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April 02, 2013
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Health and happiness, as individuals and as a community, are the focus this week. Take an in-depth look at addiction, read an eye-opening account of the truths children grasp, connect body and mind with a world-class athlete, but don’t forget to eat! 

CLEAN: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America’s Greatest Tragedy by David Sheff. The author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller Beautiful Boy offers a new paradigm for dealing with addiction based on cutting-edge research and stories of his own and other families’ struggles with – and triumphs over – drug abuse. Share your own stories and learn more in our forum.

WORLD PEACE AND OTHER 4TH GRADE ACHIEVEMENTS by John Hunter.  Award-winning teacher and high-profile public speaker John Hunter offers insights into conflict resolution and collective problem-solving gleaned from his many years teaching kids through the “world peace game,” an innovative global systems simulation he created.

SHELTER CYCLE by Peter Rock. An American original, Peter Rock brings our strangest beliefs to vivid and sympathetic life in this haunting novel inspired by true events: two childhood friends, whose families were members of an extreme religion, suddenly reencounter each other twenty years later. 

FAMILY TABLE: Favorite Staff Meals from Our Restaurants to Your Home by Michael Romano and Karen Stabiner. The best staff meals from Danny Meyer’s acclaimed restaurants—Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, Maiolino, Eleven Madison Park, The Modern, Blue Smoke, Untitled at The Whitney, and more—simple enough for any home cook’s weeknight dinners, delicious enough for the most discriminating palates. 

EAT AND RUN: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness by Scott Jurek and Steve Friedman. Now in paperback. An inspiring memoir from ultrarunner Scott Jurek, star of Born to Run, covering his remarkable running career, fueled, surprisingly, by an entirely plant-based diet.

ARE YOU MY MOTHER? A Comic Drama by Alison Bechdel. Now in paperback. From the best-selling author of Fun Home, Time magazine’s No. 1 Book of the Year, a poignant and hilarious  graphic memoir of Alison Bechdel becoming the artist her gifted mother always wanted to be.

GODFORSAKEN IDAHO by Shawn Vestal. For fans of George Saunders and Raymond Carver, this powerful, imaginative story collection takes readers on a journey from the afterlife to contemporary times to the early days of Mormonism—a stunning debut  by an acclaimed McSweeney’s and Tin House contributor.   

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January 22, 2013
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Happy Tuesday, and happy pub day to these books:

FRANCONA: The Red Sox Years by Terry Francona and Dan Shaughnessy. An insightful, honest, and entertaining narrative of Terry Francona’s tenure with the Red Sox franchise, during which time he managed two teams to World Series victories (including their first in eighty-six years) and oversaw some of the most iconic and colorful players in the game. 

CALLING DR. LAURA: A Graphic Memoir by Nicole J. Georges. In a charming graphic memoir that Alison Bechdel calls “riveting,” “disarming,” and “haunting,” a psychic reading spurs Portland ‘zinester Nicole Georges to uncover an old secret about her father and the family story she never knew.

THE ATLANTIC OCEAN: Reports from Britain and America by Andrew O’Hagan. A stunning collection of reportage about the complicated relationship between Britain and America from the acclaimed journalist and novelist, and the “best essayist of his generation” (New York Times).

GOD’S JURY: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World by Cullen Murphy. A narrative history of the Inquisition, and an examination of the influence it exerted on contemporary society, by the author of Are We Rome?

