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Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA
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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
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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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