LEFT COAST WRITERS(tm) BOOK LAUNCH PARTY SHOWCASING: TOM DeMOTT and
his new book, “Into the Hearts of the Amazons: In Search of a
Modern Matriarchy” (University of WI Press, May 2006)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 || MONTICELLO INN - SF || 5:30 - 6:45PM
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“Into the Hearts of the Amazon” is the story of a writer who
comes of age during the women’s revolution. Outwardly, he
sympathizes when the women he cares for blame corporate greed,
hunger and war on an oppressive patriarchy. But inside, he is
stung, and wonders: Would life be any better in a matriarchy? In
search of an answer to this question, TOM DEMOTT travels to a
remote corner of southern Mexico where, according to some, a
modern-day matriarchy still thrives.

NEXT UP AT THE JUNE LEFT COAST WRITERS(tm) SALON: JAMES DALESSANDRO,
Author of “1906, A Novel,” Poet, Screenwriter, and Documentary
film maker of “The Damnedest, Finest Ruins”
TOPIC:
MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2006 || BOOK PASSAGE - CORTE MADERA || 7PM
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Every disaster has a story. Set during the great San Francisco
earthquake and fire, “1906″, written by JAMES DALESSANDRO, is a
page-turning tale of political corruption, vendettas, romance,
rescue–and murder–based on recently uncovered facts that
forever changed our understanding of what really happened. His
documentary film, now out on DVD, “The Damnedest, Finest Ruins,”
is a riveting documentary of the most dramatic event in American
history outside of war. Written and directed by Dalessandro, it’s
narrated by acclaimed actor Peter Coyote.