DAVID GOLDFIELD
Thursday, November 16, 7:00PM
The Regulator welcomes David Goldfield, author of The Gifted Generation: When Government Was Good. In The Gifted Generation, historian David Goldfield examines the generation immediately after WWII and argues how a strong and activist federal government made the early boomer generation a "gifted generation." This generation was led by presidents (Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson) who used legislation to encourage individual opportunities, changing how and where people lived, their access to higher education, protect the environment, and who spearheaded efforts to level the playing field for minorities, women and immigrants-which led the betterment of the nation as a whole. He brilliantly shows how the nation's leaders persevered to create the conditions for the most gifted generation in U.S. history and in the years since, instead of building on that early postwar success, we have gradually frittered it away.
David Goldfield is the Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He is the lead author of the cornerstone textbook The American Journey, now in its seventh edition, and is the author of many works on Southern history, including Still Fighting the Civil War, Black, White, and Southern, and, most recently, America Aflame.
JEFFERY BEAM & FRIENDS
Saturday, November 18, 3:00 p.m.
The Regulator welcomes Jeffery Beam, co-editor of Jonathan Williams: Lord of Orchards. Contributors Thorn Craven, Neal Hutcheson, Elizabeth Matheson, and Michael McFee will join Beam for a reading and book signing.
Jonathan Williams' work of more than half a century is such that no one activity or identity takes primacy over any other-he was the seminal small press publisher of The Jargon Society; a poet of considerable stature; book designer; editor; photographer; legendary correspondent; critic and collector; proselytizer of visionary folk art; cultural anthropologist curmudgeon; happy gardener; resolute walker; and keen and adroit raconteur and gourmand. A celebrated as publisher and poet, Jonathan Williams nurtured the nascent careers of hundreds of emerging or neglected poets, writers, artists, and photographers. Buckminster Fuller once called him "our Johnny Appleseed," while Hugh Kenner hailed Jargon as "the Custodian of Snowflakes" and Williams as "the truffle-hound of American poetry." One might call Williams' life a poetics of gathering and this book a first harvest.
Jeffery Beam is poetry editor emeritus of Oyster Boy Review, a retired UNC-Chapel Hill botanical librarian, and has authored over 20 books of poems. Composers McCarley and Serpa have produced musical works based on Beam's poems. Beam is a co-editor and contributor to Jonathan Williams: Lord of Orchards and resides in Hillsborough with his husband of 37 years.
NO PRESCHOOL STORY TIME
Wednesday, November 22, 10:15AM
Back next week.
SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY
Saturday, November 25, 2017; 10:00 a.m. -- 8:00 p.m.
Celebrate Indies First on "Small Business Saturday" on Nov. 25 at The Regulator Bookshop! Choose from dozens of our best titles on sale at 20% off -- and come by to enter a free raffle for a chance to win one of four $50. (fifty-dollar) gift certificates for fun books and gifts at The Regulator. Indies First on Small Business Saturday is a day dedicated to supporting the local businesses that help create jobs, boost the economy, and preserve neighborhoods
Plus, The American Booksellers Association is partnering with Penguin Random House for a special giveaway in celebration of Indies First on Small Business Saturday, this year Nov. 25. Between November 15- 26, Twitter and Instagram users who tag a U.S. independent bookstore and use the hashtag #ShopIndiesFirstSweepstakes will be entered to win $1,000 worth of books from Penguin Random House. To tag The Regulator Bookshop, include our Twitter or Instagram handle (@RegulatorBooks or @RegulatorBookshop); write out the store's name, city, and state; or use a store location tag in the post. A random drawing will be held in mid-December to select five grand prize winners, who will each receive $1,000 worth of books. In addition, the independent bookstores named in the winning posts will each receive $1,000 worth of books to be donated to a local nonprofit. All prizes are courtesy of Penguin Random House. See the complete sweepstakes rules here: http://www.bookweb.org/indies-first-sweepstakes-rules. Details about Indies First are available on BookWeb: http://www.bookweb.org/indies-first-2017
SHOP INDEPENDENT DURHAM WEEK!
Saturday, November 25 -- Sunday, December 3
The Regulator Bookshop joins with more than 40 local businesses all over town who will be offering special discounts and promotions to help everyone Keep Your Dough in Durham this holiday season! The Regulator will have dozens of our most present-a-bull books on sale, 20% off. Stop by and shop local!
BEST CREATIVE NONFICTION OF THE SOUTH
with Michael Chitwood, Randall Kenan & Michael McFee
Wednesday, November 28, 7:00PM
Best Creative Nonfiction of the South serves as a valuable resource for scholars, students, writers, and general readers interested in creative nonfiction both from specific areas of the South and across the region as a whole. This North Carolina volume, second in the series, contains essays that celebrate and document the Tar Heel state's diverse cultures and geography, from the mountains to the sea. The writers included here come from diverse backgrounds, generations, and artistic traditions, and as with most volumes in the series, this one indirectly reflects literary changes within the region over time.
Poet and essayist Michael Chitwood explores the Appalachian landscape of his youth and frequently draws on colloquial speech and themes. His many collections of poetry include Salt Works (1992), The Weave Room (1998), From Whence (2007), and Poor-Mouth Jubilee (2010). LSU Press will publish his ninth book of poetry, Search and Rescue, in 2018. Chitwood is also a lecturer in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-CH.
Randall Kenan is an author of both fiction and non-fiction. Raised in a rural community in North Carolina, Kenan has focused his fiction on what it means to be black and gay in the southern United States. Among his books is the collection of short stories Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, which was named a New York Times Notable Book. Kenan is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award and the John Dos Passos Prize. He teaches creative writing at UNC-Chapel Hill and was awarded the North Carolina Award for Literature in 2005.
Poet and critic Michael McFee has written eleven books of poems (most recently We Were Once Here). Born in Asheville, McFee earned both his BA and MA at the UNC-Chapel Hill. He is the recipient of several teaching awards from UNC-Chapel Hill where he teaches in the creative writing program.
MARK FALLON
Wednesday, November 29, 7:00 p.m.
The Regulator welcomes Mark Fallon, author of Unjustifiable Means: The Inside Story of How the CIA, Pentagon, and US Government Conspired to Torture. In his more than 30 years as an NCIS special agent and counterintelligence officer, Mark Fallon has investigated some of the most significant terrorist operations in US history. Unjustifiable Means forces the spotlight back on to how America lost its way and exposes those responsible for using torture under the guise of national security -- and those heroes who risked it all to oppose the program. Mark Fallon has 31 years of government service at high levels in intelligence and security. He now serves as a consultant, author, and speaker.
No comments:
Post a Comment