On Thursday, April 26th at 6 PM, we are pleased to welcome back Bonnie Tsui for her book Why We Swim which released in paperback on April 13. An immersive, unforgettable, and eye-opening perspective on swimming--and on human behavior itself. Why We Swim is propelled by stories of Olympic champions, a Baghdad swim club that meets in Saddam Hussein’s palace pool, modern‑day Japanese samurai swimmers, even an Icelandic fisherman who improbably survives a wintry six‑hour swim after a shipwreck. New York Times contributor Bonnie Tsui, a swimmer herself, dives into the deep from the San Francisco Bay to the South China Sea, investigating what seduces us to water, despite its dangers, and why we come back to it again and again. She offers an immersive, unforgettable, and eye-opening perspective on swimming—and of human behavior itself. Please join us on April 26th for this incredible event.

We are happy to announce Bonnie Tsui will be in conversation with author and food critic Rachel Levin! Levin is a San Francisco-based writer who has written books such as Eat Something: A Wise Sons Cookbook for Jews Who Like Food and Food Lovers Who Like Jews as well as Look Big: And Other Tips for Surviving Animal Encounters of All Kinds.

Bonnie Tsui: "Why We Swim," featuring Rachel Levin