Samuel Johnson and James Boswell—it’s almost impossible to think of one without the other. But what was their relationship really like? Radner\, George Mason professor emeritus\, has examined everything each of the pair wrote to and about the other\; his account is a comprehensive biography of an enduring friendship.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130202T233000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130203T003000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/mystery-dinner URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/mystery-dinner SUMMARY:The Year I Stopped Making Dinner\: Three Authors Discuss Work/Life/Art Balance — at The Washington Club DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130205T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130205T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/david-nirenberg-anti-judaism-western-tradition URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/david-nirenberg-anti-judaism-western-tradition SUMMARY:David Nirenberg - Anti-Judaism\: The Western Tradition DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130206T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130206T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/jeanne-theoharis-rebellious-life-mrs-rosa-parks URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/jeanne-theoharis-rebellious-life-mrs-rosa-parks SUMMARY:Jeanne Theoharis - The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130207T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130207T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/susan-cain-quiet-power-introverts-world-cant-stop-talking URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/susan-cain-quiet-power-introverts-world-cant-stop-talking SUMMARY:Susan Cain - Quiet\: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking — at 6th & I DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130208T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130208T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/w-patrick-mccray-visioneers-how-group-elite-scientists-pursued-space-colonies-nanotechnol URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/w-patrick-mccray-visioneers-how-group-elite-scientists-pursued-space-colonies-nanotechnol SUMMARY:W. Patrick McCray - The Visioneers\: How a Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies\, Nanotechnologies\, and a Limitless Future DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130208T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130208T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/daniel-hernandez-they-call-me-hero-memoir-my-youth URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/daniel-hernandez-they-call-me-hero-memoir-my-youth SUMMARY:Daniel Hernandez - They Call Me a Hero\: A Memoir of My Youth — at Silver Spring Library *FOR TEENS AND ADULTS DESCRIPTION:Hernandez\, the young intern whose quick first-aid helped save the life of Congressional Representative Gabrielle Giffords after she was shot\, reflects both on his own life and the qualities that make a hero. Ages 11-15.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130209T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130209T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/elliott-abrams-tested-zion-bush-administration-and-israeli-palestinian-conflict URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/elliott-abrams-tested-zion-bush-administration-and-israeli-palestinian-conflict SUMMARY:Elliott Abrams - Tested by Zion\: The Bush Administration and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130209T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130209T190000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/one-world-education-reading URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/one-world-education-reading SUMMARY:One World Education - Student Ambassador Speaker Series DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130209T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130210T000000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/sara-horowitz-freelancers-bible-everything-you-need-know-have-career-your-dreams-your-ter URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/sara-horowitz-freelancers-bible-everything-you-need-know-have-career-your-dreams-your-ter SUMMARY:Sara Horowitz - The Freelancer's Bible\: Everything You Need to Know to Have the Career of Your Dreams on Your Terms DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130210T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130210T190000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/daniel-stashower-hour-peril-secret-plot-murder-lincoln-civil-war URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/daniel-stashower-hour-peril-secret-plot-murder-lincoln-civil-war SUMMARY:Daniel Stashower - The Hour of Peril\: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130210T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130210T230000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/manil-suri-city-devi URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/manil-suri-city-devi SUMMARY:Manil Suri - The City of Devi DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130212T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130212T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/john-wood-creating-room-read-story-hope-battle-global-literacy URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/john-wood-creating-room-read-story-hope-battle-global-literacy SUMMARY:John Wood - Creating Room to Read\: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy — at MLK Central Library DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130213T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130213T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/neil-shubin-universe-within-discovering-common-history-rocks-planets-and-people URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/neil-shubin-universe-within-discovering-common-history-rocks-planets-and-people SUMMARY:Neil Shubin - The Universe Within\: Discovering the Common History of Rocks\, Planets\, and People DESCRIPTION:In this dual focus on the present and the distant past\, Shubin\, a paleontologist at the University of Chicago and author of Your Inner Fish\, combines geology\, genetics\, and cosmology to explain both why the world is as it is now\, and how it came to be that way. Shubin cogently explains the Big Bang and traces the matter it dispersed as the elements became stars and planets\, rocks and life.