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November 26, 2007
Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA
Monday
Eliot Tiegel presents The Latinization of America 6:30pm @ Book Soup
Judith Freeman discusses and signs The Long Embrace 7pm @ Vroman's
Roz Chast discusses Theories of Everything 7pm @ Central Library
Robert Kuttner in conversation with Arianna Huffington about The Squandering of America 8pm @ James Bridge Theater, UCLA
Tuesday
Cesar Millan presents Be the Pack Leader 7pm @ Borders, Pasadena
Frank McCourt presents Angela and the Baby Jesus 7pm @ Borders, Westwood
Diane Keaton present California Romantica with author D.J. Waldie 7pm @ Book Soup
Nathan McCall discusses and signs Them: A Novel 7pm @ Vroman's
Mark Salzman & Nora Gallagher discuss Lost and Found: Writing in the Woods 7pm @ Central Library
Jorge G. Castaneda presents Ex Mex: From Migrants to Immigrants 6pm @ The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy
Wednesday
Judith Thurman presents Cleopatra's Nose 7pm @ Central Library
Michael Viner presents Shattered Dreams, Broken Promises 7pm @ Book Soup
Lou Marinoff presents The Middle Way 7pm @ Book Soup
David Steinberg presents The Book of David 7pm @ Sinai Temple Library
Peter J. Gomes discusses and signs The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus 7pm @ Vroman's
Thursday
John Dean presents Broken Government 7pm @ Book Soup
Rocco DiSpirito presents Rocco's Real Life Recipies 7pm @ Pi Restaurant
Sam Jones presents Here and Now: The Photographs of Sam Jones 7pm @ Book Soup
Stephanie Helper & Margery Schwartz present Hometown Santa Monica 7:30pm @ Village Books
Friday
Autumn de Wilde presents and signs Elliott Smith 7pm @ Book Soup
John Roger presents The Rest of Your Life 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove
Saturday
Cathy Silvers presents and signs Happy Days Healthy Living 4pm @ Book Soup
Jill Ganon & Sandy Gillis present and sign At Home: Pasadena 4pm @ Vroman's
James Ellroy & Bruce Wagner discuss their work with Dana Delaney 8pm @ Hammer Museum
Sunday
Kirk Douglas signs Let’s Face It 4pm @ Vroman's
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what exactly happens when they "present" a book?
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The author discusses the book, then reads from it, then answers questions about it, then signs it. Usually. There are aberrations to every one of these options. Sometimes there is only a "signing" in which there is no reading or discussion of the book at all, you just line up to have it signed and that's it. Some writers don't sign at all - they just present. Others will answer questions and sign, but won't read from the book.
Unless we know for sure they are signing only, we typically use "present" to capture all these possible options.