A Talk With A Disease-nerd Novelist, Banjo Player And Indie-rock Muse October 17, 2006

Three years ago, the Decemberists' Colin Meloy wrote a song about Myla Goldberg's pretty hands and dangly limbs as "unique New York." With her first novel, Bee Season, Goldberg - who plays the banjo - won the adoration of brainy girls and boys everywhere. Bee Season is weird and lovable in its spelling bee awkwardness, and became a major motion picture. Her follow-up, Wickett's Remedy, about the 1918 influenza epidemic, is fascinating: It combines years of intense research and the fictional commentary of ghosts who offer their own funny interpretations on the story. Come hear this young star share her inspiration.

6:00 p.m., Check-in | 6:30 p.m., Program | 7:30 p.m., Wine & Hors d'oeuvres Reception

Commonwealth Club Office, 595 Market Street (at Second), 2nd floor, San Francisco
Directly outside of the Montgomery Bart Station

$12 for Members, $20 for Non-members, $7 for Students

Official Website: http://www.commonwealthclub.org/INFORUM