A Conversation with Madeline Miller on the Occasion of TKE's 42Nd Birth
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THE 1511 South 1500 East Salt Lake City, UT 84105 Inkslinger42nd Birthday Issue 2 019 801-484-9100 A Gift of the Gods: A Conversation On the Occasion of TKE’s 42nd Birth- with Madeline Miller day: Antidotes for Troubled Times by Michaela Riding, TKE Bookseller by Betsy Burton I was smitten with Madeline Miller’s novel That we are living in troubled times few Circe when it was first published. So when would deny. Too many of us feel lost in we heard she would be coming to visit The some wasteland with no discernable land- King’s English on her book tour, I hoped marks and no apparent way out. Into such I could interview her. TKE said of course, a world Terry Tempest Williams has given and Madeline graciously agreed. To whet birth to a book addressing the wilderness in your appetite in anticipation of her visit, which we are all lost that is both providen- our conversation follows. tial and profound, one that forces us to look Michaela Riding - We all vaguely remem- squarely at the political and environmental ber Circe from our 8th grade reading of landscapes not from the peaks of wilder- Miller will be at “The Odyssey;” she’s the witch who turns ness but from bedrock. Erosion is moving, TKE Oct 23, 7 p.m Odysseus’ men into pigs. For most of us personally insightful, and globally significant. Although it won’t be who didn’t become classicists, our vague memories stop there. But available until early October we thought you should hear about Ero- you have woven a tale for her so complete, so rich, she will stay sion now, on the occasion of our birthday. (Please turn to page 9.) with us forever. We at the bookshop are completely in love with her, And (speaking of troubled times), Margaret thanks to your amazing novel. What first drew you in about Circe? Atwood’s The Testaments, the sequel to (continued on page 4) The Handmaid’s Tale, is to be published on September 10th, the very day TKE turns 42 (auspicious or what?), making it A Few Events to Write Home About the world’s best birthday present for us. Atwood’s publisher said in The Guardian, Saturday, September 14: TKE’s Birthday! 25% off every- “We’ve never needed Margaret Atwood thing but special orders all day long! See full calendar on more.” We absolutely agree. Atwood herself page 2 for details. said in that same article, “Dear Readers: Ev- erything you’ve ever asked me about Gilead Wednesday, October 16, 7 p.m. Christo- and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost pher McDougall joins us to discuss his new memoir, everything! The other inspiration is the world we’ve been living in.” Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero. Kip the Donkey will be on hand for this However dark the world, we have to think event! that light glimmers somewhere. Other- wise, how could we go on? Good books Thursday, October 17, 7 p.m. light up our world at TKE, of course, as do Richard Powers will read from, young booksellers such as (among many) discuss and sign his Pulitzer Prize- Michaela Riding, whose interview with winning novel, The Overstory at the University of Madeline Miller begins in the adjoining Utah Union Ballroom in an event co-sponsored by column. But to show you you’re never too the Tanner Humanities Center. Tree walk at Uni- old to have fun (or maybe never too old to versity of Utah earlier that day; call store for details. learn the hard way), longtime TKE book- Eventbrite tickets will include a paperback copy of seller Jan Sloan has officially joined our the book. family as stockholder and part owner. You know her—that tall stately Tuesday, October 29, 7 p.m. One of TKE’s favor- woman with gray hair, exquisite taste in fiction, natural history and ites, Alexander McCall Smith, returns with another everything else that’s good in the world of books, and a braying laugh in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, To the that makes us want to laugh back. Aging ought to be fun, right? We Land of Long Lost Friends. The event will be held intend to make it that way in our dotage. As birthday presents go this at Rowland Hall’s Larimer Auditorium. Eventbrite is about as good as it gets at TKE. tickets include a copy of the book. See Pages 2-3 for Full Adult and Kids’ Calendars! Autumn Events for Adults Wednesday, September 4, 7 p.m. Noam Dorr will Thursday, September 26, 7 p.m. Utahn James V. read from and sign his collection of essays, Love D’Arc will share his updated book, When Hollywood Drones. Came to Utah. Wednesday, September 4, 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 2, 7 p.m. Plant whisperer Summer Rayne Craig Childs will discuss his latest Oakes will show us How to Make a book from Torrey House Press, Virga & Bone: Es- Plant Love You at Thyme & Place, says from Dry Places. 