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February 2006 Bookworm Schedule

February 2 * John Carlin and Art Spiegelman, Masters of American Comics (Hammer/MOCA/Yale)
Curator and comics expert John Carlin joins Art Spiegelman in a lively discussion of this sumptuously illustrated volume that contains essays by Jules Feiffer on Popeye, Matt Groening on Gary Panter, Jonathan Safran Foer on Art Spiegelman, and more.

February 9 * Myla Goldberg, Wickett’s Remedy (Doubleday)
The author of Bee Season tiptoes toward an acknowledgement of her dark vision. She has written a novel in which almost every character dies in the 1918 influenza epidemic—and their ordinary lives, in general, are no picnic. Since Goldberg is a hopeful person, how did her work turn so grim?

February 16 * Tim Winton, The Turning (Scribner’s)
Tim Winton has been declared a National Treasure in his native Australia. His characters are ordinary people defined by narrow economic choices, by the facts of weather and geography, and by their addictions. We talk about how, as characters recur in story after story, they acquire the spiritual dimension that is the hallmark of Winton’s fiction.

February 23 * , Honky Tonk Parade: The New Yorker Profiles (Overlook)
The theater critic for The New Yorker explains the autobiographical origins of his profiles. His father was the great clown Bert Lahr—but the cowardly lion tended toward silence at home. Lahr follows his subjects from stage to living room in order to understand the strange impulse to perform.

Bookworm host, MICHAEL SILVERBLATT, interviews writers of fiction and poetry -- the established, new, and emerging -- with insight and precision. Bookworm airs on KCRW 89.9 FM and KCRW.com on Thursdays from 2:30 to 3:00pm. Each program is archived online and On Demand at www.KCRW.com.

KCRW.com Presents

Wed, Feb 8 * DUNCAN SHEIK at The Independent in SF

Wed, Feb 8 * FEIST at the Black Cat in Washington DC

Thurs, Feb 9 * SUPERGRASS at Webster Hall in NYC

Fri, Feb 17 * SHARON JONES & THE DAPKINGS at the Black Cat in Washington DC

Sat, Feb 25 * STARS and MAGNET at Webster Hall in NYC

Thurs, March 23 * ANIMAL COLLECTIVE at Webster Hall in NYC

KCRW.com Presents... the following live events around Southern CA

Fri, Feb 10 * MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO at the Knitting Factory

Sat, Feb 11 * STARS at the Avalon

Sun, Feb 12 and Mon, Feb 13 * JEFF TWEEDY at the Henry Fonda Theater

Wed, Feb 15 * SEAN HAYES at Largo

Thurs, Feb 16 * SIDESTEPPER at the Temple Bar

Sat, Feb 18 * SAINT ETIENNE at the Avalon

Sat, Feb 18 and Sun, Feb 19 * MARY GAUTHIER at McCabe s Guitar Shop

CANCELLED: Wed, Feb 22 * CAT POWER at Wilshire Ebell Theater

Wed, Feb 22 * SUPERGRASS at the Avalon

Thurs, Feb 23 * KATHLEEN EDWARDS at The Fold in Silverlake Lounge

Fri, Feb 24 * ROBERT POLLARD at the Knitting Factory

Fri, Feb 24 * THE MINUS 5 with ROBYN HITCHCOCK at the Coach House in Costa Mesa

Sat, Feb 25 * MINUS 5 WITH ROBYN HITCHCOCK at the Key Club

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