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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...

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PETER 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...

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ZYZZYVA’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...

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BILL 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...

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JOANNAH 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...

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WORD / 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...

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CHERYL 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...

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CORY 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...

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DAVID 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...

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CHERYL 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...

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DAVID 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...

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KEVIN 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...

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ANDREW 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...

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WORD/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...

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MICHAEL 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...

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PANIO 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...

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MICHAEL 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...

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TAIYE 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...

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JEN 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...

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ANITA 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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