362 East 900 South. Friday, October 4, 7 p.m. Scott Saturday, September 7, 5 p.m. Graham (Arches Enemy) and C. Local falconer Steve Chindgren Joseph Greaves (Church of the will share The Art of Hawking Graveyard Saints) will share the Sage Grouse. This event will feature raptors from stage to read and discuss their latest novels. the Hogle Zoo! Saturday, October 5, 12 p.m. Join Friday, September 13, 6 p.m. Join us for a guided walking tour of us for a discussion of Beating Guns: Salt Lake’s historic apartment building facades at the Sampson Apart- Hope for People Who are Weary ment building, 310 South 300 East. of Violence at All Saints Episcopal Church, 1710 Saturday, September 14: TKE’s Birthday! 25% off everything but Foothill Boulevard. special orders all day long! Thursday, October 10, 7 p.m. Jacob 11 a.m. Jennifer Adams will read and sign The Paul returns to Salt Lake and TKE Sleeping Beauty: My First Ballet Book; with his novel, Last Tower to Heaven. 2 p.m. Lisa Michele Church will Tuesday, October 15, 7 p.m. Au- discuss Historic Apartment Build- thor and TKE bookseller Mackenzie ings of Salt Lake City Lee will talk about The History of the World in Fifty Dogs. 3:30 p.m. Let them eat cake! Birthday cake, that is, with a bit of the bubbly. It’s not every day a book- Wednesday, October 16, 7 p.m. shop turn 42! See page 5 for details about our birth- Christopher McDougall joins us to day bookmark contest; you could be a winner! discuss his new memoir, Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Wednesday, September 18, 7 p.m. Eli Knapp will Hero. Kip the Donkey will be on hand for this event! regale us with The Delightful Horror of Family Birding at Tracy Aviary. Thursday, October 17, 7 p.m. Rich- ard Powers will read from, discuss Thursday, September 19, 12:15 and sign his Pulitzer Prize-winning p.m. The Stegner Center will host novel, The Overstory, at the University of Utah Peter Walker with his book, Sage- Union Ballroom in an event co-sponsored by the brush Collaboration: How Harney Tanner Humanities Center. Eventbrite tickets will County Defeated the Takeover of include a paperback copy of the book. the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge at the S. J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. Wednesday, October 23, 7 p.m. Madeline Miller will join to discuss her novel, Circe Thursday, September 19, 7 p.m. (see front page). Nadene LeCheminant will debut her novel, The Gates of Eden. Thursday, October 24, 7 p.m. University of Utah Distinguished Saturday, September 21, 4 p.m. Professor Kathryn Bond Stockton Shawn Hamill will scare us with will read from and sign her book, his horror novel, A Cosmology of Making Out. Monsters. Friday, October 25, 7 p.m. Han- Wednesday, September 25, 7 p.m. nah Hart will help us get ready for Poets Katharine Coles and Fran- Halloween with My Drunk Kitchen cesca Bell will read from and sign Holidays. their latest collections, Wayward and Bright Stain, respectively. Tuesday, October 29, 7 p.m. One of TKE’s favorites, Alexander Mc- Thursday, September 26, 7 p.m. Christopher Call Smith, returns with another Nelson and Betsy Sholl will read from and sign their in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, To the works at the Alumni House at Westminster College, Land of Long Lost Friends. The event will be held 1840 South 1300 East. at Rowland Hall’s Larimer Auditorium. Eventbrite tickets include a copy of the book. 2 Autumn Events for Kids and Young Adults Tuesday, September 3, 7 p.m. Author and TKE Saturday, September 21, 11 a.m. Local illustrator bookseller Mackenzi Lee will discuss and sign her Sam Ricks will join us for storytime with Stinkbomb Marvel middle grade novel, Loki: Where Mischief and Ketchup-Face and the Pizza of Peril. Lies. Monday, September 23, 7 p.m. Wednesday, September 4, 7 p.m. Sofiya Pasternak (Anya and the Caroline Bliss Larsen will read from Dragon) and Kwame Alexander and sign Marvin’s Monster Diary 2 (Crossover) will read from and (+ Lyssa) at Provo Library. sign their new books at the Provo Thursday, September 5, 7 p.m. Library. Shauna Holyoak will read from and Monday, September 30, 6 p.m.