Plus, you can follow Skylight on Twitter by adding skylightbooks to your feed.  We're on Facebook as skylightbooks, too.
BOOK GROUPS:
LADIES' MONTH!
 
This month, we thought we'd feature some of the fantastic female writers that  we carry in the store -- including some exciting new releases!

BlameBlame by Michelle Huneven
A new release by this L.A.-area author! "In Blame, a guilty protagonist strives for the good and achieves the beautiful--and, eventually, the truth. Huneven's supple, world-loving prose elevates small gestures into redemptive acts and everyday objects into restorative gifts, rewarding the reader on every page." --Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander.

Her Fearful SymmetryHer Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
This is the brand-new book from the author of The Time Traveler's Wife (another great book club pick). "A dreamy yet visceral tale of loves both familial and erotic, a search for Self in the midst of obsession with an Other ... Atmospheric and beguiling." --The New York Times Book Review

GoldengroveGoldengrove by Francine Prose
The new paperback edition of this novel by the bestselling author (who will be here on Oct. 7 to read and sign her new book on Anne Frank!). "Prose ... examines lovingly the steps by which life reasserts itself in a slow dance of grief, loneliness, despair, and, finally, a willingness to try again. Arguably, Goldengrove is her best book yet." --Seattle Times

If you have a book group but you're not registered with the store, remember that book groups that do register get 15% off their pick each month. E-mail Emily at emily@skylightbooks.com now to find out how to register your book group! You can check out our registered book groups here.
Skylight Books
1818 N Vermont Ave (between Hollywood Blvd and Franklin)
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323 660-1175
 
Next door to the Los Feliz Cinema and across the street from the Post Office (where you can park after 6pm)
 
metroWe are about 4 blocks north of the Vermont/Sunset subway stop and directly on many bus routes, including the Hollywood DASH.  Bicycle racks in front of the store.