[Yale-readings] Special Thursday Writers Live!: Steve Almond

[Nancy Kuhl]

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>Writers Live! at the New Haven Free Public Library will be having a 
>special Thursday night event this week and we hope you all can make it. To 
>sweeten the deal we're having tons of free candy and other sweets because 
>we want to have plenty on hand for everyone and the author, Steve Almond, 
>who is a self-proclaimed CANDY FREAK.
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>This Thursday! April 7, 2005 - 6:30pm
>Steve Almond, author of the bestselling Candy Freak and My Life in Heavy 
>Metal, will read from his new book of short stories: The Evil B.B. Chow 
>and Other Stories.
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>About The Evil B.B. Chow and Other Stories:
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>"Sexy, fast-paced natural storytelling and consoling reminders that 
>intimacy is awkward and messy will carry readers happily along." 
>-Publishers Weekly
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>"Enough sex, wit, and brutal honesty to revive interest in the short story 
>format . . . wildly inventive and highly recommended."
>-Library Journal
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>"Nice treasure trove of ideas and a smart way with his characters . . . a 
>distractingly entertaining second collection, nimbly executed."-Kirkus Reviews
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>New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm Street Lower Level, for more info: 
>946-7001.
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>Also coming up...
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>African American Reading Series...
>April 9th, 3:00 pm STETSON Library, 200 Dixwell Avenue
>Jeffrey L. Scudder, local CT author will read from his new book, Where 
>Madness Lies.
>Refreshments will be served. For more info: 946-8119.
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>Saturday, April 30, 2005 - 3:00pm
>2 great writers, 1 great event!
>National Book Award Finalist Francine Prose, author of Blue Angel reads 
>from her new novel A Changed Man. "An edgy, riveting tale, one of Prose's 
>most interesting." - Kirkus Reviews. Colm Toibin, author of The Master, 
>will read from a new work. NHFPL, 133 Elm Street, Lower level, 946-7001 
>for more info

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