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The Bookshelf: 'Spokane is Reading' Week

Swamplandia

Oct 6-9: Spokane Is Reading Week
The BEGINNING chapters of Karen Russell's Swamplandia! is read by Susan Williams, in advance of the author's visit to Spokane Oct. 16.

To encourage reading by adults, representatives from Spokane Public Library, Spokane County Library District and Auntie’s Bookstore select a title each year and present a series of events surrounding that title. The 2014 choice is Karen Russell's novel about a family of alligator wrestlers living off the southwest coast of Florida.