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This Thursday at 7:00p.m., Valley icon Gerald Haslam will be reading from his work at the River Center off Old Friant Road.

Hi Folks, If you haven't checked out the NY Times list of Best Fiction of the Last 25 Years, here it is:

Starts: Aug 25, 12:00 pm

Do not sacrifice summer to the gods of chick lit!

Epitaph for a Peach, Mas Masumoto My Name is Aram & Human Comedy, Saroyan Cadillac Desert, Reisner In my Father's Name & King of California, Arax

This is launch day for www.freeFresno.com, a no overhead virtual swap meet where Fresnans can exchange their used books, cds, and dvds.

If you believe some people's failing memories, the Fresno Poets' Association will be celebrating its 25th anniversary tonight at the Fresno Art Museum.

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For Manuel Munoz, there's an unseen San Joaquin Valley that's considerably different from the one many people know. His 2003 collection of short stories, Zigzagger, chronicles that world.