Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA After the Oscars, Before the Marathon

Monday
Barbara Hambly presents Patriot Hearts: A Novel of Founding Mothers 7pm @ Vroman’s
Tess Gallagher reads from Dear Ghosts 7:30pm @ Geffen Playhouse

Tuesday
George Hass presents Forcing Nature: Trees in Los Angeles 7pm @ Book Soup
Margaret MacMillan presents Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World 7pm @ Central Library
T Cooper & Chris Abani present their latest books 7:30pm @ Skylight Books
Caille Millner presents The Golden Road: Notes on My Gentrification 7pm @ Vroman’s

Wednesday
Aimee Liu presents Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders 7pm @ Dutton’s
Octavia Butler’s novels & legacy will be discussed by Sandra Govan 7:30pm @ The Huntington Library

Thursday
Maile Meloy signs A Family Daughter 7pm @ Dutton’s
Clayton Eshleman signs An Alchemist With One Eye on Fire 7pm @ Dutton’s
Robert Crais signs The Watchman 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, Encino

Friday
Alain Mabanckou signs African Psycho 7pm @ Dutton’s
A tribute to poet Charles Olson 7:30pm @ Beyond Baroque

Saturday
Sophie Kinsella signs Shopaholic & Baby 5pm @ Vroman’s
Noel Alumit presents Talking to the Moon 5pm @ Book Soup

Sunday
The LA Marathon. Running for many, rest for the rest of us. It would seem that book stores thought we would all be running instead of reading. So on this day of no bookish events, relish the fact that you are not running & maybe pick up a book. A HUGE week in readings is just around the corner. Huge. Really.

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