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Back to topSeattle Arts + Lectures Announces 2023/24 Season!
All subscriptions and SAL Presents single tickets for the 2023/24 Season are now on sale!
The year of transformative literary experiences features authors like Ann Patchett, Rick Riordan, J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, Barbara Kingsolver, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Luis Alberto Urrea.
Books:
$30.00
ISBN: 9780063327528
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Published: Harper - August 1st, 2023
As the New York Times writes, “Expect miracles when you read Ann Patchett’s fiction.” Author of nine novels, four works of nonfiction, and two children’s books, Ann Patchett continues to delight audiences with her latest novel, "Tom Lake," where compelling narrative artistry combines with piercing insights into family dynamics. In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Patchett once again proves herself one of America’s finest writers.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) (Hardcover)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781368098175
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Published: Disney Hyperion - September 26th, 2023
For fifteen years, Rick Riordan taught English and history at public and private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay and in Texas. Today, he is a beloved novelist for young readers, with over 190 million copies of his books in print worldwide from the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, to "The Trials of Apollo," and many more.
In this SAL Presents event, Riordan returns to his first beloved epic series with "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods," to delight dedicated fans and entice new readers alike.
$35.00
ISBN: 9780593535950
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Published: Knopf - September 12th, 2023
Iconic poet Jane Hirshfield addresses the urgent immediacies of our time in her long-awaited "The Asking," which assays the full ranges of our shared and borrowed lives: our bonds of eros and our responsibilities to the planet; the singing dictions and searchlight dimensions of perception; the willing plunge into an existence both perishing and beloved, recognized in these poems as dazzling, “even now, even here.”
$26.99
ISBN: 9780593621554
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Published: Philomel Books - October 3rd, 2023
In his first illustrated book created specifically with a wider audience in mind, the iconic Northern Irish artist Oliver Jeffers gives a very brief history of humanity, reviews our current position, and shares his dreams for where we go from here.
All tickets, with the exception of a limited number of Pay What You Can tickets, include a copy of "Begin Again: The Story of How We Got Here and Where We Might Go."
$32.50
ISBN: 9780063251922
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Published: Harper - October 18th, 2022
Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Barbara Kingsolver is lauded as one of the most celebrated novelists of our time. With her latest novel, "Demon Copperhead," Kingsolver takes "David Copperfield" as an inspiration on for this journey of a story following one boy through the mountains of Southern Appalachia. Reckoning with institutional poverty, opioid addition, and class divides visible and unseen, Kingsolver’s voice resonates with the truth of loving a place others will hardly believe exists.
June 14, 2023. This book also just won The Women's Prize for Fiction.
Kingsolver is the only person to win the Women's Prize for Fiction twice! Woo hoo!
The Women's Prize Wins: 2010 for "The Lacuna;" 2023 for "Demon Copperhead."
$39.99
ISBN: 9780871404220
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Published: Liveright - October 24th, 2023
In her international bestseller "SPQR," Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE). "Emperor of Rome" goes directly to the heart of Roman (and our own) fantasies about what it was to be Roman, offering an account of Roman history as it has never been presented before.
$28.00
ISBN: 9780802160508
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Published: Grove Press - October 3rd, 2023
With insight, humor, formal invention, and lyricism, Viet Thanh Nguyen rewinds the film of his own life in "A Man of Two Faces." The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Sympathizer," Nguyen expands the genre of personal memoir by acknowledging larger stories of refugeehood, colonization, and ideas about Vietnam and America, writing with his trademark sardonic wit and incisive analysis, as well as a deep emotional openness about his life as a father and a son.
$30.00
ISBN: 9780593230060
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Published: Random House - October 24th, 2023
David Brooks, one of the nation’s leading writers and commentators, delivers a practical, heartfelt guide in "How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen." In order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives, Brooks digs into the essential conversations and questions of any community or relationship: how do we feel seen?
$30.00
ISBN: 9780593297865
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Published: Penguin Press - October 3rd, 2023
As the host of NPR’s Morning Edition for almost two decades, Steve Inskeep has mastered the art of bridging divides and building constructive debate in interviews.
In "Differ We Must," his new nonfiction, he brings his skills to bear on a prior master, forming a fresh and compelling narrative of Abraham Lincoln’s life and expanding our understanding of a politician who held strong to his moral compass while navigating between corrosive political factions.
$35.00
ISBN: 9780593318782
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Published: Knopf - November 15th, 2022
A Conversation with Deb Perelman!
Deb Perelman is the self-taught home cook and photographer and the creator of the award-winning blog SmittenKitchen.com. The author of three cookbooks, most recently "Smitten Kitchen Keepers," Perelman is hailed as one of the original food bloggers and beloved for her endlessly comforting, faithfully tested recipes. She will be joined in conversation by J. Kenji López-Alt, our Community Curated Series director.
$30.00
ISBN: 9781250178633
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Published: St. Martin's Press - February 6th, 2024
From the bestselling author of "The Nightingale" and "The Four Winds," novelist Kristin Hannah presents a tantalizing new novel spun with sisterhood, commitment, and the idea of home. Delving into the story of one woman gone to war, "The Women" shines a light on the story of all women who put themselves in harm’s way to help others and whose sacrifices have all too often been forgotten.
$18.99
ISBN: 9780593484845
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Published: Random House Studio - March 21st, 2023
Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She served three terms as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2019-2022, the first Native American to receive the honor, and she is the winner of Yale’s 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry.
Harjo has written ten books of poetry, including the highly acclaimed, "Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years," several plays and children’s books, and two memoirs, "Crazy Brave" and "Poet Warrior."
$25.00
ISBN: 9781324036487
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - November 1st, 2022
Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She served three terms as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2019-2022, the first Native American to receive the honor, and she is the winner of Yale’s 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry.
