Deborah Willis will discuss\, show work from\, and sign copies of her new book\, Posing Beauty\: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present\, the first photographic history of black beauty. It tells a story overlooked by most of America\, and promises to transform the way we think about the history of African-American visual culture. From posed studio portraits to dandies on parade to elegant debutantes\, Willis has constructed a bold narrative of the ever-changing idea of beauty\, both female and male\, and shows how history books\, newspapers\, and mainstream magazines deliberately excluded black models until the late 1960s. Willis is the author of Reflections in Black and Obama\: The Historic Campaign in Photographs.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T063544Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091001T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091001T230000Z UID:http://www.regulatorbookshop.com/event/orrin-pilkey-0 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.regulatorbookshop.com/event/orrin-pilkey-0 SUMMARY:Orrin Pilkey DESCRIPTION:Duke professor emeritus Orrin Pilkey will discuss and sign copies of his latest book\, The Rising Sea\, which he co-authored with Rob Young. “Sea level rise is a lurking dragon. Experts chart its pulse nervously\, but speak quietly. Pilkey and Young pierce this reticence\, telling a story that the public must understand—or the dragon may burst out of humanity’s control\,” writes James E. Hansen\, director\, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T063544Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091002T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091002T230000Z UID:http://www.regulatorbookshop.com/event/peters-pajama-party-1 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.regulatorbookshop.com/event/peters-pajama-party-1 SUMMARY:Peter's Pajama Party DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T063544Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091003T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091003T230000Z UID:http://www.regulatorbookshop.com/event/sue-monk-kidd-ann-kidd-taylor URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.regulatorbookshop.com/event/sue-monk-kidd-ann-kidd-taylor SUMMARY:Sue Monk Kidd & Ann Kidd Taylor DESCRIPTION:Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter Ann Kidd Taylor will discuss and sign copies of their memoir told in two voices\, Traveling with Pomegranates. France and Greece provide the rich setting for this intersecting spiritual autobiography\, in which both mother and daughter make choices and decisions as they enter new phases of their lives. Sue Monk Kidd is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Mermaid Chair and The Secret Life of Bees\, which was adapted into an award-winning major motion picture. This event is co-sponsored with the Durham County Library.
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