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Share the Love Poetry Contest--3 Chances to Win!
February 11
12:01AM - 06:00PM
Submit an original poem for a chance to win a $250 Strand Gift Card! Second prize--a tote filled with books and merchandise to inspire love (value: $175); third prize--a $50 Strand Gift Card. Your poem (and name) could be featured on Strand merchandise and on the Strand website!
Poems must be original and previously unpublished.
Theme: love of the Strand.
Submission deadline: Thursday, February 11 at 6:00pm. Winners will be contacted via email on Friday, February 12 by 6:00pm. Submit your poems to contest@strandbooks.com with the subject "Poetry Contest".
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Valentine's Day Family Hour
February 11
03:30PM - 04:30PM
For children of all ages and their caregivers...
Strand Staff will read from their favorite books and help the children create Valentine's Day bookmarks.
Special treats will be provided.
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Howard Bloom and Richard Foreman
February 16
07:00PM - 08:00PM
What do Google, Darwin and Shakespeare have to do with capitalism, with what you do for a living and with what you do for a life? MacArthur Genius Award-winner Richard Foreman, the "gray wizard of experimental theater," will interview Howard Bloom, "the Einstein, Darwin, Newton and Freud of the 21st Century," to discuss his new book, The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism.
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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STRAND FAMILY HOUR EVENT with Emmett "Shkeme" Garcia and Victoria Pringle
February 18
03:30PM - 04:30PM
For children of all ages and their caregivers...
Emmett "Shkeme" Garcia and Victoria Pringle will present a sneak pre-publication look at their new children's book, Sister Rabbit's Tricks, the second in their series of Native American legends on how the earth and its animal and people occupants began.
Their first book, Coyote and the Sky, received the 2007 Southwest Children's Book of the Year Award.
Garcia, who is from the Pueblos of Santa Ana and Jemez, of New Mexico, is a traditional Pueblo singer and dancer and the lead singer of the award-winning Native American reggae band Native Roots. Illustrator Victoria Pringle received her BA in fine arts from Bennington College in 2007.
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Henning Mankell The Man from Beijing
February 18
07:00PM - 08:00PM
The international bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries, which were adapted into a PBS tv series starring Kenneth Branagh, will read from his latest thriller, The Man from Beijing. Mankell's novels have been translated into forty languages and have sold thirty million copies worldwide.
"Mankell is one of the most ingenious crime writers around, strong on characterisation, plotting and atmosphere." -Observer (UK)
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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A Discussion about Pulitzer and Murdoch
February 23
07:00PM - 08:00PM
James McGrath Morris, author of the new, Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print and Power, and Michael Wolff, author of The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch, will discuss the private and public lives of two of the most iconic media barons.
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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William Finnegan & Ted Conover discuss The Routes of Man; How Roads are Changing the World and the Way We Live Today
February 24
07:00PM - 08:00PM
The Pulitzer Prize finalist and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Newjack, will discuss his new book, The Routes of Man, about roads and their power to change the world with William Finnegan, a staff writer for The New Yorker.
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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Jules Feiffer Backing Into Forward: A Memoir
April 6
07:00PM - 08:00PM
The award-winning cartoonist, playwright and author delivers a witty, illustrated rendition of his life, from his childhood as a wimpy kid in the Bronx to his legendary career in the arts.
"Jules Feiffer's original and neurotic voice--expressing the whiny child in every adult and the world-weary sophisticate inside every kid--reinvented comics in the 1950s and made possible what's now called the 'graphic novel.' His engaging new memoir is told in that same witty perceptive New York cadence, now mellowed and laced with wisdom. He's an inspiration." -Art Spiegelman
Jules Feiffer will read selections from his new memoir.
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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STRAND FAMILY HOUR EVENT with Nadja Spiegelman and Trade Loeffler
April 8
03:30PM - 04:30PM
For children of all ages and their caregivers...
Zig and Wikki land on a planet of strange creatures like flies, frogs and raccoons, just when it seems to be lunchtime! In their hilarious search for a new pet, the friends discover fun facts about animals and nature.
Written by recent Yale graduate Nadja Spiegelman and illustrated by web designer and illustrator Trade Loeffler, the first science-based TOON Book, Zig and Wikki in "Something Ate My Homework" is an out-of-this-world adventure!
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James Sturm Market Day
April 8
07:00PM - 08:00PM
Golem's Mighty Swing cartoonist James Sturm will present a slide show of images from his first original graphic novel, Market Day. The Eisner Award-winning author of both Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow and Unstable Molecules: The Fantastic Four, will also talk about the creative process for his new book. Sturm is a true contemporary visionary, having co-founded the alternative weekly the Seattle Stranger and the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont, the country's premier cartooning school.
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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Dash Shaw and Chip Kidd discuss Bodyworld
April 13
07:00PM - 08:00PM
From the astonishing imagination of Dash Shaw, visionary author of Bottomless Belly Button, comes a darkly fantastical graphic novel about a small town, a lowlife botanist and a mysterious plant with strange powers.
Joining Dash on the Strand Stage will be author, editor and graphic designer, Chip Kidd.
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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Lisa Shannon A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman
April 15
07:00PM - 08:00PM
Lisa Shannon chronicles her efforts to raise money to sponsor Congolese women, start a national organization called Run for Congo Women and travel to the war-torn country to meet face-to-face with many of the women who inspired her to change her life. Shannon will share with the Strand audience the lessons she learned from these women.
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