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08.26: Paul Collins
2014-07-16 01:40:56| Powells Books Events Calendar
Today the name Edgar Allan Poe invokes a tragic genius whose mastery of horror seems inexorably tied to his tormented life. But in his own time, Poe was above all a craftsman — an editor and reviewer desperately trying to earn a living by transmuting the wild ephemera of early Victorianism into innovations in science fiction, horror, and detective literature. Indeed, the crime thriller would not exist without Poe's sleuth Dupin, the deductive genius of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Purloined Letter." With brilliant scholarship and storytelling verve, Paul Collins, author of Duel with the Devil and The Murder of the Century, delves into Poe's life and his professional world, from his stormy relationship with his rich adoptive father and interest in cryptograms to hits such as "The Raven" and flops like "Eureka," his late-career crank literature outing. Edgar Allan Poe: The Fever Called Living (New Harvest) is an informative and entertaining account of one of the most singular talents in American letters.
08.26: Anna Brones & Kelli Refer
2013-07-10 23:33:41| Powells Books Events Calendar
A special bike-themed event featuring two Pacific Northwest authors: Anna Brones with The Culinary Cyclist: A Cookbook and Companion for the Good Life (Taking the Lane Media), a guidebook to good living based around two loves: bikes and food; and Kelli Refer with Pedal, Stretch, Breathe: The Yoga of Bicycling (Taking the Lane Media), an illustrated guide to incorporating bicycling and yoga.
08.26: Michael Paterniti
2013-07-10 23:33:40| Powells Books Events Calendar
In the fall of 1991, Michael Paterniti encountered a rare Spanish queso reputed to be the finest and most expensive in the world. Made from an ancient family recipe in the medieval Castilian village of Guzmán, the cheese carried its own legend: if you ate it, some said, you might recover long-lost memories. Flash forward 10 years, when Paterniti has finally found his way to that tiny hilltop village to meet the famous cheesemaker himself, a magnetic, heartbroken genius named Ambrosio. What Paterniti discovers in Guzmán is nothing like the idyllic food fable he has imagined. Instead, he wanders into — and eventually becomes implicated in — the heart of an unfolding mystery in which a village begins to spill its long-held secrets and nothing is quite what it seems. A transporting work of literary nonfiction, Paterniti's The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese (Dial Press) is a moving exploration of happiness, friendship, and betrayal.
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