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Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA

Tuesday
Ron Carlson discusses and signs Five Skies 7pm @ Vroman's
Susanna Moore signs The Big Girls 7pm @ Dutton's
Wednesday
Susan Davis signs Gathering Sound 7pm @ Dutton's
Susanna Moore discusses The Big Girls 7pm @ Vroman's
Thursday
Don Rickles presents Rickles' Book: A Memoir 7pm @ Book Soup
Kerry Madden signs Louisiana’s Song 7pm @ Dutton's
Sage Bennet presents Wisdom Walk 7pm @ Borders, Pasadena
Susan Straight signs A Million Nightingales 7:30pm Village Books
Friday
Jonathan Mooney discusses and signs The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal 7pm @ Vroman's
Mary Anderson Parks signs They Called Me Bunny 7pm @ Dutton's
Michael Ortiz Hill signs Twin from Another Tribe 7:30pm @ Bodhi Tree Bookstore
Saturday
Denise Hamilton signs Los Angeles Noir 1pm @ San Dimas Library
Alex Mindt signs Male of the Species 2pm @ Dutton's
Susan Straight presents A Million Nightingales 5pm @ Skylight Books
Christie Mellor presents Three Martini Family Vacation 5pm @ Book Soup
Sunday
Lama Surya Das discusses Buddha Is As Buddha Does 12pm @ Vroman's
Beatrice Hohenneger signs Liquid Jade: The Story of Tea from East to West 3pm @ Bodhi Tree Bookstore
Alex Mindt discusses and signs Male of the Species 4pm @ Vroman's
Michael Connelly signs The Overlook 4pm @ Book'em Mysteries
Jamie King presents Rock Your Body 6pm @ Book Soup
Charles Baxter discusses The South Thief 6pm @ Hammer Museum
Michael Connelly presents The Overlook 7pm @ Borders, Northridge
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