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May 16: Walter Mosley at Book Passage

Leilani Clark — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:25:00 -0700

In 1990, the first Easy Rawlins mystery novel Devil in a Blue Dress joined a long line of books that take Los Angeles as its muse and antagonist. Written by Walter Mosley, the book was set in Watts, and introduced Rawlins, an African-American veteran who ends up broke and unable to find work.…

Feb. 1: Cheryl Greene at Book Passage

Nicolas Grizzle — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:39:00 -0800

When one is a practicing sex educator and clinical sexologist with several degrees to her credit, it’s only a matter of time before a book deal or movie option comes around. Now a major motion picture nominated for an Oscar, The Sessions is a story of one of Cheryl Greene’s patients who was confined to an iron lung after contracting polio at age six.…

Nov. 15: Sere Prince Halverson at the Writers Forum

Leilani Clark — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:22:32 -0800

Writers dream about the day that their novel is finally published, gracing the shelves of bookstores and miraculously ending up as an Oprah’s book club pick. But what about all the work that goes on before that joyous day?…

Nov. 12: Ian Frazier at Book Passage

Leilani Clark — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:09:49 -0800

A New Yorker contributor since 1974, Ian Frazier has finally knocked out his first novel. Really an expansion of his regular humor columns, The Cursing Mommy’s Book of Days is like AbFab on acid, its star being an alcoholic mommy with a “clueless idiot” for a husband, a “horrible, wretched” oldest son and a propensity for blaming the Bush administration for every mishap that befalls her.…

June 18: Terry Tempest Williams at Book Passage in Corte Madera

Jay Scherf — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:30:00 -0700

When President Bill Clinton dedicated the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in 1996, ending a battle between mining interests and environmental activists, he held up Terry Tempest Williams’ anthology Testimony: Writers Speak on Behalf of Utah Wilderness and said, “This made a difference.” Both as an activist and a prolific writer, Williams, a sixth-generation Utah Mormon, has become a leading voice for the desert West. Williams presents her latest work, When Women Were Birds, on Monday, June 18, at Book Passage.…

April 27: Dan Piraro at 142 Throckmorton Theatre

Gabe Meline — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:34:55 -0700

When is stepping back from a job appropriate? After a week?…

April 7: Judy Collins at Book Passage

Michael Shufro — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:30:12 -0700

When I was a kid, my mom had a Best of Judy Collins record that I listened to obsessively, playing “Send in the Clowns” and “Both Sides Now” on repeat. Yes, even at the age of eight I was already prepping for a life of constant sorrow.…

March 22: Bart Schneider at Reader's Books

Michael Shufro — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:44:12 -0700

In local author Bart Schneider’s novel Nameless Dame, a mysterious murder is the talk of the town in Guerneville. Without giving too much away, this gripping mystery travels around Sonoma County in search of information linked to the crime.…

March 3: Jeff Clements at Book Passage

Jennifer Cuddy — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:47:00 -0800

How can corporations seemingly show up everywhere? Why can they get away with virtually everything?…

Mar. 14: John Heilemann and Mark Halperin at Book Passage

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:12:32 -0800

Books on the political atmosphere are often smart, or at least smartly written. So when a weirdly penned but sensational “tell-all” comes down the publishing pipe and hits the bestseller list, it’s cause for amusement.…