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Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA
Sun Illuminates Downtown | Photo by Unobtanium via Flickr
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Sun Illuminates Downtown | Photo by Unobtanium via Flickr
Monday
Howard Rosenberg & Charles Feldman discuss and sign No Time to Think: The Menace of Media Speed & the 24-hour News Cycle 7pm @ Vroman's
Tuesday
Al Kooper presents and signs Backstage Passes 7pm @ Book Soup
Charles A. Coulombe discusses and signs The Pope's Legion 7pm @ Vroman's
Boyz II Men sign Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA 7pm @ Borders, Westwood
Elycia Rubin & Rita Mauceri sign Curves Rule and Flat Is Fabulous: Sexy, Stylish Looks for Every Figure 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove
Wednesday
Azar Nafisi discusses Things I've Been Silent About: A Memoir in Moments 7pm @ Central Library
Mikal Gilmore presents and signs Stories Done 7pm @ Book Soup
Kate Jacobs discusses and signs Knit Two 7pm @ Vroman's
Christopher Kennedy Lawford signs Moments of Clarity 7pm @ Barnes & Noble, 3rd Street Promenade
Renee Tyack reads They Called Her Cassandra 7:30pm @ Village Books
Perez Hilton signs Red Carpet Suicide 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble
Malcolm Gladwell presents and signs Outliers 7:30 pm @ Writer's Guild Theater
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Thursday
Paul Malmont presents and signs Jack London in Paradise 7pm @ Book Soup
Norah Vincent discusses and signs Voluntary Madness 7pm @ Vroman's
Ruth Klein signs The De-Stress Diva's Guide to Life 7pm @ Barnes & Noble, 3rd Street Promenade
Daniel Suarez signs Daemon 7pm @ Barnes & Noble, Americana
Frank Bidart presents Music Like Dirt 7pm @ Hammer Museum
Allen Edwards discusses and signs Shear Force 7pm @ Diesel Brentwood
Rickey Minor signs There's No Traffic on the Extra Mile 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove
Friday
David Vann discusses and signs Legend of a Suicide 7pm @ Vroman's
Hallie Ephron signs Never Tell A Lie 7:30pm @ Village Books
Saturday
Francesca Lia Block signs How To (Un)Cage a Girl 2pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove
Leslie Jordan presents and signs My Trip Down the Pink Carpet 5pm @ Book Soup
Sunday
Jennifer Baszile discusses and signs The Black Girl Next Door: A Memoir 2pm @ Vroman's
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