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Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter to Speak in SB
Political Analyst Shares Notes on the 2008 Election
Newsweek’s political pundit Jonathan Alter to speak in S.B. Read story.
Gregory Rodriguez to Speak in Santa Barbara
L.A. Times Columnist Weighs In on Mexican Immigration
L.A. Times columnist Gregory Rodriguez weighs in on Mexican immigration. Read story.
Terry Tempest Williams to Speak in S.B.
Author of Finding Beauty in a Broken World Shares Insights on Politics and Peace
Terry Tempest Williams, author of Finding Beauty in a Broken World, to speak in S.B. Read story.
Paul Theroux to Speak at UCSB
Human Stories from the Legendary Travel Writer
Legendary travel writer Paul Theroux to speak at UCSB Read story.
New Book on Abuse by Domestic Violence Solutions Director
Beverly Engel Promotes Ditching Your Inner Nice Girl
New book by Domestic Violence Solutions director promotes ditching your inner nice girl Read story.
The 2008 Book & Author Festival Poetry Reading
At SBMA’s Mary Craig Auditorium, Saturday, September 27
Sights and sounds from the 2008 Book & Author Festival’s Poetry Reading Read story.
Introducing the 10th Annual Santa Barbara Book & Author Festival
Literarily Speaking
Introducing the 10th annual Santa Barbara Book & Author Festival. Read story.
Gerald Locklin Receives Glenna Luschei Distinguished Poet Fellowship
A Legend in His Time
Charles Bukowski once called Gerald Locklin “one of the greatest undiscovered talents of our times. Read story.
Dan Wesolowski
Photo Finish
Drake Simo is an intrepid private investigator and substitute teacher. Read story.
Funnyman Evan Handler Reflects on Life’s Lessons
The Comedy of Survival
Diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and given a very bleak prognosis at the age of 24, his second remission was all but a miracle. Read story.
James Ellroy Chronicles the Crimes of the Leg-breakers Who Made America Great
Master of Fiction
He’s called himself the Tolstoy of crime fiction. Not only is he right, it sounds like he’s about to publish his War and Peace. Read story.
Marine Explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau on Healing the Ocean to Heal Ourselves
The World’s Largest Life Support System
The Central Coast has a legacy of environmentalism, especially when it comes to issues that affect the ocean. Read story.
Fall 2008 Books & Lectures Preview
Fall 2008 Books & Lectures Preview Read story.
Taking on the Big Issues
Hot Off the Press
A rundown of four new books that deal with the biggest socio-political topics of our time, like the workings of the oil market, illegal immigrant labor, and America’s criminal rehabilitation system. Read story.
Longtime S.B. Poet Cynthia Anderson Moves On
So Long, Cynthia
After 26 years in Santa Barbara, poet and editor Cynthia Anderson and her new husband and artistic collaborator Bill Dahl (they tied the knot August 4) are following their dream to a new home and inspiration in the high desert near Joshua Tree National Park. Read story.
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