I think there is a solid argument to be made that fascism is already here, arrayed in force - that the slide has been gradual, but that fascism is exerting increasing pressure upon, and violence against, our society and the world. In that spirit, I want to repost the following excerpt of writing by Tim Wise:

SAVE THE DATE!
The rave reviews just don't quit for Bainbridge Island's Jonathan Evison and his breakout debut novel All About Lulu. Don't miss the chance to come down to Orca Books and get to know him a little. Wrap your mind around All About Lulu , while you wrap your mitts around a local brew.

When: 6 p.m. Saturday, February 13, 2010

Where: Orca Books
509 E. 4th Ave
Olympia, Washington 98501

For more information, check out the February events at Orca Books: http://orcabooks.com/event

(from Publisher's Weekly):
Starred Review. Evison's debut—of love and loss, growing up, throwing up and moving on—is a stunner. William Miller Jr. is a scrawny loner whose mother dies of cancer when he is seven years old, leaving him an awkward vegetarian with an ominously macho father and idiot twin brothers in mid-1970s Santa Monica.

Evison provides readers a viciously funny and deeply felt portrayal of a blended family and one man's thwarted longing.

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