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January 15, 2013
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beijamon: Nicole J. Georges is hitting the road in support of her brand new graphic memoir Calling Dr. Laura. BOOKING NOW. Please stay tuned for up-to-date information. COLLEGES, LIBRARIES and UNIVERSITIES: Please check out Nicole’s reading/workshop offerings down below. Please direct all booking inquiries to nicolejgeorges at gmail dot com. WEST COAST January 22, 2013 - Portland, Oregon @ Powell’s Bookstore (after-party TBA) January 24, 2013 - San Francisco, California @ Books Inc. January 26, 2013 - Los Angeles, California @ The Last Bookstore with Tara Jepsen and musical guests, Bouquet! January 30, 2013 - Seattle, Washington @ Elliott Bay January 31st, 2013- Olympia, Washington @ Olympia Timberland Library           with  Aron Nels Steinke February 6, 2013 - San Francisco, California @ RADAR reading series February 8, 2013- San Francisco, CA @ CCA MFA Program Talk February 16th- LA Zine Fest Reading at Footsies Bar  February 17, 2013- LA Zine Fest with Cassie J. Sneider February 19-March 15- EAST COAST TOUR w/ Cassie J. Sneider February 21- Baltimore, MD @ TBA w/ Cassie J Sneider February 26- Montreal @ TBA w/ Cassie J Sneider February 28- White River Junction, VT at The Center for Cartoon Studies March 2- Massachusetts, TBA March 4- Massachusetts, TBA March 7- Bloomington, Indiana at Indiana University w/ Cassie J Sneider March 8- Bloomington, Indiana at Boxcar Books w/ Cassie J Sneider March 9- Chicago Zine Fest w/ Cassie J Sneider March 10- Chicago Zine Fest w/ Cassie J Sneider March 12- New York, TBA w/ Cassie J Sneider March 13-Brooklyn, NY@ Brooklyn Public Library w/ Cassie J Sneider March 15-Holbrook, NY @ Sachem Public Library w/ Cassie J Sneider Nicole J. Georges is an award-winning educator, illustrator and pet portrait artist from Portland, Oregon. Nicole has been publishing the autobiographical comic Invincible Summer since 2000, and has toured the country extensively, including two month-long appearances on Michelle Tea’s Sister Spit the Next Generation. Her work has been featured in Tin House, Bitch Magazine, The Rock n Roll Camp for Girls book, and more. In her spare time, Nicole gives advice at asknicolegeorges.blogspot.com and volunteers with senior citizens.  Cassie J Sneider is the author of the life-changingly hilarious memoir Fine Fine Music, a memoir about growing up on Long Island, getting into rockandroll, and having many minimum-wage jobs along the way. She has been touring and performing around the country with comics and zines since 2008, and she hosts a monthly storytelling series called THE WORST! in Brooklyn and San Francisco.  AVAILABLE WORKSHOPS FOR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: Ask Nicole Georges LIVE - An hour of live, in-depth advice, and a talk on how Nicole came to be America’s Smartest Girl, and how some uptight parents almost made her stop! EAST COAST: Nicole and Cassie J Sneider give tag team live, unforgettable advice. THE WORST! Storytelling for a live audience- The Worst! storytelling series that Cassie J. hosts is centered around the idea that usually, in the worst situations, there is still humor to be found.  This memoir workshop dares students to think about their worst jobs, dates, and life situations, zeroing in on the funny parts, and creating a fully-fleshed out story for performance. Memory Comics Workshop - Students will begin the workshop with a memory writing exercise, and then adapt their writing into a comic on the spot. Nicole J. Georges will guide students through basic comic layout & construction, terminology, character design and process in this 1-3 hours long workshop. Students will leave with the material and resources to begin their own comics. In the extended version, students will leave this workshop with a completed comic. Queer Comics - A safe space for GLBTQI participants to come together and learn about comics, some famous queer artists,  and how to make them on their own. Nicole J. Georges will guide students through basic comic layout & construction, terminology, character design and process in this 1-3 hours long workshop. Students will leave with the material and resources to begin their own comics. In the extended version, students will leave this workshop with a completed comic. Zines 101 - A talk about the history of zines, how they were important to social movements including Riot Grrl, who makes them now, how and why. Students will get a chance to read zines & self-published comics from around the country in this 1 hour long talk with Q & A, which can be adapted into a longer, hands-on workshop in which students will leave with their own zine in hand! This workshop can be adapted into a Zines & Feminism discussion. Homorobics & Punk Pilates - Nicole J. Georges leads students in an hour-long aerobics class with an emphasis on fun and not weight loss. Homorobics is a safe space for people of all genders and body types to let their freak flag fly as they do pilates, tae-bo, jazzercise and strength training. 

beijamon:

Nicole J. Georges is hitting the road in support of her brand new graphic memoir Calling Dr. Laura. BOOKING NOW. Please stay tuned for up-to-date information.

COLLEGES, LIBRARIES and UNIVERSITIES: Please check out Nicole’s reading/workshop offerings down below.

Please direct all booking inquiries to nicolejgeorges at gmail dot com.

WEST COAST

January 22, 2013 - Portland, Oregon @ Powell’s Bookstore (after-party TBA)

January 24, 2013 - San Francisco, California @ Books Inc.

January 26, 2013 - Los Angeles, California @ The Last Bookstore with Tara Jepsen and musical guests, Bouquet!

January 30, 2013 - Seattle, Washington @ Elliott Bay

January 31st, 2013- Olympia, Washington @ Olympia Timberland Library           with  Aron Nels Steinke

February 6, 2013 - San Francisco, California @ RADAR reading series

February 8, 2013- San Francisco, CA @ CCA MFA Program Talk

February 16th- LA Zine Fest Reading at Footsies Bar 

February 17, 2013- LA Zine Fest with Cassie J. Sneider

February 19-March 15- EAST COAST TOUR w/ Cassie J. Sneider

February 21- Baltimore, MD @ TBA w/ Cassie J Sneider

February 26- Montreal @ TBA w/ Cassie J Sneider

February 28- White River Junction, VT at The Center for Cartoon Studies

March 2- Massachusetts, TBA

March 4- Massachusetts, TBA

March 7- Bloomington, Indiana at Indiana University w/ Cassie J Sneider

March 8- Bloomington, Indiana at Boxcar Books w/ Cassie J Sneider

March 9- Chicago Zine Fest w/ Cassie J Sneider

March 10- Chicago Zine Fest w/ Cassie J Sneider

March 12- New York, TBA w/ Cassie J Sneider

March 13-Brooklyn, NY@ Brooklyn Public Library w/ Cassie J Sneider

March 15-Holbrook, NY @ Sachem Public Library w/ Cassie J Sneider

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Nicole J. Georges is an award-winning educator, illustrator and pet portrait artist from Portland, Oregon. Nicole has been publishing the autobiographical comic Invincible Summer since 2000, and has toured the country extensively, including two month-long appearances on Michelle Tea’s Sister Spit the Next Generation. Her work has been featured in Tin House, Bitch Magazine, The Rock n Roll Camp for Girls book, and more. In her spare time, Nicole gives advice at asknicolegeorges.blogspot.com and volunteers with senior citizens. 

