Revolution Books & Wicker Park Public
Library present
Winner of the 2012 PEN/Bellwether Prize
for Socially Engaged Fiction
Good Kings Bad Kings by Susan Nussbaum
May 29, Wednesday 6-8 pm
Wicker Park Public Library, 1701 N. Milwaukee Ave
Author reading, book signing and refreshments
"The characters in
Good Kings Bad Kings
made me laugh over and over again, and cry, and cheer. This is fiction at its best. The story's sharp eye allows no one to take shelter, and it doesn't flinch; it is simply and breathtakingly honest. A stunning accomplishment." -BARBARA KINGSOLVER
This powerful and inspiring debut is the 2012 winner of Barbara
Kingsolver's PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction.
Told in alternating perspectives by a varied and vocal cast of
characters, Nussbaum's novel pulls back the curtain to reveal the complicated and punishing life inside the walls of an institution (set on Chicago's South Side) for juveniles with disabilities.
Playwright SUSAN NUSSBAUM's works have been produced at many theaters. In 2008 she was cited by the Utne Reader as one of "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World" for her work with girls with disabilities. Nussbaum lives in Chicago. This is her first novel.
Contact: Revolution Books for more information
773-489-0930 0or revbookschi@yahoo.com
Contact: Kelly Bowen, Publicity Director for press
919-913-3865 * E-mail: kelly@algonquin.com
Release date Date: MAY 28, 2013 and available at the author event.
Summer 2013: Taking BA Everywhere,
Raising Funds and Making a Difference
Join BA Everywhere Organizing Conference
Saturday, June 1, 1:00 - 5:00 PM
at Revolution Books
1103 N. Ashland Ave* Chicago
To all who are fed up-who just can't look the other way when thousands who make our clothes are crushed or burned to death in Bangladesh; when U.S. drones incinerate people across the planet; when women are degraded, brutalized and their fundamental right to control their own bodies is taken away; and when millions of Black and Latino youth are locked away for decades and tortured in U.S. prisons ... to all who wish and dream that life and the world could be another way, there is a campaign for you to take up this summer that will make a very big difference.
Come to a conferenceon Saturday, June 1,from 1:00 - 5:00 PM [one of several conferences happening across the country that weekend] and find out how you can be a part of wrangling to forge exciting plans to raise big funds to spread the work and leadership of Bob Avakian--BA--far and wide this summer, from deep into the hoods and barrios, to music and theater festivals, wealthy vacation areas, and many other places. keep reading (from May 26, 2013 | RevolutionNewspaper | revcom.us)
* Take Blue Line to Division-Ashland stop. Go 1 block south.
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