OCD with a Beat at BookPeople
Local author Sarah Bird (The Yokota Officers Club, Virgin of the Rodeo, The Mommy Club, The Boyfriend School, and Alamo House) doesn't know how to just sit down and write a book. For her, research for a novel—say, one about flamenco music and dance—means picking up and moving to New Mexico for a summer to take flamenco dance lessons at The University of New Mexico.
This may sound a little extreme when she could've hacked it with Wikipedia and a few foreign films, but Bird is dedicated to the idea of the authentic experience, and the experience is one of extremes: she describes flamenco music as "obsessive-compulsive disorder with a beat," and her latest book, The Flamenco Academy, is an attempt to convey the passion, intensity, and pain of obsessive love.
Bird can't just show up at a bookstore and read and sign copies of her book, either. Beyond the requisite reading, Q&A, signing and hobnobbing, tonight's event at BookPeople tonight includes flamenco guitarists, dancers, and libations.
Sarah Bird presents The Flamenco Academy
Thursday, Oct. 25th
BookPeople
7pm, free
Photo by Adam Blicharski on Flickr