Harjo has written ten books of poetry, including the highly acclaimed, "Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years," several plays and children’s books, and two memoirs, "Crazy Brave" and "Poet Warrior."
$16.95
ISBN: 9781324022015
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - August 9th, 2022
Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She served three terms as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2019-2022, the first Native American to receive the honor, and she is the winner of Yale’s 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry.
Harjo has written ten books of poetry, including the highly acclaimed, "Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years," several plays and children’s books, and two memoirs, "Crazy Brave" and "Poet Warrior."
$16.95
ISBN: 9780393345438
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - July 29th, 2013
Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She served three terms as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2019-2022, the first Native American to receive the honor, and she is the winner of Yale’s 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry.
Harjo has written ten books of poetry, including the highly acclaimed, "Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years," several plays and children’s books, and two memoirs, "Crazy Brave" and "Poet Warrior."
$15.95
ISBN: 9781324064459
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - August 22nd, 2023
Join us for a double-feature with two stunning poets! Roger Reeves is the author of "Best Barbarian," a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. Anastacia-Reneé, a Seattle literary legend, is a queer writer, educator, interdisciplinary artist, podcaster, and the author of "Sidenotes from the Archivist."
$16.99
ISBN: 9780063221710
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Published: Amistad - March 14th, 2023
Join us for a double-feature with two stunning poets! Roger Reeves is the author of "Best Barbarian," a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. Anastacia-Reneé, a Seattle literary legend, is a queer writer, educator, interdisciplinary artist, podcaster, and the author of "Sidenotes from the Archivist."
$32.50
ISBN: 9780593233498
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Published: Clarkson Potter - March 29th, 2022
J. Kenji López-Alt Presents: A Conversation with Eric Kim
Join J. Kenji López-Alt and New York Times staff writer and essayist, Eric Kim. Kim is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller "Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home," and he has amassed a devoted following with his NYT Cooking videos and Food52 column, check out his Food52 blogs, here.
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593239919
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Published: Crown - March 21st, 2023
In his landmark book, "Poverty, By America," acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem—and also helps us imagine solutions.
In his follow up to "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City," Desmond investigates why the United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages?
$18.99
ISBN: 9780553447453
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Published: Crown - February 28th, 2017
In his landmark book, "Poverty, By America," acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem—and also helps us imagine solutions.
In his follow up to "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City," Desmond investigates why the United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages?
$26.00
ISBN: 9780374611132
Availability: Not Yet Published
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - April 2nd, 2024
Victoria Chang has garnered acclaim with her collection "Obit" and her nonfiction exploration "Dear Memory." Her new collection of poetry, "With My Back to the World," is inspired by the work of Agnes Martin, exploring topics of feminism, art, depression, and grief with Chang’s signature taut language and brilliant imagery.
$17.00
ISBN: 9781556595745
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Published: Copper Canyon Press - April 7th, 2020
Victoria Chang has garnered acclaim with her collection "Obit" and her nonfiction exploration "Dear Memory." Her new collection of poetry, "With My Back to the World," is inspired by the work of Agnes Martin, exploring topics of feminism, art, depression, and grief with Chang’s signature taut language and brilliant imagery.
$25.00
ISBN: 9781571313928
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Published: Milkweed Editions - October 12th, 2021
Victoria Chang has garnered acclaim with her collection "Obit" and her nonfiction exploration "Dear Memory." Her new collection of poetry, "With My Back to the World," is inspired by the work of Agnes Martin, exploring topics of feminism, art, depression, and grief with Chang’s signature taut language and brilliant imagery.
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593321201
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Published: Knopf - July 5th, 2022
Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin’s "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love.
Hailed as a “tour de force” by Ron Charles of the Washington Post, it has found both critical and commercial success, named one of the Best Books of the Year by the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, TIME, GoodReads, and Oprah Daily.
$30.00
ISBN: 9780525611714
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Published: Appetite by Random House - March 14th, 2023
J. Kenji López-Alt Presents: A Conversation with Pailin Chongchitnant
Join Cordon Bleu-trained chef Pailin Chongchitnant for an evening of Thai cooking discussion with J. Kenji López-Alt!In addition to hosting the sensational Youtube channel Pailin’s Kitchen with 1.7 million subscribers, [link here!], Chongchitnant is the author of two definitive Thai cookbooks, "Hot Thai Kitchen" and "Sabai: 100 Simple Thai Recipes for Any Day of the Week."
$24.95
ISBN: 9780449017050
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Published: Appetite by Random House - March 8th, 2016
J. Kenji López-Alt Presents: A Conversation with Pailin Chongchitnant
Join Cordon Bleu-trained chef Pailin Chongchitnant for an evening of Thai cooking discussion with J. Kenji López-Alt!In addition to hosting the sensational Youtube channel Pailin’s Kitchen with 1.7 million subscribers, [link here!], Chongchitnant is the author of two definitive Thai cookbooks, "Hot Thai Kitchen" and "Sabai: 100 Simple Thai Recipes for Any Day of the Week."
$29.00
ISBN: 9780316265850
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - May 30th, 2023
Hailed by NPR as a “literary badass” and a “master storyteller with a rock and roll heart,” Luis Alberto Urrea is a prolific and acclaimed writer who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of love, loss and triumph. Urrea’s newest book, "Good Night, Irene," takes as inspiration his mother’s own Red Cross service.
Staff recommended.
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593317334
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Published: Pantheon - May 2nd, 2023
National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” honoree, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s hotly anticipated debut novel "Chain-Gang All-Stars" has swept the bestseller charts.
In this explosive novel, two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own. The author paints a dystopian world blazingly close to our own.