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Cassie J Sneider is the author of the life-changingly hilarious memoir Fine Fine Music, a memoir about growing up on Long Island, getting into rockandroll, and having many minimum-wage jobs along the way. She has been touring and performing around the country with comics and zines since 2008, and she hosts a monthly storytelling series called THE WORST! in Brooklyn and San Francisco. 

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AVAILABLE WORKSHOPS FOR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES:

Ask Nicole Georges LIVE - An hour of live, in-depth advice, and a talk on how Nicole came to be America’s Smartest Girl, and how some uptight parents almost made her stop!

EAST COAST: Nicole and Cassie J Sneider give tag team live, unforgettable advice.

THE WORST! Storytelling for a live audience- The Worst! storytelling series that Cassie J. hosts is centered around the idea that usually, in the worst situations, there is still humor to be found.  This memoir workshop dares students to think about their worst jobs, dates, and life situations, zeroing in on the funny parts, and creating a fully-fleshed out story for performance.


Memory Comics Workshop - Students will begin the workshop with a memory writing exercise, and then adapt their writing into a comic on the spot. Nicole J. Georges will guide students through basic comic layout & construction, terminology, character design and process in this 1-3 hours long workshop. Students will leave with the material and resources to begin their own comics. In the extended version, students will leave this workshop with a completed comic.

Queer Comics - A safe space for GLBTQI participants to come together and learn about comics, some famous queer artists,  and how to make them on their own. Nicole J. Georges will guide students through basic comic layout & construction, terminology, character design and process in this 1-3 hours long workshop. Students will leave with the material and resources to begin their own comics. In the extended version, students will leave this workshop with a completed comic.

Zines 101 - A talk about the history of zines, how they were important to social movements including Riot Grrl, who makes them now, how and why. Students will get a chance to read zines & self-published comics from around the country in this 1 hour long talk with Q & A, which can be adapted into a longer, hands-on workshop in which students will leave with their own zine in hand! This workshop can be adapted into a Zines & Feminism discussion.

Homorobics & Punk Pilates - Nicole J. Georges leads students in an hour-long aerobics class with an emphasis on fun and not weight loss. Homorobics is a safe space for people of all genders and body types to let their freak flag fly as they do pilates, tae-bo, jazzercise and strength training. 

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May 01, 2012
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TODAY TODAY TODAY! There’s no question, ARE YOU MY MOTHER? by Alison Bechdel is on sale and available to-day. Her tour kicks off tonight in NYC, and continues and continues and continues.  Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home was a pop culture and literary phenomenon. Now, a second thrilling tale of filial sleuthery, this time about her mother: voracious reader; music lover; passionate amateur actor. Also a woman, unhappily married to a closeted gay man, whose artistic aspirations simmered under the surface of Bechdel’s childhood … and who stopped touching or kissing her daughter goodnight, forever, when she was seven. Poignantly, hilariously, Bechdel embarks on a quest for answers concerning the mother-daughter gulf. It’s a richly layered search that leads readers from the fascinating life and work of iconic 20th-century psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott, to one explosively illuminating Dr. Seuss illustration, to Bechdel’s own (serially monogamous) adult love life. And, finally, back to Mother—to a truce, fragile and real-time, that will move and astonish all adult children of gifted mothers Read an excerpt. See the tour schedule. 

TODAY TODAY TODAY! There’s no question, ARE YOU MY MOTHER? by Alison Bechdel is on sale and available to-day. Her tour kicks off tonight in NYC, and continues and continues and continues. 

Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home was a pop culture and literary phenomenon. Now, a second thrilling tale of filial sleuthery, this time about her mother: voracious reader; music lover; passionate amateur actor. Also a woman, unhappily married to a closeted gay man, whose artistic aspirations simmered under the surface of Bechdel’s childhood … and who stopped touching or kissing her daughter goodnight, forever, when she was seven. Poignantly, hilariously, Bechdel embarks on a quest for answers concerning the mother-daughter gulf. It’s a richly layered search that leads readers from the fascinating life and work of iconic 20th-century psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott, to one explosively illuminating Dr. Seuss illustration, to Bechdel’s own (serially monogamous) adult love life. And, finally, back to Mother—to a truce, fragile and real-time, that will move and astonish all adult children of gifted mothers

Read an excerpt. See the tour schedule. 

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April 30, 2012
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ARE YOU MY MOTHER? by Alison Bechdel is “as complicated, brainy, inventive and satisfying as the finest prose memoirs.” According to this New York Times Book Review. And me. 

ARE YOU MY MOTHER? by Alison Bechdel is “as complicated, brainy, inventive and satisfying as the finest prose memoirs.” According to this New York Times Book Review. And me. 

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