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Get Your Lit On: The Week After 4th of July Week in Bookish LA
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Monday
If you haven't managed to rest-up after your July 4th blow-out, you get one more day. But that's it!
Tuesday
Emily White presents You Will Make Money in Your Sleep 7pm @ Book Soup
Patricia Schultzsigns 1000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die 7pm @ Dutton's
Stephen L. Carter presents New England White 7pm @ EsoWon Books
John Amaechi signs Man in the Middle 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove
Wednesday
Mark Haskell Smith presents Salty 7pm @ Vroman's
Richard Rosen presetns A Buffalo in the House 7pm @ Book Soup
Gabe Kaplan presents Kotter's Back 7pm @ Borders, Westwood
Debbie Robins presents Where Peace Lives 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove
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Thursday
Daniel Wallace presents Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician 7pm @ Central Library
Dominic Priore presents Riot on Sunset Strip 7pm @ Book Soup
Dr. Fran Pastoria signs Women of the Ages 7:30pm @ Village Books
Friday
Terri Jentz presents Strange Piece of Paradise 7pm @ Book Soup
Teresa Rodriguez presents The Daughters of Juarez 7pm @ Borders, Pico Rivera
Saturday
Terry Wolverton presents Embers and Shadow and Praise 2pm @ Metropolis Books
Jim Ruland (and local band Pangea!) presents The Big Lonesome 4pm @ Vroman's
James Blake presents Breaking Back 4pm @ Borders, Torrance
Carol Ann Harris presents Storms: My Life with Lindsey Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac 5pm @ Book Soup
Ben Ehrenreich presents The Suitors 5pm @ Skylight Books
Sunday
Sarah Schulman presents The Child 4pm @ Book Soup
Contributors present and discuss The Bigger the Better, the Tighter the Sweater 4pm @ Vroman's
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