BOOK NOTES.Byline: The Register-Guard Choctaw storyteller in Eugene on Saturday Award-winning Choctaw storyteller and author Tim Tingle appears at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Eugene Public Library, 100 W. 10th Ave. Tingle shares the lore of his people through lively historical, traditional and personal tales that are interwoven in·ter·weave v. in·ter·wove , in·ter·wo·ven , inter·weav·ing, inter·weaves v.tr. 1. To weave together. 2. To blend together; intermix. v.intr. with Choctaw music. Tingle has collected Native American tales for two decades, including a collection of recordings of older tribal members telling stories. Admission is free. Tsunami to host two Oregon writers Writer Henry Alley Henry Alley is an American author and educator known for gay themes in his work. Life and career Henry Alley (born 1945) grew up in Seattle, Washington, and studied at Stanford University from 1963 to 1967, with a major in English literature and a minor in classics. and poet Elizabeth Simson will read from their work at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St. Alley is a retired University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. literature professor. He has three published novels - "Through Glass," "The Lattice" and "Umbrella of Glass" - in addition to scholarly work and short stories. Simson's poems have appeared in such literary journals and anthologies as Atlanta Review, Kalliope, Comstock Review, Gertrude and Earth's Daughters. Her first chapbook chapbook, one of the pamphlets formerly sold in Europe and America by itinerant agents, or "chapmen." Chapbooks were inexpensive—in England often costing only a penny—and, like the broadside, they were usually anonymous and undated. , "Sea Change," was recently published by Finishing Line Press. She lives in Welches, near Mount Hood. Eugene Library now offers audio books for download The Eugene Public Library is now offering audio books that can be downloaded for play on a Windows-equipped personal computer and some mp3 players, though the popular iPod is not compatible. Hundreds of audio books are available, and more choices will be added in the coming months. The audio book files expire after two weeks so there is no need to return items - or incur overdue fines. Cardholders can download items by going to www.eugene-or.gov/library and clicking on the ``Library2Go'' logo. Poetry reading is part of peace festival Five poets will read original peace poems Tuesday from a new Lane Literary Guild chapbook, commissioned as part of the Eugene Concert Choir's upcoming performance of ``Dona Nobis Pacem'' (``Grant Us Peace''). Deb Casey, Michael Hanner, Madronna Holden, Colette Jonopulos and Charles Thielman will read from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. as part of the Eugene Public Library's free Windfall Reading Series, 100 W. 10th Ave. Free copies of the chapbook, featuring 25 new poems New Poems is a collection of poems by Rainer Maria Rilke. He began collecting the poems in 1906, published New Poems in 1907, and in the following year published a second volume of additional poems. about peace and hope, will be available at the library event and also at the choir's performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams' ``Dona Nobis Pacem Dona nobis pacem (Latin: Give us peace) is a phrase in the Agnus Dei section of the Roman Catholic mass. It was set as a separate, final movement in Bach's Mass in B Minor. .'' That concert will be at the Hult Center at 8 p.m. next Saturday. Readings and Signings MONDAY Ted Cox Ted Cox can refer to:
Out of Town TUESDAY Anne Lamott - Author talks about her book ``Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith.'' 7:30 p.m., First Unitarian Church
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