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Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA
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Monday
Jess Winfield discusses & signs My Name is Will 7pm @ Vroman's
Donald Welch presents and signs The Bachelorette Party 7pm @ Book Soup
Tuesday
Don Felder signs Heaven & Hell: My Life in the Eagles (1974-2001) 6:30pm @ Vroman's
Stan Lee presents and signs Election Daze: What Are They Really Saying? 7pm @ Book Soup
Denise Hamilton signs The Last Embrace 7pm @ Borders, Torrance
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Wednesday
Steven T. Wax discusses Kafka Comes to America 7pm @ Central Library
Kevin Conley presents and signs The Full Burn 7pm @ Book Soup
Ron McLarty discusses and signs Art in America 7pm @ Vroman's
Robert Scheer signs The Pornography of Power 7pm @ Barnes & Noble, 3rd Street Promenade
Christopher Reich signs Rules of Deception 7pm @ Borders, Torrance
Adrienne Barbeau signs Vampyres of Hollywood 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, Americana
Sophie Uliano signs Gorgeously Green 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove
Thursday
Monica Ferrell presents and signs The Answer is Always Yes 7pm @ Book Soup
Leonard Susskind discusses The Black Hole War with KC Cole 7pm @ Central Library
John & Jean Silverwood discuss and sign Black Wave 7pm @ Vroman's
Aram Saroyan signs Complete Minimal Poems 7:30pm @ Village Books
Denise Hamilton presents The Last Embrace 7:30pm @ Skylight Books
Friday
John Lurie presents and signs A Fine Example of Art 7pm @ Book Soup
Laurie Viera Rigler discusses and signs Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict 7pm @ Vroman's
Saturday
Ray Bradbury discusses his work 2pm @ Barnes & Noble, 3rd Street Promenade
Bob Powers presents and signs You Are a Miserable Excuse for a Hero! 2pm @ Book Soup
Ersi Arvizu signs Friend for Life 2pm @ Borders, Pico Rivera
Skylight Salon celebrates independent presses with wine & cheese 4pm @ Skylight Books
Steve Hely presents and signs The Ridiculous Race 5pm @ Book Soup
Eric Gutierrez persents and signs Disciples of the Street 7pm @ Book Soup
Amy Gerstler & Jeffrey McDaniel read their work 7:30pm @ Beyond Baroque
Sunday
Ziggy Marley presents Only In Dreams 12pm @ Book Soup
Noah Hawley presents and signs The Punch 2pm @ Book Soup
Holly Taylor signs Cry of Sorrow 3pm @ Borders, Glendale
Phoebe MacAdams presents Strange Grace 4pm @ Skylight Books
Tom Blood presents The Sky Position 4pm @ Family
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