Manzanita Writers' Series Presents
An Author Event with Cat Bohannon, New York Times Bestselling author of
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
July 19 | 7:00-9:00pm
Admission $20 | Pre-Registration is strongly recommended; walk-ins welcome if space allows
Hoffman Center for the Arts | 594 Laneda Avenue | Manzanita
An Author Event with Cat Bohannon, New York Times Bestselling author
Join us for well-researched repartie with Cat Bohannon, presenting excerpts and anecdotes from her book, Eve. The evening will include a moderated discussion with Cat Bohannon, who has the capacity to illuminate and surprise her audiences and readers with wisdom and wit.
About the Author:
CAT BOHANNON is a researcher and author with a Ph.D. from Columbia University in the evolution of narrative and cognition. Her work has appeared in Science, The Atlantic, Scientific American, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, Lapham’s Quarterly, The Georgia Review, and Poets Against the War. Her first book, Eve, is a New York Times bestseller and was named a finalist for the Orwell Prize and longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-fiction. She lives with her family in Seattle.
In Praise of Eve:“The high-velocity, high-impact Eve, part owner’s manual for the female body…part sweeping saga of mammalian history; and part clapback against the tendency of much evolutionary thought to place men, and their furry mancestors, at the center of the action….Bohannon has a poet’s voice…and a reporter’s eye. Eve is an endless source of dinner-party trivia, much of it inappropriate for actual dinner parties….Eve also suggests a new way of thinking about one’s body: as a thing of time, built on a foundation developed over millions of years…Powerful…A love letter to the ancient, creaking wonder that is evolution.”
—Cindi Leive, The New York Times Book Review“Eve erases any lingering misconception about the centrality of women, giving us a detailed look at women’s biology….The book brims with unexpected insights, described with a lovely mixture of scientific veracity and novelistic flair.”
—David P. Barash, Wall Street Journal“Bohannon presents nothing less than a new history of the species by examining human evolution through the lens of womankind. It’s a provocative corrective that will answer dozens of questions you’ve always had — and even more you never thought to ask.”
—The New York Times
“Eve is an important and vivid book. Enchantingly written, the pages sparkle with delightful and novel facts. Women will find it revealing, and men will find it astounding. I give it my highest recommendation.” — Walter Gilbert, Nobel Laureate
“Lively, comprehensive…[and] provocative….Bohannon’s book is a joy to read: It’s replete with beautiful language…and humor….It’s also an informative, intriguing…call to view our human story through the evolution of women and the essential contributions that the female body has made toward the genesis of humanity.”
—Emily Cataneo, Undark
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July 19, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
July 19-An Author Event with Cat Bohannon-Main room
Address:
594 Laneda Avenue, Manzanita, Oregon, 97130, United States
Description:
Situated on the main street in Manzanita just a few blocks west of Highway 101, the Hoffman Center is located across the street from the North Tillamook Library.
