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Click www.politics-prose.com/event for our author events calendar through December.
Thursday, January 5, 7 p.m.
Roger Rosenblatt - Kayak Morning: Reflections on Love, Grief, and Small Boats(Ecco, $13.99)
A sequel to his memoir, Making Toast, Rosenblatt’s essays on family and boating are a heartfelt testament to the fact that life does indeed go on despite tragedy. A multi-faceted writer and teacher of writing, Rosenblatt offers moving, but unsentimental, lessons in facing loss.
Friday, January 6, 7 p.m.
Thomas Frank - Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right (Metropolitan, $25)
Noting that hard economic times in the past have caused groundswells of support for progressive policies, Frank, author of the revealing What’s the Matter with Kansas?, explores why the most recent financial downturn has instead fostered the conservatism of the Tea Party and Glenn Beck.
Saturday, January 7, 11 a.m. – noon
Anonymous 4 – Secret Voices: Chant & Polyphony from the Las Huelgas Codex(Harmonia Mundi, $18.98) – Signing only
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Anonymous 4, the world renowned early music vocal quartet, will visit Politics & Prose to sign their new album. We will also host Robert Eisenstein and Christopher Kendall of the Folger Consort to sign their new CD, A New Song: Celebrating the King James Bible (Bard Records, $11.98).
Anonymous 4 and the Folger Consort are in concert on Friday, January 6, and Saturday, January 7 in Heavenly Revelations: Hildegard von Bingen and Medieval France, which pairs the music of the 12th-century mystic with that of the “Notre Dame” composers of 13th-century France.
The Folger Consort is offering Politics & Prose customers discounted tickets to these concerts.
Save $10 per ticket (regularly $30-$50) to the concert at Washington National Cathedral on Friday, January 6 and Saturday, January 7 at 8 p.m.
To purchase discounted tickets, visit www.folger.edu/consort and click on Heavenly Revelations, click “buy tickets,” select a performance and enter coupon code CNCATH12, then click “continue.” The ticket discount will be automatically applied.
Saturday, January 7, 1 p.m.
Parvaneh Bahar - The Poet's Daughter: Malek O'Shoara Bahar of Iran and the Immortal Song of Freedom (Larson, $22.95)
Bahar’s father, Malek o’Shoara Bahar, was declared Iran’s Prince of Poets in 1904. His daughter’s memoir looks back to her father’s work in support of Iranian independence and democracy, and to the campaign for women’s rights that cost him his own freedom and sent the family into exile.
Saturday, January 7, 6 p.m.
Eric Weiner - Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine(Twelve, $26.99)
A journalist, avid traveler, and author of the bestsellingThe Geography of Bliss, Weiner has witnessed myriad religious observances in the course of his career. Only after a serious illness, however, did he consider his own beliefs. In this spirited travelogue, Weiner recounts the spiritual quest that took him to Nepal, Turkey, China, Israel, and even Las Vegas.
Sunday, January 8, 5 p.m.
Contributors - Amazing Graces: Yet Another Collection of Fiction by Washington Area Women(Paycock, $18.95)
Following the success of Electric Grace and Enhanced Gravity, local publisher Richard Peabody of the Paycock Press has issued the latest in this series of anthologies by Washington-area women writers. Join us to hear some of the nearly fifty contributors read briefly from their short fiction and then take Q&A. The event will be moderated by Bethanne Patrick, Charlottesville-based Book Maven and writer.
Contributors willl include Rae Bryant, Beth Frerking, Jennifer Howard, Esther Iverem, Colleen Kearney Rich, Kim Roberts, Wanda Warner, and Kathleen Wheaton.
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