RTP-area local music and culture

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Internationalist Books & Community Center
405 W Franklin Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
www.internationalistbooks.org
919.942.1740

Stop by Internationalist Books for all your radical school supplies!

KAELIN RECOMMENDS "A PUBLIC SPACE": Named ?Best New Literary Magazine?  
by the Village Voice in 2006, A Public Space is the offshoot of the  
consistently prestigious Paris Review. Despite its relative youth, A  
Public Space has managed to attract a fantastically talented and  
diverse group of literary voices, including Charles D?Ambrosio, Daniel  
Alarcón, Marilynne Robinson, and even Haruki Murakami. Not surprising  
perhaps, given its contributors, A Public Space runs a gamut of moods  
and forms, ranging from more focused pieces centered on each issue?s  
national focus, to experimental, oddly resonant flash fiction. Often  
playful and always willing to take risks, A Public Space establishes a
fresh and refreshing venue for showcasing some of today?s most  
fearless literature. Issue No. 3 features a fantastic new piece by  
Anne Carson (?Zeus Bits,? p. 72), a short graphic essay by Nora Krug  
based on the life of a Japanese soldier (?Never Give Up!? p. 66), and  
several interviews, essays, and pieces of fiction focused on  
contemporary issues in Peru. While this issue's piece by Billy Collins  
is more than slightly out of place (Don't we read too much from him  
everywhere else?), A Public Space is off to a very promising
start, and is definitely worth a look.

elin o’hara slavick
BOMB AFTER BOMB
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 29 @ 7pm
UNC Art Professor and our friend elin o’hara slavick has created a  
masterpiece for her book, “Bomb After Bomb”. The cartography of  
American destruction
is illustrated in breathtaking images on page after page. Join us on
Wednesday August 29 to hear her speak, and discuss with her the
process of her work. Go here for a sneak peak & a review of the work:
http://www.arthurmag.com/magpie/index.php?s=slavick
Also check out this week's Indy for a great review!

SEPTEMBER 5 @ 6: Surge Film Festival: AFTER STONEWALL (more
information coming soon!)

PAUL ORTIZ
Emancipation Betrayed
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 12 @7pm
UC-Santa Cruz professor Paul Ortiz will be here to discuss his latest
work on the hidden history of black organizing and white violence in
Florida from the 1870s to 1920. The work is a major work in African
American history in the American south, and has recently become
available in paperback from UC Press. Join us for a night of
horrifying stories from a past we’re still fighting to fix.

SEPTEMBER 19 @ 6: Surge Film Festival: MANUFACTURING CONSENT (more
information coming
soon!)

DAVID JOHNSON
Voices of Sudan
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 26 @ 7pm
David Johnson will present and discuss his photographs and essays from
his travels in Sudan. All --– yes, all -- sales of the book go
directly -- yes, directly -- to programs in Sudan that struggle
against oppression, hunger, and violence that threatens every memberof
Sudanese society. Join us in support of this important fight.

OCTOBER 3 @ 6: Surge Film Festival (more information coming soon!)

In the fall, we’re hosting and sponsoring a series of important book
groups and studies at the bookstore. More information will come in
September, but you should email the addresses below for more
information and to RSVP for the discussion. All the book groups are at
the bookstore and all books will be available through bookstore as
well. We hope to expand these book & discussion groups, so please come
and support the pioneering steps!

OCTOBER 4 @ 6:30
Embodied Sexuality Book Group
Amy Stapleford will lead a monthly book group on sexuality and gender.
Email: amy AT embodiedsexuality.com

OCTOBER 17 @ 6:30
Queer Theory Book Group
Queer theory is for everyone!
Email: kaelin.Alexander AT gmail.com