Thursday, August 8, 2013

Book Tour

Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War against Apartheid Book Tour with Alan Wieder

"A truly remarkable work. Alan Wieder shows himself as a writer equal to their life story, their inspiring bravery in action and self-analysis."
—Nadine Gordimer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Join author Alan Wieder for a discussion of his new book, Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War against Apartheid, at one of the locations below. This engaging and richly detailed work recounts the extraordinary lives of First and Slovo, their contributions to the anti-apartheid struggle, and their sometimes tumultuous relationship.
390 pages
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-58367-356-0
Cloth ISBN: 978-1-58367-357-7
July 2013
e-book available!
Kindle, Sony Reader, Nook
Price: $23.95

Portland, OR – August 20
Broadway Books
7 pm
1714 NE Broadway
Portland, OR 97232

Olympia, WA – August 31
Orca Books
time TBA
509 E. 4th Ave
Olympia, WA 98501

Sacramento, CA – September 19
Marxist School of Sacramento
7 pm
at the Sol Collective
2574 21st Street
(1 blk south of Broadway)
Sacramento, CA

San Francisco, CA – September 20
7 pm
The Green Arcade
1680 Market St.
San Francisco, CA 94102

Cleveland, OH – October 3
Mac’s Books on Coventry
7 pm
1820 Coventry Rd.
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118

Ann Arbor, MI – October 8
Literati Bookstore
7pm
124 East Washington Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Chicago, IL – October 9
City Lit Books
6:30 pm
2523 North Kedzie Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60647

Washington, DC – October 16
Busboys and Poets
6:30 to 8:30 pm
Busboys and Poets – 14th & V
2021 14th St, NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
Sponsors: TransAfrica, Metropolitan D.C. Labor Council, Teaching for Change, Busboys and Poets

New York City, NY – October 17
Bluestockings
7 pm
172 Allen St.
New York, NY 10002

Durham, NC – October 22
The Regulator
7 pm
720 Ninth St
Durham, NC 27705

Columbia, SC – October 24
University of South Carolina
details TBA

Seattle, WA – November 1
Elliot Bay Book Co.
time TBA
1521 Tenth Avenue
Seattle WA 98122

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