june, 2018
Event Details
We’ve joined efforts with Klyde Warren Park to bring you the best books by local authors. Introducing the most Dallasite of all book clubs: the LOCALS ONLY book club! A book club at Klyde Warren Park featuring local favorites handpicked by us, The Wild Detectives.
In June, we will be discussing BLACKOUT: REMEMBERING THE THINGS I DRANK TO FORGET, by Sarah Hepola.
Pick your copy and join us, and the author, for an open discussion about the book, at The Dallas News Reading and Games Room in Klyde Warren Park.
Book Description:
Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
For Sarah Hepola, alcohol was “the gasoline of all adventure.” Drinking felt like freedom, part of her birthright as a strong, enlightened twenty-first-century woman. But there was a price. She often blacked out, waking up with a blank space where four hours should be. Mornings became detective work on her own life: What did I say last night? Who was that guy? Where am I? Blackout is a memoir of unblinking honest and poignant, laugh-out-loud humor. It’s the story of a woman stumbling into a new adventure– the sober life she never wanted
Bio:
Sarah Hepola has written many stories about drinking and eating too much. Her essays on culture have appeared in the New York Times magazine, Elle, The New Republic, Glamour, The Guardian, Slate, The Morning News, and Salon, where she was a longtime editor. Her past jobs include: Travel columnist, music editor, film critic, sex blogger, and for about 15 seconds in the late ’90s, she taught high school English. She lives in East Dallas, where she enjoys playing her guitar poorly and listening to the “Xanadu” soundtrack.
Upcoming Dates & Authors:
July 10
Kathleen Kent’s The Dime
August 7
Shay Youngblood’s Black Girl in Paris
September 4
Will Clarke’s The Neon Palm of Madame Melançon
October 9
Harry Hunsicker’s The Devil’s Country
November 13
Closing party
