Reserve Now, Get A Jump On Maya Mania

Sun., June 18, 2000

By Dan Webster danw@spokesman.com

If you want to hear Maya Angelou speak at Gonzaga University on Nov. 1, you’d better act fast. The school is now taking reservation requests for the event.

Angelou, the author, poet, playwright and social activist, will speak at GU’s Martin Centre as part of the school’s Arnold Lecture series. Tickets range from $40 to $10.

For reservations, call Leisa Lybbert at 323-3548 or e-mail to lybbert@gu.gonzaga.edu.

And the Oscar goes to…

“Washington, The Spirit of the Land” (Voyager Press, 144 pages, $35), a series of essays and photos on the Evergreen State, recently won first place in the Travel-Essay category of the 2000 Benjamin Franklin Awards.

Lynda Mapes, a former Spokesman-Review reporter, wrote the essays. Terry Donnelly and Mary Liz Austin provided the photos.

Book clubs

“Bootlegger’s Daughter” and “One Coffee With,” two novels by Margaret Maron, are the June selections of the Dark City Book Club, which meets Monday at 7 p.m. at Auntie’s Bookstore, Main and Washington (838-0206).

Poets who know it

* The Spokane Open Poetry Association will meet at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at Auntie’s Bookstore.

The reader board

* Marilyn Jordan George, author of “Following the Alaskan Dream,” will read from her book at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Auntie’s Bookstore.

* Nance Van Winckel, author of “Curtain Creek Farm,” will read from her book of short stories at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Auntie’s Bookstore.

* John Downes, author of “A Few Deadly Friends,” will read from his novel at 7 p.m. Thursday at the North Spokane Hastings, 7706 N. Division (483-2154).

* Molly Gloss, author of “Wild Life,” will read from her book at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Auntie’s Bookstore.

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