Preview Event at Politics & Prose Rallies Against the Storm

Fall for the Book 2008 got off to a rousing if rain-dampened start on Saturday, September 6, with a preview event in partnership with Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C. More than 40 people braved the torrents of Tropical Storm Hanna to hear journalist Alan Weisman read from and discuss his latest work, The World Without Us.

Weisman, who flew in from Boston despite the storm, walked listeners through some of the key points of his book, detailing how, if people were removed from the earth, the planet would slowly shed off almost all evidence of their presence. Within those details, he said, are clues as to how people might live on the earth more successfully.

Festival Manager Ruth Goodwin thanked the owners of Politics & Prose, an independent bookstore in Northwest D.C., for partnering with the festival, noting how such joint presentations characterize Fall for the Book in this its 10th year.