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130214T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130214T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/garry-wills-why-priests-failed-tradition URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/garry-wills-why-priests-failed-tradition SUMMARY:Garry Wills - Why Priests?\: A Failed Tradition DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130215T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130215T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/stephen-hess-whatever-happened-washington-reporters-1978-2012 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/stephen-hess-whatever-happened-washington-reporters-1978-2012 SUMMARY:Stephen Hess - Whatever Happened to the Washington Reporters\, 1978-2012 DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130216T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130216T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/charles-todd-proof-guilt-inspector-ian-rutledge-mystery URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/charles-todd-proof-guilt-inspector-ian-rutledge-mystery SUMMARY:Charles Todd - Proof of Guilt\: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130216T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130216T190000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/john-n-maclean-esperanza-fire-arson-murder-and-agony-engine-57 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/john-n-maclean-esperanza-fire-arson-murder-and-agony-engine-57 SUMMARY:John N. Maclean - The Esperanza Fire\: Arson\, Murder\, and the Agony of Engine 57 DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130216T203000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130216T213000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/poetry-reading URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/poetry-reading SUMMARY:Poetry Reading - Merrill Leffler\, Chloe Yelena Miller\, and\, Yvette Neisser Moreno DESCRIPTION:Join us for a sampling of the area’s thriving poetry scene with this trio of distinguished poets. Veteran poet Leffler\, founder of Dryad Press (going strong since the ‘60s) will be joined by Miller\, whose work has been widely published in literary journals and who now has a chapbook to her credit\; and Moreno\, a translator and poet whose first book won the 2011 Gival Press Poetry Award.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130216T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130217T000000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/shelby-smoak-bleeder-memoir URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/shelby-smoak-bleeder-memoir SUMMARY:Shelby Smoak - Bleeder\: A Memoir DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130217T003000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130217T013000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/nerds-evening-trivia URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/nerds-evening-trivia SUMMARY:P&P and Modern Times Coffeehouse Present\: NERDS! An Evening of Trivia DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130217T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130217T190000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/evangelical-catholicism-deep-reform-21st-century-church-george-weigel URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/evangelical-catholicism-deep-reform-21st-century-church-george-weigel SUMMARY:Evangelical Catholicism\: Deep Reform in the 21st-Century Church - George Weigel **CANCELLED DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130217T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130217T230000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/gretel-ehrlich-facing-wave-journey-wake-tsunami URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/gretel-ehrlich-facing-wave-journey-wake-tsunami SUMMARY:Gretel Ehrlich - Facing the Wave\: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/david-d-burstein-fast-future-how-millennial-generation-shaping-our-world URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/david-d-burstein-fast-future-how-millennial-generation-shaping-our-world SUMMARY:David D. Burstein - Fast Future\: How the Millennial Generation Is Shaping Our World DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/matt-kepnes-how-travel-world-50-day-travel-cheaper-longer-smarter URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/matt-kepnes-how-travel-world-50-day-travel-cheaper-longer-smarter SUMMARY:Matt Kepnes - How to Travel the World on $50 a Day\: Travel Cheaper\, Longer\, Smarter — at Comet Ping Pong DESCRIPTION:Kepnes\, aka “Nomadic Matt\,” has been a world traveler since 2005 when a trip to Thailand showed him you don’t have to be rich to travel in relative comfort. His guide is full of practical advice about how to go places on frequent flyer miles\, how to find discount cards\, and how to avoid paying fees—without breaking any laws. Join us for pizza\, ping-pong\, and travel tips.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130219T230000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/marissa-meyer-scarlet URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/marissa-meyer-scarlet SUMMARY:Marissa Meyer - Scarlet — at Bethesda Library *FOR TEENS AND ADULTS DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130220T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130220T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/phillip-lopate-show-and-tell-portrait-inside-my-head URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/phillip-lopate-show-and-tell-portrait-inside-my-head SUMMARY:Phillip Lopate -To Show and to Tell & Portrait Inside My Head DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130220T153000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130220T163000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/jabari-asim-and-bryan-collier-fifty-cents-and-dream-young-booker-t-washington URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/jabari-asim-and-bryan-collier-fifty-cents-and-dream-young-booker-t-washington SUMMARY:Jabari Asim and Bryan Collier - Fifty Cents and a Dream\: Young Booker T. Washington DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130221T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130221T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/jess-bravin-terror-courts-rough-justice-guantanamo-bay URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/jess-bravin-terror-courts-rough-justice-guantanamo-bay