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What’s Happening at Writers & Books? May 2008 Programs & EventsThe Bertrand Russell SocietyHosted by: Dr. David White This ongoing lecture series promises to enlighten and entertain. Monthly meetings are open to everyone, not just members of the Bertrand Russell Society. This Month: John Zeis on Theology, Falsification and Anthony Flew During the late 1920s and early 30s, Bertrand Russell, then a world-famous philosopher, did a series of three books for Horace Liveright, the New York publishing house which had invented the Modern Library and was well known for publishing controversial authors. Russell's books and the U.S. lecture tours he took at the same time were all great successes. Some of his ideas for reform of self, marriage, education and society are taken for granted today, others have been rejected, but the study of Russell's popular advocacy between the wars provides us with a unique portrait of what the American mind was seeing and thinking about during what came to be called the Jazz Age..David White For further information, call 415-5925 or e-mail: tmadigan@rochester.rr.com Genesee Reading SeriesHosted by: Wanda Schubmehl Now in its 23rd year, the Genesee Reading Series presents writers from the greater Genesee Valley region reading in the Verb Cafe. Learn more about our featured authors. Senior Reading GroupTuesday May 13 2:00 pm- 4:00p.m. Share your writing with other seniors in a comfortable, supportive atmosphere at W&B. Making Word Work for You SeminarThursday May 15, 2-5 p.m.;and Friday, May 16, 9-5 p.m. Writers & Books and Communication Central are co-sponsoring this exciting Seminar aimed at freelance writers and editors. Nationally recognized Word expert Hilary Powers will share her secrets of the trade. Click here for more information. Open History Reading GroupHosted by: Steve Huff Join us for meetings of an open history-reading group. In these gatherings we choose historical topics rather than specific books, and then you choose a book on the subject that most interests you. The discussions are convivial, exciting, and informative. Jack London.Friday, May 16$4 W&B members, $6 general public 7 p.m. W&B Jack London, that is. 2008 marks the 100th anniversary of London’s futuristic novel The Iron Heel. London (1876-1916) remains one of the most-read American novelists. In his short life he managed to write such classic novels as The Call of the Wild, John Barleycorn, The Sea Wolf, and The Road (which had a major influence on Jack Kerouac’s On the Road), as well as countless short stories, newspaper articles, and plays. Raised by a spiritualist mother, with whom he later became estranged, London was always an unconventional thinker. An avowed socialist until shortly before his death, he was also a rugged individualist, who tried to combine the philosophies of Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche. London’s views on women, racial matters and politics remain controversial. Tim Madigan will discuss the continuing relevance of London’s life and work, with particular emphasis upon The Iron Heel, a dystopian novel that influenced George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. It is the story of a society in which an Oligarchy (or “Iron Heel”) arises in the United States through manipulating the public by encouraging class warfare, deliberately bankrupting the middle class, and fomenting a war on terror which never ends. Visiting Writers SeriesWednesday, May 21 Anne Panning Anne Panning is the author of Super America, (U. Georgia Press, 2007) Winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. She is an associate professor of English at the State University of New York-Brockport, where she also co-directs the Writers Forum. She is the author of a previous collection of stories, The Price of Eggs. Her creative nonfiction and short stories have appeared in such publications as the Beloit Fiction Journal, Prairie Schooner, Quarterly West, Black Warrior Review and elsewhere. Wide Open MicHosted by: Norm Davis W&B is proud to sponsor Rochester's largest running open mike, hosted by Norm Davis, poet and editor of HazMat Review. Known for its eclectic mix. Wide Open Mike welcomes poets, performers, and writers of all kinds. 25 & Under: Rochester's Young Writers ReadHosted by Sally Bittner Bonn Twenty-five years ago W&B first opened its doors. To celebrate this milestone anniversary we present a new monthly reading series featuring writers who are 25 and younger. Join us as we discover a new generation of writers for the next quarter century.
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