Books
by CounterPunch Writers
The
Secret Language
of the Crossroads:
HOW THE IRISH
INVENTED SLANG
By Daniel Cassidy
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CounterPunch
Events
April 9th Portland, Oregon
Ned Sublette on The World that
Made New Orleans
The World That Made New Orleans
by Ned SubletteLecture at by the PSU Library
7 pm at Portland State Library1875
SW Park AvenueWednesday, April 9, 2008
The World That Made New Orleans
(Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of the Chicago Review Press,
2008), explores the profound impact on New Orleans culture of
the tens of thousands of slaves from a multitude of African ethnicitiesboth
then and now. Hear the author speak.
With a unique culture born
of a strange and tragic past, New Orleans remains one of the
most elusive of American cities. This mysterious swamp town,
so recently devastated, has a complex cultural inheritance, which
this new, definitive history meticulously explores. Ned Sublette
offers a detailed account of the myriad threads that weave the
complex history of one of the most remarkable cities on the globe.
Focused on New Orleans' first century, it outlines the political
and cultural development of Louisiana in the context of the clash
of three empires, the exploration of the American frontier, the
spread of slavery and the revolutions in France, the United States
and Haiti.
The World That Made New Orleans
(Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of the Chicago Review Press,
2008), also explores the profound impact on New Orleans culture
of the tens of thousands of slaves from a multitude of African
ethnicitiesboth then and now. Jazz funerals date from the
Kongo tradition of dancing at funerals, and the Sunday gatherings
in Congo Square are of unparalleled importance in the history
of African American music.
Event Details:7 pm at Portland
State Library1875 SW Park AvenueWednesday, April 9, 2008
For more information, please
write to artistsandwriters@pdx.edu or call 503.725.4552.
http://blogs.library.pdx.edu/node/57
LET ME STAND ALONE BOOK LAUNCH
EVENTS
BERKELEY, CA: Saturday, April
5th at 8:00PM
King Middle School, 510-848-6767
1781 Rose Street
Berkeley, CA
Tickets $12-$15 - Purchase at www.kpfa.org or at the door.
Guest Readers: Nadia Barhoum, Nora Barrows-Friedman, Nadine Ghammache,
Patricia Hemphill, Sandra Lupien, Lisa Nessan, Sangina Patnaik,
Liat Weingart, Camille Baptista, and Keryan Dawoud.
SEATTLE, WA: Monday, April
7th at 7:30 PM
Seattle Town Hall, 206-634-3400
1119 8TH Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
Guest readers include: Torrey Berkson, Nada Elia, Judith Kolokoff,
and Nina Laboy.
OLYMPIA, WA: Tuesday, April
8th at 7:00PM
Orca Books, 360-352-0123
509 E. 4th Avenue
Olympia, WA 98501
OLYMPIA, WA: Wednesday, April
9th at 7:00 PM
The Evergreen State College, Library Underground, 360-867-5213
Event Sponsored by TESC, Friends of the Library and TESC Writing
Center
2700 Evergreen Parkway, NW
Olympia, WA 98505
PORTLAND, OR, Thursday, April
10th at 7:30 PM
Powell's Bookstore on Hawthorne, 800-878-7323
3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, OR 97214
Guest readers include: Diane Adkin, Jennifer Grosvenor, William
Seaman, and Jeffrey St. Clair.
FREDERICK, MD: Monday, April
14th at 7:00 PM
Delaplaine Visual Arts & Education Center, 301-698-0656
40 South Carroll Street
Frederick, Maryland 21701
WASHINGTON, DC: Tuesday, April
15th at 6:00 PM
Busboys & Poets, 202-387-POET
2021 14th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
NYC: Friday, April 18th at
6:30PM
COOPER UNION, WOLLMAN AUDITORIUM
51 Astor Place (8th Street between 3rd and 4th)
New York, NY
Guest Readers Include: Kathleen Chalfant, Nick Flynn, Marie Howe,
Denis O'Hare and Lili Taylor.
IOWA CITY, IA: Tuesday, April
22nd at 7:30 PM
University of Iowa, Iowa Memorial Union, 319-335-3255
Black Box Theater, Room #360
125 N. Madison Street
Iowa City, IA
MINNEAPOLIS, MN: Thursday,
April 24th at 7:00 PM
Micawber's Book Store, 612-215-2575
2238 Carter Avenue
St. Paul, MN
Daniel Cassidy readings and
musical performances:
February and March, 2008.
New dates being added in the northeast.
Feb. 11th: Daniel
Cassidy at the Sunset District Library, San Francisco,
7 PM. Free
Feb. 15 - 17th University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Irish
Language and Culture Weekend, Daniel Cassidy will give
the annual Douglas Hyde Lecture and sing a few songs.
Feb. 21st - Fior d'Italia restuarant, Il Cenacolo Society
Lecture. North Beach, San Francisco, reading by Daniel Cassidy. 1
PM.
Feb. 29th, Irish Literary and Historical Society. The
Inside Story on How the Irish Invented Slang. Free. 7
PM.
March 13th, Crossroads Irish-American Festival at Bookshop
West Portal. St. Patrick's Shindig. Daniel Cassidy will read and play
music. Free. 7 PM
March 17th. St. Patrick's Day. Albany, N.Y. This event
is sponsored by the State University of New York's Writer's
Center and will feature Daniel Cassidy, introduced
by writer Peter Quinn, and hosted by Pulitzer Prize
winning novelist William Kennedy.
March 19th. Daniel Cassidy and Peter Quinn at The New
York Irish Center, Long Island City, N.Y. 7 PM.
March 22nd. Daniel Cassidy with Chris Byrne and his band.
Rocky Sullivan's, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 9 PM.
March 24th. The NYC Tenement Museum presents: Danny Cassidy
in a reading and musical performance with Mick Moloney and his
band. Lolita's Bar next to the Tenement Museum, NYC. 7 PM
March 25th, 26th. Virginia Book Festival. Irish-American
Writers Panel featuring: Daniel Cassidy, Peter Quinn, Maureen
Dezell, T.J. English, & Dan Barry.
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