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Sunday, May 04, 2008
Biography of Seeger Gets Update
By David Steinberg
Of the Journal
David King Dunaway discusses and signs the new revised and updated edition of his book “How Can I Keep from Singing: The Ballad of Pete Seeger” at 3 p.m. today at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande NW.
The book is the official biography of Seeger, a longtime folk singer and political activist who was the subject of a PBS American Masters program titled “Pete Seeger: The Power of Song.” The book draws on hundreds of exclusive interviews with Seeger, his family, friends and fellow musicians as well as on thousands of pages of FBI and CIA surveillance documents that were declassified after the filing of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
Dunaway is a professor of English at the University of New Mexico.
MORE AT BOOKWORKS: Bookworks is hosting these other author events this week. … Lisa Lenard-Cook, Corrales author of the new book “The Mind of Your Story,” will give a free workshop about fiction writing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 6. … Mary Beath chats about her new book, “Hiking Alone: Trails Out, Trails Home,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 8. It's a collection of essays exploring the tensions between the myths of the Old West, the reality of the present-day West and the natural world.
AT NHCC: Young poets will read from and autograph copies of the new book “¿de Veras? Young Voices from the National Hispanic Cultural Center” at 3 p.m. today at the NHCC, 1701 Fourth SW. It's is a compilation of poems written by New Mexico teenagers who have participated in the center's Voces Institute between 2002 and 2006.
AT PAGE ONE: Mike Goodenow Weber will discuss his new book, “Visionary Behavior” at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at Page One, 11018 Montgomery NE. The book is described as a road map to actualizing the full range of human capacities, including intelligence, creativity, connectedness and a sense of leadership.
AT BARNES & NOBLE: Michael Martin will sign copies of his debut novel, “The Dream Vacation,” at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at Barnes & Noble in Coronado Shopping Center. The novel is about truck driver Paul Wilkins, who finds an old watch — then wakes up to find himself in the middle of the Civil War.
CALLING ALL YOUNG WRITERS: Veteran Albuquerque author-illustrator Betsy James is the keynote speaker for the UNM Young Writers Conference, to be held June 7 at the UNM Student Union Building on the main campus. The conference, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., is open to youngsters ages 10-17. The cost is $55, which includes a choice of workshops and a box lunch. To register, call 277-0077 for course No. 17180 SAA or register online at http://dce.unm.edu.
IN SANTA FE: At 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 6 editors Ann Lacy and Anne Valley-Fox will discuss “Outlaws & Desperados,” the first in a series of books based on stories from the New Mexico Federal Writers' Project. The event is at Collected Works, 208-B W. San Francisco, Santa Fe.
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