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Internationalist Books & Community Center
405 W Franklin St
Chapel Hill, NC  27516
919-942-1740
http://internationalistbooks.org/
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 7pm - IAN SVENONIUS: THE PSYCHIC SOVIET

Join us for a reading, a signing, and potentially much more with Ian
Svenonius and his novel The Psychic Soviet.

The Psychic Soviet is a collection of "essays, written in a scholarly
yet engaging style", which should help "clear up much of the prevailing
confusion regarding events of the last millennium by exploring the use
of rock 'n' roll and art by the ruling class, and the sinister
machinations behind popular fiction, film, and television serials, among
other cultural outlets." Because of its revelations, it has been
published in an easy-to-transport pocket-sized hardcover, not unlike
foreign language dictionaries.
Check out his feature on NPR: 
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2005/10/26/PM200510265.html

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 26 -- SECRET CAFE...

You're invited to join us at our Secret Café.  Our menu will be delicious! 
Stuff
your stomach & support the Internationalist – what better combination could
there be? Call 942.1740 or email
cafe AT internationalistbooks.org for more secret information!

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THURSDAY, SEPT 7 -- McSWEENEY'S BOOK CLUB

Come join us for the McSweeney's Book Club. We'll be discussing "Here
They Come", by Yannick Murphy. There'll be snacks!

  "Here They Come" tells the story of a poor family's coming-of-age in
1970s New York from the point of view of an unnamed thirteen-year-old
girl who can bend spoons with her mind. Idiosyncratic characters
(including her equally precocious sisters Jody and Louisa; her also
unnamed suicidal musician brother, who keeps a shotgun in his room; her
depressed but strong-willed mother; her ailing and confusedly nostalgic
grandmother Ma Mere, and John, the hotdog vendor on the corner who
trades Hershey bars for a chance to cop a feel), illustrate the story of
a family looking for their deadbeat dad, Cal. When some of the members
of the family head to Spain to follow new leads, the rest of the family
stays home, struggling through the trials of adolescence, single
parenthood and deprivation. Through poetic language and scenes that
border on the surreal, Yannick has created an amazing novel.

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PRISON BOOKS BOOK SALE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2006, 8AM-1PM

The Internationalist Prison Books Collective has set a date for its fall
book sale.  The sale will be held from 8am to 1pm Saturday September 9, 2006
at Hargraves Community Center on 216 North Roberson Street, in Chapel Hill.
The sale will raise funds to cover the cost of mailing books to inmates in
facilities throughout Alabama and Mississippi  (postage is really our only
cost, but it adds up quickly when you're sending packages with heavy books).

HOW YOU CAN HELP:
1.  We need donations!  - We will always need books donated to our program.
What cannot be sent to prisoners, will be sold at our book sale.  So, if you
know anyone that is about to move and needs to shed a few books to lighten
their load, please pass along this message.

2.  We need volunteers! - We need people to sort and price books prior to
the sale.  We will also need help setting up and taking down the sale,
people who can help us staff the sale, people to do publicity and put up
signs.  If you are interested, email me (citizenplastic AT gmail.com), or call
the Internationalist for more information at 942-1740.

3. Stop by and buy books! - We hope to see you there!

The Prison Books Collective is a new prisoner support group forming in
the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area.  Like the dozens of other similar groups
around the country, it will provide thousands of free books, at request,
to prisoners throughout the southeast.  By providing educational,
political and legal resources, we can support people behind bars, show
solidarity with their struggles, and fight against the alienating and
destructive effects of the US prison system.

But we need your help!  We currently have a space to work out of, but
are in need of books and money for shipping.  We're also going to need
lots of eager volunteers to help package and mail books.  If you would
like to help organize or support this great project please go to
www.prisonbooks.info.