Sidebars to the BAD Group Reading List
Here are some links to some of the authors we will be reading as well as any supplemental material I came across. Feel free to add anything you are aware of in the Comments …
September: Mary Roach Gulp
Authors’s website: http://www.maryroach.net/
See / Hear the author: In Conversation with Jon Mooallem
Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 7:30 pm
Venue: Nourse Theater
Series: Cultural Studies
See website to purchase tickets: http://www.cityarts.net/event/mary-roach/
Videos of the author: http://www.maryroach.net/videos.html
Mary Roach discusses Gulp on the Daily Show http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-april-1-2013/mary-roach
Pod cast on Slate: http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/live_at_politics/2013/04/mary_roach_discusses_gulp_live_at_politics_and_prose.html
October: Michael Chabon Telegraph Avenue
Author’s website: http://michaelchabon.com/
On publisher’s website: http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/1628/Michael_Chabon/index.aspx
Author appearances:
Promoting Telegraph Avenue
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
A GREAT GOOD PLACE FOR BOOKS 7:00 PM
5701 Thornhill Drive Montclair Presbyterian Church Oakland, CA 94611
Sorry I didn't notice this earlier to send out the info ... KQED had a program on 'Superheroes: A Never Ending Battle' that I just watched. Michael Chabon was one of the 'talking heads' -- comics were referred to in 'Telegraph Ave" and were a main focus in the author's "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay"
Superheroes: a Never=Ending Battle
Part 1 -Truth, Justice and the American Way (1938-1958)
Part 2 - Great Pwer, Great Responsibility (1959 - 1977)
Part 3 - A Hero Can Be Anyone (1978-present)
It will probably be shown again, although possibly not all 3 parts together.... check KQED's website
November: Ishmel Beah A Long Way Gone; Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Author’s website: http://www.alongwaygone.com/
media clips: http://www.alongwaygone.com/media.html
Ishmel Beah Foundation: http://www.beahfound.org/Beah_Foundation/Home.html
The Ishmael Beah Foundation (IBF) is a private, independent institution dedicated to helping children and youth affected by war reintegrate into society and improve their lives. The Foundation aims at creating and financing educational and vocational opportunities for children and youth who have been affected by war, so that they can be empowered to choose a life free of conflict.
The Foundation will achieve its goals through providing tuition, granting scholarships, creating literary and study corners that will be open to children and youth, as a way of engaging them and providing them with a safe place to take charge of their lives.
December: Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Author’s website: http://www.anniebarrows.com/
Related video: Island at War, shown on Masterpiece Theater a few years ago, based on fact, but set on a fictional Channel Island, showing the Nazi invasion.
If you like this book, you might like: 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Slim volume of letters between the author and a London bookstore. Made into a film with Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins.
January: Karen House On Saudi Arabia
Author’s website: http://karenelliotthouse.com/
Photo Gallery: http://karenelliotthouse.com/photos/
Video Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAkpcQE-pWE
February: Rachel Joyce The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Author’s website: http://www.racheljoycebooks.com/
Video Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9geEc_t0_s
About writing Harold Fry: http://www.rachel-joyce.co.uk/?page_id=162
March: J. R. Moehringer Tender Bar
Interview on NPR; includes audio clip: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5060338
Book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtmrnjCPJNo
upcoming movie: http://www.movieinsider.com/m11993/the-tender-bar/
April: Kazuo Ischiguro Never Let Me Go
About the Author: http://literature.britishcouncil.org/kazuo-ishiguro
Interview in Paris Review: http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5829/the-art-of-fiction-no-196-kazuo-ishiguro
Interview on NPR; includes audio clips:
There is 2010 film based on the novel with Keira Knightly, Carey Mulligan, Charlotte Rampling
May: Kathryn Edin and Timothy Nelson Doing the Best I Can; Fatherhood in the Inner City
Presentation by Kathryn Edin at Race, Families, and Inequality Symposium https://vimeo.com/64111040
Article in Long Island Pulse: http://www.lipulse.com/blog/article/doing-the-best-i-can-fatherhood-in-the-inner-city-by-kathryn-edin-and-timot/
Interview on NPR; links to transcript and audio: http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-05-28/new-research-inner-city-fathers
June: Khaled Hosseini And the Mountains Echoed
Author’s website: http://khaledhosseini.com/
Foundation: http://khaledhosseinifoundation.org/
For Book Clubs: http://khaledhosseinifoundation.org/book-clubs.php
Tour: Nov. 8, 2013, Spangenberg Auditorium, Palo Alto ($30-50) http://www.khaledhosseinifoundation.org/khaled-hosseini-events.php
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