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Author ALLEGRA GOODMAN reads The Chalk Artist

June 23, 2017 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Free

Harvard Book Store welcomes Whiting Writer’s Award–winning author ALLEGRA GOODMAN, author of The Cookbook Collector and Intuition, for a reading from her latest novel, The Chalk Artist.

Collin James is young, creative, and unhappy.  A college dropout, he waits tables and spends his free time beautifying the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his medium of choice: chalk.  Collin’s art captivates passersby with its vibrant colors and intricate lines—until the moment he wipes it all away.  Nothing in Collin’s life is meant to last. Then he meets Nina…

The Chalk Artist will be on sale at the event, 20% off.

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Date:
June 23, 2017
Time:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
http://www.harvard.com/event/allegra_goodman1/

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Harvard Book Store
Phone:
6176611515
Email:
info@harvard.com
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harvard.com

Venue

Harvard Book Store
1256 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138 United States
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www.harvard.com

Did You Know?

Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.