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CREATIVE COMMONS — A WRITERS’ WORKSHOP: Bring drafts for constructive response and provide feedback for peers. 1:30-3:30 p.m. July 12, Johnson County Library-Central Resource, 9875 W. 87th, Overland Park. Grades 9-12. www. jocolibrary.org/summerreading (913-495-2490)
Percival Everett made news 20 years ago at the South Carolina State House, where he stopped in the middle of a speech — he had been invited by the Legislature — and refused to go on because of the presence of the Confederate flag. This gesture initiated a controversy that resulted, several years later, in the flag’s removal. For this, Everett will be a footnote in American history. His work, however, deserves much more attention than a footnote in American literary history.
Warning: Despite the title, Elijah Wald’s “How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ’N’ Roll” is not an expose of the foibles of those lovable Liverpudlians. However, it’s doubtful that fans of the Beatles music are going to be putting this slim volume on their shelves. Wald’s eminently readable book is a scholarly, provocative and opinionated account of the history of pop music from Sousa to the Stones, from genteel parlor piano recitals to arena rock spectacles. Wald covers the stretch of time from the late 19th century when music could only be heard at live performances to the contemporary private listening experience of recorded music pumped through headsets.
Titlenomics The release of “womenomics” (by Claire Shipman and Katty Kay) is just the latest example of publishers trying to knock off the title of 2005’s best-seller “Freakonomics.”
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