SUMMARY:Jess Bravin - The Terror Courts\: Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130221T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130221T180300Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/stephenie-meyer-host URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/stephenie-meyer-host SUMMARY:Stephenie Meyer - The Host DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130222T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130222T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/stephen-budiansky-perilous-fight-americas-intrepid-war-britain-high-seas URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/stephen-budiansky-perilous-fight-americas-intrepid-war-britain-high-seas SUMMARY:Stephen Budiansky - Blackett's War\: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130222T003000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130222T013000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/gigi-amateau-come-august-come-freedom-bellows-gallows-and-black-general-gabriel URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/gigi-amateau-come-august-come-freedom-bellows-gallows-and-black-general-gabriel SUMMARY:Gigi Amateau - Come August\, Come Freedom — at Takoma Park Library *FOR TEENS AND ADULTS DESCRIPTION:Growing up on a Virginia plantation\, Gabriel gets the same education as his owner’s son—but he’s still a slave. His real lessons come years later when Toussaint L’Ouverture leads an uprising in Haiti\, inspiring Gabriel to recruit slaves for a secret army. Ages 15 and up.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130223T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130223T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/ruta-sepetys-out-easy URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/ruta-sepetys-out-easy SUMMARY:Ruta Sepetys - Out of the Easy *FOR TEENS AND ADULTS DESCRIPTION:1950 New Orleans is a tough place. Josie lives at the brothel where her mother works\, but she has far different plans for her future. A book lover\, Josie works at a bookstore and dreams of attending Smith College. When she gets involved in a murder investigation\, however\, her plans are suddenly at risk. Ages 15 and up.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130223T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130223T190000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/allida-black-tomorrow-now URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/allida-black-tomorrow-now SUMMARY:Allida Black - Tomorrow Is Now DESCRIPTION:One of our most active\, influential\, and admired First Ladies\, Eleanor Roosevelt worked throughout her life on behalf of social justice and human rights. Originally published in 1963\, Tomorrow is Now remains a powerful and eloquent call-to-action on civil rights. Join Allida Black\, Roosevelt scholar and author of Casting Her Own Shadow\: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Shaping of Postwar Liberalism\, for a discussion of this book and its place in American history.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130223T203000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130223T213000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/karin-tanabe-list URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/karin-tanabe-list SUMMARY:Karin Tanabe - The List DESCRIPTION:In her first novel\, the former Politico reporter offers a fast-paced narrative set at the juncture where media and politics collide. Adrienne Brown writes for The Capitolist (aka “the List”) and discovers that her most competitive colleague is having an affair with a senator—it’s a story that starts with politics and ramifies into unforeseen consequences.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130223T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130224T000000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/bill-streever-heat-adventures-worlds-fiery-places URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/bill-streever-heat-adventures-worlds-fiery-places SUMMARY:Bill Streever - Heat\: Adventures in the World's Fiery Places DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130224T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130224T230000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/garrett-peck-smithsonian-castle-and-seneca-quarry URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/garrett-peck-smithsonian-castle-and-seneca-quarry SUMMARY:Garrett Peck - The Smithsonian Castle and the Seneca Quarry DESCRIPTION:Can you name the stone used to construct the Smithsonian Castle? In his companion volume to The Potomac River\: A History and Guide\, Peck\, a D.C.-area historian\, tells us that the Castle is built of red sandstone from the Seneca Quarry\, twenty miles outside the District. There was more to the quarry than stone\, however\, and Peck chronicles the dramatic lives and times of those who owned and worked on the site.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130226T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130226T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/karen-russell-vampires-lemon-grove-stories URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/karen-russell-vampires-lemon-grove-stories SUMMARY:Karen Russell - Vampires in the Lemon Grove\: Stories DESCRIPTION:In her second collection of stories\, the author of the Pulitzer-finalist Swamplandia! turns her wit and vibrant prose to a variety of subjects. From aging\, but immortal\, vampires looking for the perfect place to retire to a traumatized Iraq war veteran whose tattoo memorializing his lost comrade changes with his emotions\, Russell ingeniously blends magic with a suspenseful psychological realism.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130523T132942Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130227T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130227T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/amity-shlaes-coolidge URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/amity-shlaes-coolidge SUMMARY:Amity Shlaes - Coolidge DESCRIPTION:In her biography of the 30th president\, Shlaes\, Bloomberg syndicated columnist\, author of The Forgotten Man\, and a trustee of the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation\, rechristens “Silent Cal” as “our great refrainer.” She praises him for leaving the federal budget smaller than it was when he took office and for ushering in an era of prosperity and growth.
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