What lives in Oakland, features 53 local writers, took 6 months, 9 editors, and 6 photographers to create, and has a real ISBN?

The Oakland Public Library presents In Your Ear, a book release party for the Oakland Word program on July 8, 2010, 6 – 8 p.m. at the Main Library’s West Auditorium, at 125 14th Street. Event is free and wheelchair accessible.

In a time when words are increasingly going electronic, what does it mean to print a paper book? As a writer, I admit to preferring the weight and texture of a three-dimensional book to an e-book.