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Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA
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Monday
Scott McClellan signs What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception 7pm @ Barnes & Noble, 3rd Street Promenade
Phyllis Gebauer discusses and signs Hot Widow 7pm @ Vroman's
Marianne Wiggins signs The Shadow Catcher 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove
Salman Rushdie discusses The Enchantress of Florence with Carrie Fisher 7:30pm @ Writers Guilde Theater
Tuesday
Nancy Horan discusses and signs Loving Frank 7pm @ Vroman's
Mary F. Pols presents and signs Accidentally on Purpose 7pm @ Book Soup
Sandra & Matt Blakeslee discuss The Body Has a Mind of Its Own 7pm @ Central Library
Tito Ortiz signs This is Gonna Hurt 7pm @ Virgin Megastore, Hollywood & Highland
Oscar De La Hoya signs American Son 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove
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Wednesday
Denise Hamilton and Jim Pascoe read from Los Angeles Noir 7pm @ Grant R. Brimhall Library
Debra Winger discusses Undiscovered with Maia Danziger 7pm @ Central Library
Jessica Abel presents and signs Life Sucks 7pm @ Book Soup
Jessica Anya Blau discusses & signs The Summer of Naked Swim Parties 7pm @ Vroman's
Mary F. Pols signs Accidentally on Purpose 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, 3rd Street Promenade
Thursday
Jim Krusoe presents and signs Girl Factory 7pm @ Book Soup
George Lakoff discusses & signs The Political Mind 7pm @ All Saints Church
Jeffery Deaver discusses & signs The Broken Window 7pm @ Vroman's
Charles Wilson discusses and signs Crossing Learning Boundaries by Choice: Black People Must Save Themselves 7:30pm @ Village Books
Adena Halpern signs Ten Best Days of My Life 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove
Lewis Black discusses Me of Little Faith with Joel Stein 7:30pm @ Writers Guild Theater
Friday
Ed Park presents and signs Personal Days 7pm @ Book Soup
Joanne Leedom-Ackerman discusses and signs No Marble Angels 7pm @ Village Books
Lewis Black presents and signs Me of Little Faith 7:30pm @ Vroman's
Chelsea Handler signs Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove
Saturday
Tony Visconti presents and signs Tony Visconti: The Autobiography: Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy 7pm @ Book Soup
Sunday
Contributing poets read from Valley Contemporary Poets Anthology 4pm @ Beyond Baroque
Tom Blood reads his poetry as part of White Rainbow Live! event 4pm @ Family
Gayle Greene discusses and signs Insomniac 4pm @ Vroman's
Sid Griffin presents and signs Million Dollar Bash 5pm @ Book Soup
Senator Jim Webb discusses A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America with David Bender 5pm @ UCLA Faculty Center
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