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KAREN STALLER
Thursday, October 16
7:30 pm
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 During the 1960s and 1970s, runaways became a source of national concern. Counter cultural activists provided support to runaway youth, and private agencies began developing innovative, and sometimes controversial programs to serve them. In Runaways: How The Sixties Counterculture Shaped Today's Practices And Policies, Karen M. Staller examines the programs and policies that took shape during the period and the ways in which the alternative-services movement continue to guide our responses to at-risk youth. Joining us for this event is San Francisco Chronicle journalist C.W. Nevius.
Karen M. Staller is assistant professor of social work at the University of Michigan. She has also practiced public interest law with low-income senior citizens and at-risk adolescents in New York City. |
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ELIEZER SOBEL
Friday, October 17
7:30 pm
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The 99th Monkey: A Spiritual Journalist's Misadventures with Gurus, Messiahs, Sex, Psychedelics, and Other Consciousness-Raising Experiments is an irreverent and often funny romp through the New Age era. Serving as a human guinea pig for many of the most popular and cutting-edge New Age and human potential movements, Eliezer Sobel recounts intercontinental adventures in India, Israel, Brazil, and Haiti. From Primal Therapy to the Dalai Lama, this witty analysis includes brushes with cults, wild experiments with sex and psychedelics, and encounters with visionary gurus and contemporary madmen.
Eliezer Sobel is the award-winning author of Minyan: Ten Jewish Men in a World That Is Heartbroken. His articles, short stories, and poetry have appeared in Inner Directions Journal, New Age Journal, The Village Voice, and Yoga Journal. |
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Carrie Evans of The Booksmith staff was on NBC11's Quills TV to chat about books.
You can see the video and the books she chose to speak about here.
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The Booksmith partners with the JCCSF! Check out these exciting events. |
The Booksmith wins "Best Author Appearances" category from the SF Weekly.
"The events at the independent store, which changed owners last year, are still under the firm hand of coordinator Tom Gladysz, who has organized more than 900 events over the past decade, drawing local authors, touring hotshots, and award winners — along with Daniel Handler in each of his various guises."
The full story is on the SF Weekly website.
Check our current events listings here! |
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