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Arts and Entertainment

Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA

By  Callie Miller
Published Jun 3, 2007 11:00 PM
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Monday
Portia Iversen & Jane Kaczmerek present Strange Son 7pm @ Vroman's
Christopher Hitchens discusses God is Not Great 7pm @ Central Library
Diane Lefer signs California Transit: Stories and a Novella 7pm @ Dutton's
Larry Doyle presents I Love You Beth Cooper 7pm @ Borders, Westwood

Tuesday
Ron Carlson signs Five Skies: A Novel 7pm @ Dutton's
Larry Doyle presents I Love You Beth Cooper 7pm @ Book Soup
Aurelia Scott presents Otherwise Normal People 7pm @ Vroman's
Dave Winfield signs Dropping the Ball 7pm @ Borders, Westwood

Wednesday
Jennifer Belle presents Little Stalker 7pm @ Book Soup
Alex Borstein signs It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One 7pm @ Borders, Westwood
Jan Goldstein signs The Prince of Nantucket 7pm @ Borders, Torrance
Vicki León signs Working IX to V: Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns, and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World 7pm @ Dutton's

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Thursday
Marianne Wiggins discusses Evidence of Things Unseen 7pm @ Central Library
Mark Lindquist presents King of Methlehem 7pm @ Book Soup
Robert Anthony Siegelsigns All Will Be Revealed 7pm @ Dutton's
Sam Quinones discusses Antonio's Gun & Delfino's Dream 7pm @ Vroman's
Ian Gurvitz discusses Hello, Lied the Agent 7:30pm @ Village Books

Friday
Anna David presents Party Girl 7pm @ Book Soup
Mary Cappello signs Awkward: A Detour & James Morrison signs The Lost Girl 7pm @ Dutton's
Alan Eisenstock discusses and signs Just a Guy: Notes from a Blue Collar Life 7:30pm @ Village Books

Saturday
Sonia Nazario presents Enrique's Journey 10:30am Fowler Museum, UCLA
Jennifer Niesslein discusses and signs Practically Perfect in Every Way 4pm @ Vroman's
Andrew O'Hagan signs Be Near Me 7pm @ Book Soup

Sunday
Rachel Ballon presents and signs The Writer’s Portable Therapist 2pm @ Vroman's
Elizabeth Gilbert presents Eat, Pray, Love 3pm @ Diesel Bookstore
Richard Wirick signs One Hundred Siberian Postcards 5pm @ Book Soup

Photo of delectable strawberry & cream cupcake (it's Monday!) by megpi via Flickr

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