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Arts and Entertainment

Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA

By  Callie Miller
Published May 13, 2007 11:00 PM
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Monday
Diane Lefer discusses and signs California Transit 7pm @ Vroman's
Chuck Barris presents The Big Question 7pm @ Book Soup
Chris Abani & Al Young read their work 7:30pm @ Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater

Tuesday
Jonathan Cohn discusses Sick: The Untold Story of America's Healthcare Crisis 5pm @ Center for Healthy Communities, Yosemite Hall
Reyna Grande presents Across a Hundred Mountains 7pm @ Book Soup
Nicole Mones signs The Last Chinese Chef 7pm @ Dutton's
Paul Hawken discusses Blessed Unrest 7pm @ Vroman's
Miranda July discusses her film Me and You and Everyone We Know as well as her new short story collection No One Belongs Here More Than You 7pm @ Hammer Museum
Steve Grody discusses Graffiti L.A. 7:30pm @ Pasadena Museum of History

Wednesday
Susan Vreeland signs Luncheon of the Boating Party 7pm @ Dutton's
William Martin presents Lost Constitution 7pm @ Book Soup
Chuck Barris signs The Big Question 7pm @ Borders, Westwood
Jane Seymour signs Making Yourself at Home 7pm @ Diesel
Jonathan Kirsch discusses A History at the End of the World 7pm @ Glendale Public Library

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Thursday
Yehuda Nir presents Lost Childhood 7pm @ Book Soup
Chris Finan presents A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America 7:30pm @ Skylight Books
Heather Flores discusses and signs Food Not Lawns 7pm @ Vroman's
Lee Child signs Bad Luck and Trouble 7pm @ Borders, Torrance
Mark Frost discusses The Second Objective 7:30pm @ Village Books

Friday
Gronk presents Gronk! 7pm @ Book Soup
Lee Child discusses Bad Luck and Trouble 7pm @ Vroman's
Bill Bryan signs Keep It Real 7pm @ Dutton's
Erin Vincent signs Grief Girl 7pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove

Saturday
Gregory Hinton and Don Bachardy sign Santa Monica Canyon 2pm @ Dutton's
Kerry Madden discusses and signs Louisana's Song 4pm @ Vroman's
Bill Bryan discusses Keep It Real 5pm @ Village Books
Jeffrey Stepakoff presents Billion Dollar Kiss 5pm @ Book Soup
Cecil Castelluci presents Beige 5pm @ Skylight Books

Sunday
Loren Woodson signs The Passion of Maryam 2pm @ Dutton's
Karen Stabiner, Rochelle Reed & Kit Rachlis sign The Empty Nest 3pm @ Vroman's
Poets Beyond the Half Shell 7pm @ Beyond Baroque

Photo from Miranda July's website for No One Belongs Here More Than You

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