About this Event
Green Apple invites you to celebrate the launch of Bonnie Tsui's latest book, On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters, with Caroline Paul!
Join us on Tuesday, April 22 at 7pm for the publication day celebration of Tsui's latest book. This event will be held at our 1231 9th Ave location in the Inner Sunset.
Doors 6:30pm, Start 7:00pm.
While RSVP is not required to attend, it is helpful for us to gauge attendance. Please RSVP here if you plan on joining us!
Seating is first come, first serve. Standing room will be available after seats fill.
The evening will include a reading, discussion, and audience Q+A. Signing line to follow.
Books will be available for purchase at the event. Or purchase one with your RSVP here and pick it up when you arrive! If you have already preordered a copy of the book through the Green Apple website, thank you so much for your support.
If you are unable to attend the event but would like a signed copy of the book, please follow the link below to purchase:
About On Muscle
From the bestselling author of Why We Swim comes a mind-expanding exploration of muscle—from our ancient obsession with the ideal human form to the modern science of this amazing and adaptable tissue—that will change the way you think about what moves us through the world.
“Remarkable . . . A singular book about the true meanings of strength and flexibility, about our ability to define who we are and who we might be.” —Ed Yong, New York Times bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain Multitudes
In On Muscle, Bonnie Tsui brings her signature blend of science, culture, immersive reporting, and personal narrative to examine not just what muscles are but what they mean to us. Cardiac, smooth, skeletal—these three different types of muscle in our bodies make our hearts beat; push food through our intestines, blood through our vessels, babies out the uterus; attach to our bones and allow for motion. Tsui also traces how muscles have defined beauty—and how they have distorted it—through the ages, and how they play an essential role in our physical and mental health.
Tsui introduces us to the first female weightlifter to pick up the famed Scottish Dinnie Stones, then takes us on a 50-mile run through the Nevada desert that follows the path of escape from a Native boarding school—and gives the concept of endurance new meaning. She travels to Oslo, where cutting-edge research reveals how muscles help us bounce back after injury and illness, an important aspect of longevity. She jumps into the action with a historic Double Dutch club in Washington, D.C., to explain anew what Charles Darwin meant by the brain-body connection. Woven throughout are stories of Tsui’s childhood with her Chinese immigrant artist dad—a black belt in karate—who schools her from a young age in a kind of quirky, in-house Muscle Academy.
On Muscle shows us the poetry in the physical, and the surprising ways muscle can reveal what we’re capable of.
About Bonnie Tsui
Bonnie Tsui is a longtime contributor to The New York Times and the bestselling author of Why We Swim, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and a Time magazine and NPR Best Book of the Year; it is currently being translated into ten languages. Bonnie is also the author of American Chinatown, which won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and Sarah and the Big Wave, a children’s book about the first woman to surf Mavericks and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection. Her work has been recognized and supported by Harvard University, the National Press Foundation, the Mesa Refuge, and the Best American Essays series. She lives, swims, and surfs in the Bay Area.
About Caroline Paul
Caroline Paul is the author of seven books including the NYT bestseller The Gutsy Girl and the illustrated memoir Lost Cat, which has been translated into 15 languages. Her most recent book is TOUGH BROAD: From Boogie Boarding to Wing Walking, How Outdoor Adventure Improves Our Lives As We Age. Caroline's TED talk on raising healthy girls by encouraging bravery has over 2 million views. She is a longtime member of the San Francisco Writers Grotto.
FAQs
- Seating will be first come, first serve. Priority seating will be given to wheelchair users and those with mobility devices and other attendees with disabilities. Standing room will be available after seats fill.
- If your plans change and you are unable to attend the event, please kindly adjust your RSVP to make room for guests on the waitlist.
- Books will be available for purchase at the event.
Accessibility
- The venue is located on ground level, and there are no stairs between the entrance and event space.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
1231 9th Ave, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 34.00
