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Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA

Monday
Dave Winfield signs Dropping the Ball 7pm @ Vroman’s
Tuesday
Michael Collier Over the Mountains 7pm @ Dutton’s
Dave Winfield signs Dropping the Ball 7pm @ EsoWon Books
Wednesday
John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry sign This Moment on Earth 6pm @ Dutton’s
Sarah Thyre presents Dark at the Roots 7pm @ Book Soup
Rebecca Walker discusses Baby Love 7pm @ Vroman’s
Bill McKibben in discussion with Tom Curwen on Deep Economy 7pm @ Central Library
Thursday
Jodi Picoult discusses Nineteen Minutes 7pm @ Vroman’s
Ishmael Beah discusses A Long Way Gone 7pm @ Central Library
Saul Austerlitz presents and signs Money for Nothing 7pm @ Book Soup
Drew Heriot presents and signs DVD copies of The Secret 7pm @ Book Soup
Dana Sachs signs If you Lived Here 7pm @ Dutton’s
Joe Boyd discusses White Bicycles 7:30pm @ Skirball Cultural Center
Tim LaHaye discusses Kingdom Come 7pm @ Borders, Rancho Mirage
Friday
Kiran Desai discusses and signs The Inheritance of Loss 7pm @Vroman’s
Saturday
Stuart Timmons discusses Gay L.A. 2pm @ Metropolis Books
Sasha Su-Ling Welland signs A Thousand Miles of Dreams 2pm @ Dutton’s
Valentino Achak Deng discusses What is the What 5pm @ Skylight Books
Sunday
Leslie Cohen discusses Trapped Inside the Story 2pm @ Metropolis Books
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