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Romance Author Beverly Jenkins at Book Beat ....  The Book Beat is pleased to announce that local author Beverly Jenkins will be reading and signing her latest book BRING ON THE BLESSINGS at the Book Beat on Thursday, March 12th, from 7:00 - 8:30 PM. The Book Beat is located at 26010 Greenfield, Oak Park, MI. Please call 248-968-1190 for more information.
"Even when writing a contemporary, Beverly Jenkins always provides her audience with a fascinating look at African-American history; this time with the return to Henry Adams (see SOMETHING LIKE LOVE). The story line is fast-paced from the moment that Bernadine begins to format her project and never slows down as the tidbits of historical information are interwoven into the strong contemporary plot. Fans will enjoy this delightful tale and want sequels; those who have not read this great author are missing a treat." --Harriet Klausner, Genre-Go Round Reviews 
"Beverly Jenkins charms... with this heartwarming story of love, community, and family... a tasty reading confection that you’ll savor long after the story ends.” --Angela Benson, author of Up Pops the Devil
"Beverly Jenkins has a way of giving you goose bumps. Sure, her novels are moving, whether they're historical love stories told in post–Civil War settings, or sizzling contemporaries set in the high-powered world of pro sports. But more than that, she's got a way of connecting us with the characters and subjects she writes about that's simply unforgettable." -- Romance By the Book About the Author:Beverly Jenkins has received numerous awards, including three Waldenbooks Best Sellers Awards, two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times magazine, and a Golden Pen Award from the Black Writer's Guild. In 1999, Ms. Jenkins was voted one of the Top Fifty Favorite African-American writers of the 20th Century by AABLC, the nation's largest on-line African-American book club. Visit the author's website at Beverly Jenkins.com
 An Evening With David Sedaris April 21st, 2009WDET-FM, The Theater Council and Book Beat present An Evening With David Sedaris at the Detroit Opera House, April 21st at 8:00 PM. Tickets are available now at the Detroit Opera House Box Office, or call (248) 645-6666 or www.Ticketmaster.com Book Beat will be able to take advance orders for autographed books if unable to attend. Please call 248-968-1190.
David Sedaris (born December 26, 1956) is a Grammy Award-nominated American humorist, writer, comedian, detective, bestselling author, and radio contributor. His books have sold over 7 million copies and include the collections; Barrel Fever, Me Talk Pretty, Naked, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and his latest collection; When You Are Engulfed in Flames.  David Sedaris may well be the closest thing the literary world has these days to a rock star, his speaking engagements are now consistently standing-room-only, a far cry from his early days as a housecleaner in New York City. Sedaris made his comic debut recounting his strange-but-true experiences of his job as a Macys elf clad in green tights, reading his SantaLand Diaries on National Public Radios Morning Edition. His sardonic wit and incisive social critique have since made him one of Americas pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which Sedaris slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that he is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today. Listen to a selection of NPR David Sedaris specials, and guest commentaries.
New Design Update for the Book Beat Website
Please visit our newly updated website and browse our FEATURED TITLES FOR MARCH. Many new and interesting books are arriving daily - too many to list, but we try and feature titles online that need and deserve a little extra attention. In the sprit of keeping our newsletter shorter and more concise, we hope you will click on and give these featured books your consideration. New catalogs and book shelf categories have been added -- and we hope to continue to add and make improvements. Special beaucoup thank yous to Anneke Auer, our mad-genius designer in the Netherlands.
Book Beat Reading Group Meets Wednesday, March 25th
....  Our next meeting is Wednesday, March 25th, at 7 PM. We will be discussing the mini-masterpiece Jakob Van Gunten by Robert Wallser. Our reading group meets at the Goldfish Teahouse in Royal Oak. This discussion group is free and open to the public. Reading group books are discounted 15% at the Book Beat.
The Swiss writer Robert Walser is one of the quiet geniuses of twentieth-century literature. Largely self-taught and altogether indifferent to worldly success, Walser wrote a range of short stories, essays, as well as four novels, of which Jakob von Gunten is widely recognized as the finest. The book is a young man's inquisitive and irreverent account of life in what turns out to be the most uncanny of schools. It is the work of an outsider artist, a writer of uncompromising originality and disconcerting humor, whose beautiful sentences have the simplicity and strangeness of a painting by Henri Rousseau. Read J.M. Coetzee's New York Times Review: The Genius of Robert Wallser.
Maya Angelou inspires Detroit March 18th at the Max M. Fisher Music Center. Read the Free Press interview: "Maya Angelou, in Detroit next week, reflects on life, grace and self-esteem" from March 8th, Detroit Free Press.
2000 Reading Volunteers Needed:Operation ABC is a United Way for Southeastern Michigan early education initiative that brings together school districts, local unions, nonprofits, corporations and volunteers to improve the reading levels of first and second graders in metro Detroit.
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