BOOK NOTES.Byline: The Register-Guard Library waives fines for items returned this week National Library Week begins today, and in commemoration the Eugene Public Library will allow patrons who have overdue books to return them without paying any fines. The ``Bring 'Em Back!'' program will be in effect through Saturday. Fines will be waived and no questions asked on any overdue items returned to any Eugene Public Library location - downtown, Bethel Bethel, in the Bible Bethel (bĕth`əl) [Heb.,=house of God]. 1 Ancient city of central Palestine, the modern Baytin, the West Bank, N of Jerusalem. or Sheldon branches - any time, day or night. To find if you owe any fines, you can view your account at the library's Web site (www.eugene-or.gov/library) or on a library catalog computer. Or call 682-5450 and press 1 for ``Cards and Accounts.'' Poets to read Tuesday at downtown library In honor of National Poetry Month and National Library Week, the Eugene Public Library will host a reading by poets Lawson Fusao Inada Lawsno Fusao Inada (born in 1938 in Fresno, California) is an American poet and is currently the poet laureate of the U.S. state of Oregon. Early life A third-generation Japanese American (sansei Japanese American), at the age of 4, Inada and his family were interned for and Paulann Petersen. The Windfall windfall An unexpected profit or gain. An investor holding a stock that increases greatly in price because of an unexpected takeover offer receives a windfall. Reading Series event is at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the downtown library, 100 W. 10th Ave. Inada, the Oregon Poet Laureate poet laureate (lô`rēĭt), title conferred in Britain by the monarch on a poet whose duty it is to write commemorative odes and verse. , is a third-generation Japanese-American from Fresno, Calif. His books of poetry include "Before the War, Legends from Camp" and "Drawing the Line." Petersen's books of poetry include "The Wild Awake," "Blood Silk" and, most recently, "A Bride of Narrow Escape." The Windfall Reading Series is sponsored by Eugene Public Library, Lane Literary Guild, Friends of the Library, the Eugene Public Library Foundation and the Cultural Services Division of Lane Arts Council An arts council is a government or private, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts mainly by funding local artists, awarding prizes, and organizing events at home and abroad. . Admission is free. For information, call 682-5450. Readings and signings TUESDAY Comic City - Reception and release party, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., 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. Bookstore, 895 E. 13th Ave. 346-4331. THURSDAY Gary Geddes - The author reads from "Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things," a travel journal about the author's 50,000-mile journey to prove there was Asian contact with the Americas 1,000 years before Columbus, 4 p.m., Gumwood gum·wood n. The wood of a gum tree, especially of a sweet gum. Noun 1. gumwood - wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum gum Room, Erb Memorial Union, 1222 E. 13th Ave. 346-4331. Barbara Ashman - The author reads from "Married to My Garden," 7 p.m., University of Oregon Bookstore, 895 E. 13th Ave. 346-4331. SATURDAY Tom Madden mad·den v. mad·dened, mad·den·ing, mad·dens v.tr. 1. To make angry; irritate. 2. To drive insane. v.intr. To become infuriated. , George Estreich - The two poets will read in commemoration of National Poetry Month, 5 p.m., Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St. Madden is a retired professor of English at Eastern Oregon University Eastern Oregon University (or "EOU") is one of seven state-funded, four-year universities of higher education in the State of Oregon and belongs to the Oregon University System. . Estreich, of Corvallis is the author of `Textbook Illustrations of the Human Body.' 345-8986. Out of Town MONDAY Ian Rankin - The writer of the 20-year-old series of crime novels about Inspector John Rebus talks about the newest installment, ``The Naming of the Dead,'' 7:30 p.m., Powell's City of Books, 1005 W. Burnside, Portland. (503) 228-4651. Deadlines The Book Notes deadline is 9 a.m. Friday for publication nine days later. Send to Book Notes, The Register-Guard, P.O. Box 10188, Eugene, OR 97440; or rgfeatures@guardnet.com. |
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