ELLEN FORNEY / Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, & Me: A Graphic Memoir
Monday, November 26 at 7:30 PM Monday, November 26 at 7:30 PM NPR REVIEW Ellen Forney has drawn ever since she can remember and has always been a storyteller. So, when, shortly before turning...
View ArticlePETER ORNER / Love and Shame and Love (redux) / in coversation with Michelle...
Thursday, November 29 at 7:30 PM Thursday, November 29 at 7:30 PM Peter Orner in conversation with Michelle Richmond You celebrated Peter Orner’s Love and Shame and Love with us last fall, when it...
View ArticleZYZZYVA’S HOLIDAY PARTY and READING
Tuesday, December 11 at 7:30 PM Tuesday, December 11 at 7:30 PM Get out of the cold and have some fortifying drink and tasty snacks with the staff of ZYZZYVA -- and enjoy a reading from contributors...
View ArticleBILL ROORBACH / Life Among Giants
Wednesday, January 9 2013 at 7:30 PM Wednesday, January 9 2013 at 7:30 PM Murder – lust – food – sports – greed --family – love: don’t miss this book! It would be difficult to start a new year of...
View ArticleJOANNAH NAGLER / The Debt-Free Spending Plan
Tuesday, January 8 2013 at 7:30 PM Tuesday, January 8 2013 at 7:30 PM Start the new year on a very practical foot! JoAnneh Nagler’s new book is for people who hate numbers, never liked math, and...
View ArticleWORD / PLAY: Games Night at The Booksmith
Tuesday, January 22 at 7:00 PM Tuesday, January 22 at 7:00 PM We have new panelists, new games, and new ARCs - but don't worry, we'll have the same old pizza. So, who'll be sweating for...
View ArticleCHERYL COHEN GREENE / An Intimate Life: Sex, Love, and My Journey as a...
Tuesday, February 5 at 7:30 PM Tuesday, February 5 at 7:30 PM The inspiration behind The Sessions: In ariveting memoir, Cheryl T. Cohen Greene shares some of her most moving cases, and also reveals...
View ArticleCORY DOCTOROW / Homeland
Thursday, February 7 at 7:30 PM Thursday, February 7 at 7:30 PM The sequel to Little Brother! In Cory Doctorow’s wildly successful Little Brother, young Marcus Yallow was arbitrarily detained and...
View ArticleDAVID SHIELDS / How Literature Saved My Life
Wednesday, February 13 at 7:30 PM Wednesday, February 13 at 7:30 PM ______________________________________________ Co-sponsored and co-hosted by The Believer “Absolute and utter genius. How...
View ArticleCHERYL COHEN GREENE / An Intimate Life: Sex, Love, and My Journey as a...
Tuesday, February 5 at 7:30 PM Tuesday, February 5 at 7:30 PM TUESDAY EVENING ---The inspiration behind The Sessions: In ariveting memoir, Cheryl T. Cohen Greene shares some of her most moving...
View ArticleDAVID SHIELDS / How Literature Saved My Life
Wednesday, February 13 at 7:30 PM Wednesday, February 13 at 7:30 PM ______________________________________________ Co-sponsored and co-hosted by The Believer “Absolute and utter genius. How...
View ArticleKEVIN SMOKLER / Practical Classics -- Launch Party!
Thursday, February 21 at 7:30 PM Thursday, February 21 at 7:30 PM Fifty Reasons to Reread 50 BooksYou Haven’t Touched Since High School Remember reading Catcher in the Rye and The Great Gatsby in high...
View ArticleANDREW LAM / Birds of Paradise Lost -- Launch Party!
Wednesday, February 27 at 7:30 PM Wednesday, February 27 at 7:30 PM The thirteen stories in Birds of Paradise Lost shimmer with humor and pathos as they chronicle the anguish and joy and bravery of...
View ArticleWORD/PLAY: The Revenge of The Booksmith
Tuesday, March 5 at 7:00 PM Tuesday, March 5 at 7:00 PM The staff's been talking trash for months. Tonight, they'll finally get their chance at glory. We'll have three of our wittiest staff members...
View ArticleMICHAEL LAVIGNE / The Wanting
Wednesday, March 6 at 7:30 PM Wednesday, March 6 at 7:30 PM From the author of Not Me, this powerful novel about an Israeli father and his daughter brings to life a rich canvas of events and...
View ArticlePANIO GIANOPOULOS / A Familiar Beast with CHRISTIAN KIEFER / The Infinite Tides
Wednesday, March 13 at 7:30 PM Wednesday, March 13 at 7:30 PM A LITERARY DOUBLE-HEADER: Panio Gianopoulos’ A Familiar Beast is an elegant, darkly moving, and haunting tale of a man’s search for...
View ArticleMICHAEL HAINEY / After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story
Tuesday, March 19 at 7:30 PM Tuesday, March 19 at 7:30 PM Michael Hainey’s father died when he was six years old. At the age of thirty-six, Bob Hainey was found dead, alone near his car, on...
View ArticleTAIYE SELASI / Ghana Must Go
Wednesday, March 20 at 7:30 PM Wednesday, March 20 at 7:30 PM Kweku Sai is dead. A renowned surgeon and failed husband, he succumbs suddenly at dawn outside his home in suburban Accra. The news of...
View ArticleJEN LARSEN / Stranger Here: How Weight-Loss Surgery Transformed My Body and...
Thursday, March 28 at 7:30 PM Thursday, March 28 at 7:30 PM "For all the noise our culture makes about fat and thin and health and perfect bodies, Jen Larsen's voice rises above the clamor, disarming...
View ArticleANITA AMIRREZVANI and PERSIS KARIM / Tremors: New Fiction by Iranian American...
Sunday, March 24 at 3:00 PM Sunday, March 24 at 3:00 PM With contributors, tea, and sweets! This groundbreaking work brings together twenty-seven authors from a wide range of experiences that offer...
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