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FABS Member Society events for August. Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
August 3 @ 5:00 pm-6:15 pm PDT “Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford”
Troublemaker tells the wild and unlikely story of Jessica Mitford, fifth of the six famous Mitford Girls, a British aristocrat-turned-American Communist, famous for exposés like The American Way of Death; this biography brings her astonishing self-transformation to life with a riveting, often hilarious account of trading wealth and status for a life of radical activism. Presented by Carla Kaplan of Yale University. (Book Club of California)
August 3 @ 8:00 pm EDT: Manuscript Mondays: Exploring Drugs in Art and Literature
Presenter George Snook will explore the collection of drug literature and artifacts that he has assembled since the mid-1960s. An impulse purchase of de Quincey’s English Opium Eater in a used bookstore in London sparked a lifelong interest in drugs and their influence on culture. This journey has led him to consider how drug experimentation has shaped literary and musical traditions, criminal justice systems, and the treatment of ethnic and cultural minorities. (The Manuscript Society)
August 10 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm PDT: Eugene O’Neill and Long Day’s Journey Into Night at Tao House—a California Story
Few people realize that Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night, which won the 1956 Pulitzer Prize, was written in California in 1939-41. After winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936, O’Neill and his third wife, the actress Carlotta Monterey, built Tao House just outside Danville, California. Realizing that his writing career was coming to an end due to illness, he needed to find a way—literally, the tao—to write the most personal and difficult plays he had ever attempted, also including The Iceman Cometh and A Touch of the Poet. Presented by author William Davies King, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theater and Dance, University of California Santa Barbara, California.
August 10 @ 7:30 pm- 8:30 pm EDT: FABS Handpress Era Zoom: Humanist Gifts of Plutarch Texts to Queen Mary I
Mary Tudor has always enjoyed a reputation of having received a humanist education. Of the antique texts associated with Mary, the ancient Greek philosopher Plutarch stands out. Mary was advised to follow many of Plutarch’s precepts, and received dedications of three Plutarch translations. This talk will look at the role of Plutarch in Mary’s education and in the Tudor court. Presented by Valerie Schutte, a historian who focuses on royal women and book history. To receive a link contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org.
August 17 @ 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm PDT: California Eden: Heritage Landscapes of the Golden State
For many people, the concept of landscape is associated with gardens, especially estate gardens. California Eden reaches far beyond the elite circle of private estates; this book highlights a wide range of landscapes from the professional to the vernacular and delves deep into the cultural and historical significance of these landscapes, revealing the untold stories of the people who have inhabited and shaped them over the centuries. Co-editors Christine Edstrom O’Hara and Susan Chamberlin bring together these voices from the landscape architecture community. (Book Club of California)
August 17 @ 7:30 pm EDT: FABS Bindings Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS August 17 FABS Bindings Group: This group devoted to the art, craft and history of bookbinding meets monthly on Zoom. To join their mailing list, contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org.
August 20 @ 7:30 pm EDT: Join the FABS 19th Century group on Zoom for congenial discussion of all things bibliophilic and 19th century. Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org.
August 24 @ 5:00 pm-6:15 pm PDT: Out of the Gutters: How California Comix Saved Comics
Out of the Gutters: Obscenity, Censorship, and Transgression, edited by Jorge J. Santos and Patrick S. Lawrence, explores US comics that have been challenged for their boundary-breaking content. Covering well-known underground figures like R. Crumb and Charles Burns, newcomers such as C. Spike Trotman and Emil Ferris, and mainstream creators including Chris Claremont and Archie Goodwin, the collection dives into the market economics of transgression, historical representations of graphic violence, the ever-changing meaning of pornography, sex-positive comics by BIPOC authors, and queerness in pop-culture mega-properties. (Book Club of California)
August 25 @ 7:00 pm- 8:30 pm EDT: FABS Living With Books Group: Bibliophilic Media Online/ Boundaries in Our Collections
Join us and host Reid Byers to discuss the delights and challenges of the private library. Our topics this month: 1. Bibliophilic Zooms, podcasts, Youtubes, & TV documentaries; 2. How we have set boundaries in collections? In libraries? Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org.
Stay tuned to the FABS Calendar, as more events are sure to be posted soon.
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