July 9: Chuck Durrett, author of CoHousing and the Senior CoHousing Handbook

Time Tested Books is proud to announce a talk and signing by Chuck Durrett, author of CoHousing: A Contemporary Approach To Housing Ourselves and most recently Senior CoHousing Handbook, on Thursday, July 9 at 7 pm.

A leading cohousing architect, Durrett has won numerous awards, including the United Nations World Habitat Award and the Best of 50+ Housing Award (National Home Builders Assoc. 2008). Durrett is credited with coining the term ‘cohousing’ and together with wife and professional partner, Kathryn McCamant, introduced cohousing projects to America.

Chuck’s visit to Time Tested will be right after his involvement with the International Cohousing Summit at the University of Washington, Seattle and the 2009 National Cohousing Conference, also in Seattle.

Chuck's books will be available at the event. The talk is free.

July 15: Jaimal Yogis, author of Saltwater Buddha

Time Tested Books welcomes Jaimal Yogis, author of Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea, for a book talk and signing on Wednesday, July 15.

Tired of with his Sacramento suburban teenage life, Jaimal Yogis ditched to Hawaii with a copy of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha and enough cash for a surfboard. In Saltwater Buddha he recounts his journey, a coming-of-age saga that takes him from communes to monasteries and the icy New York shore. Saltwater Buddha has earned praise from Publisher’s Weekly and The Huffington Post, as well as Mixed Martial Arts champ Urijah Faber and the Yoga Journal’s Karen Macklin. To say Jaimal's writing has broad appeal would be an understatement! Saltwater Buddha is published by Wisdom Publications.

Saltwater Buddha will be available at the bookstore. The talk is free.

Kathryn & Laura Hohlwein, June 21, 2009

Every former student of Kathryn Hohlwein will tell you that she is one of the best. For over 30 years she taught English at CSU Sacramento, editing the journal “Studia Mystica“, as well as publishing a collection of letters with her friend Patricia Lamb (Touchstones). Retired from CSUS, she still teaches. Nowadays, she holds seminars on the Greek poet Homer, and does so worldwide.

Laura Hohlwein is a writer and artist. She is the author of two volumes of poetry “The Company of Space” and “The Reciprocal Questionnaire” . Her paintings have shown nationwide and she is currently represented by the Solomon Dubnick Gallery. Laura teaches at the Art Institute of California, American River College, and Sacramento City College. She is also the daughter of Kathryn Hohlwein.

Time Tested Books is located at 1114 21st Street in Midtown Sacramento.

The event is on Sunday, June 21, 2009. 7:00 pm.

Todd Walton & Marcia Sloan on May 14

A fiction writer and musician, Todd Walton is the author of hundreds of short stories and eight books including Inside Moves, Forgotten Impulses, The Writer’s Path, and Buddha In A Teacup. The DVD of the motion picture Inside Moves featuring an interview with Todd has just been released by Lions Gate Entertainment. Todd lived in Sacramento from 1980 to 1995 and was a frequent contributor to the Sacramento News & Review.

Marcia Sloane has been a classical and improvising cellist for forty years. Her CD Cello Drones for Tuning and Improvisation is used by musicians throughout the world. Her CD Skyward is a collection of her original compositions for cello and voice.

Todd and Marcia’s performance will feature songs from their CD When Light Is Your Garden, and Todd reading from Buddha In A Teacup and from his hilarious new novel Under the Table Books, which features poetry by Sacramento poets D.R. Wagner, Ann Menebroker, and Quinton Duval, who will be on hand for the event. Time Tested Books was the inspiration for the setting of Under the Table Books.

Poetry with Gourdine & Duval, April 19

Announcing the fourth reading in our poetry series: This time around we are hosting Quinton Duval and Traci Gourdine.

Quinton Duval is the author of three books of poems: Guerrilla Letters, Dinner Music, and Joe’s Rain. He teaches English and Creative Writing at Solano Community College and is the editor and publisher of Red Wing Press. Dennis Schmitz has called Duval's poems " buoyant and smart, full of feeling, suddenly deep---I think they are marvelous in every way."

Traci Gourdine is a terrific poet whose work has appeared in Calliope, ZYZZYVA, and other small magazines. She is the co-editor of "Night is Gone, Day is Still Coming," a collection of work by young American Indian writers. Her letters to poet Quincy Troupe have been anthologized in the book "Letters to Poets." He currently teaches English at American River College.

The reading is at Sunday, April 19. It starts at around 7 pm. A donation (which goes to the poets) is requested.

Coming April 8th: The Wheel of Nuldoid

On Wednesday, April 8, we welcome Russ Woody, author of The Wheel of Nuldoid. Woody's first novel, "The Wheel of Nuldoid" is a dark tongue-in-cheek look at the very center of our world, where a society of short, quarrelsome creatures live and operate the machinery that rotates the earth. Russ is a Sacramento native who has written and produced Murphy Brown, Mad About You, and The Drew Carey Show, among other comedies. He has also written for Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere. The event is free and starts at 7 pm.

Douglas Blazek reads on March 15

A Political Documentary

Admission for tonight’s show of crickets
is to scratch music from a violin
the price for the morning’s birds
is to chant an egg out of your chest

Alternative?

The sun will clench itself
into a hammer at noon
and flatten your heart

Winter will strangle your
reproductive organ like a swan’s neck
in the hands of a madman

Alternative?

Turn your power into snow
you will melt into summer—
the avenue of your voice
without a trace of artillery
parading like the wind

- Douglas Blazek

Our March poetry reading features Douglas Blazek. We are very excited about this one as Doug gives very few readings nowadays and in small press circles is somewhat of a legend. During the 1960s, he was one of the main people behind the "mimeograph revolution", a small press movement which, following the Beats, gave voice to a lot of non-mainstream poets, people who worked outside the academy. With his literary magazine Ole and the Open Skull Press, as well as editing for other presses, he introduced poets Like Charles Bukowski to people. He is the author and editor of over 35 books, including a forthcoming volume of poems to be published by Poems-for-All/The Book Collector's Richard Hansen. The Time Tested Books reading is on Sunday March 15. We will be open at 7 pm and poetry will start soon after. We are asking for a $5 donation, money which will go to the poet.