FROM THE CORRIES

Friends,

I am thrilled to announce the release of my daughter Rachel’s writings in the new book Let Me Stand Alone – The Journals of Rachel Corrie, published by W.W. Norton & Co. and available in bookstores and online! I am also excited to invite you to attend a series of book launch events across the country that Craig and I will be participating in during the month of April. We hope that you and your friends will join us to celebrate Rachel’s book at one of these events and that you will use the attached flyer to help us spread the word about each one.

We are particularly excited that the first book event, on Saturday, April 5th in Berkeley, California, will be filmed by C-SPAN for later broadcast on the program “Book TV”. This is a wonderful way to launch Rachel’s book and the book tour. We want to make sure the audience is filled for C-SPAN so if you are in the Bay Area, please join us that evening and bring your friends! The event is sponsored by KPFA Radio Station and additional information and advanced ticket sales can be found at their website kpfa.org/events/index.php?#1584. More detailed information about all the events is listed below and on the attached flyer.

Working on the book was an alternately exhilarating and challenging process. We agonized over every editing decision—which pieces would Rachel have included? Which would she have wanted to work on further? However, we knew how much Rachel wanted her writing to have a wider impact and we still believe deeply that the questions she pondered and the realities she witnessed are universally important to confront. It is a true milestone for our family, and for Rachel, that her words in this book reach the world.

More information about Let Me Stand Alone, including how to purchase it, can be found at www.letmestandalone.com. If we are not scheduled to be in your area during the April book tour, but you would like to organize a future reading, you can contact us through this website as well.
As Craig wrote in the introduction to the book: Words were sacred to Rachel, and her words have become treasures to us. They are what we have left and are an immense gift to our family. With this book, we offer that gift to you.
We look forward to seeing you in Berkeley, Seattle, Olympia, Portland, DC, New York, Iowa City or Minneapolis! Please do help us spread the word.

Thank you!

Cindy Corrie

LET ME STAND ALONE BOOK LAUNCH EVENTS

BERKELEY, CA: Saturday, April 5th at 8:00PM
King Middle School, 510-848-6767
1781 Rose Street
Berkeley, CA
Tickets $12-$15 - Purchase at www.kpfa.org or at the door.
Guest Readers: Nadia Barhoum, Nora Barrows-Friedman, Nadine Ghammache, Patricia Hemphill, Sandra Lupien, Lisa Nessan, Sangina Patnaik, Liat Weingart, Camille Baptista, and Keryan Dawoud.

SEATTLE, WA: Monday, April 7th at 7:30 PM
Seattle Town Hall, 206-634-3400
1119 8TH Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
Guest readers include: Torrey Berkson, Nada Elia, Judith Kolokoff, and Nina Laboy.

OLYMPIA, WA: Tuesday, April 8th at 7:00PM
Orca Books, 360-352-0123
509 E. 4th Avenue
Olympia, WA 98501

OLYMPIA, WA: Wednesday, April 9th at 7:00 PM
The Evergreen State College, Library Underground, 360-867-5213
Event Sponsored by TESC, Friends of the Library and TESC Writing Center
2700 Evergreen Parkway, NW
Olympia, WA 98505

PORTLAND, OR, Thursday, April 10th at 7:30 PM
Powell’s Bookstore on Hawthorne, 800-878-7323
3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, OR 97214
Guest readers include: Diane Adkin, Jennifer Grosvenor, William Seaman, and Jeffrey St. Clair.

FREDERICK, MD: Monday, April 14th at 7:00 PM
Delaplaine Visual Arts & Education Center, 301-698-0656
40 South Carroll Street
Frederick, Maryland 21701

WASHINGTON, DC: Tuesday, April 15th at 6:00 PM
Busboys & Poets, 202-387-POET
2021 14th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20009

NYC: Friday, April 18th at 6:30PM
COOPER UNION, WOLLMAN AUDITORIUM
51 Astor Place (8th Street between 3rd and 4th)
New York, NY
Guest Readers Include: Kathleen Chalfant, Nick Flynn, Marie Howe, Denis O’Hare and Lili Taylor.

IOWA CITY, IA: Tuesday, April 22nd at 7:30 PM
University of Iowa, Iowa Memorial Union, 319-335-3255
Black Box Theater, Room #360
125 N. Madison Street
Iowa City, IA

MINNEAPOLIS, MN: Thursday, April 24th at 7:00 PM
Micawber’s Book Store, 612-215-2575
2238 Carter Avenue
St. Paul, MN