Events for October 2019

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Events for October 2019 › Signing

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	1 Ann Patchett presents THE DUTCH HOUSE at Coolidge Corner Theatre Billy Bragg presents THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF FREEDOM in conversation with Cass R. Sunstein at Cambridge Public Library Jill Lepore presents THESE TRUTHS: A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES in conversation with Robin Young at WBUR CitySpace Caroline Kaufman presents WHEN THE WORLD DIDN’T END: POEMS at Harvard Book Store Maureen Stanton discusses BODY LEAPING BACKWARD at Wellesley Books View All 6 Events »	2 Richard Russo presents CHANCES ARE . . . : A NOVEL at Brattle Theatre Jennifer Block presents EVERYTHING BELOW THE WAIST: WHY HEALTH CARE NEEDS A FEMINIST REVOLUTION in conversation with Jaclyn Friedman at Harvard Book Store	3 Author Talk and Book Signing with Edwin Hill at the State Library of Massachusetts Stephen Chbosky presents IMAGINARY FRIEND: A NOVEL at Brattle Theatre Fanny Howe presents LOVE AND I: POEMS at Harvard Book Store	4 Lisa Duggan presents MEAN GIRL: AYN RAND AND THE CULTURE OF GREED in conversation with Lauren Kaminsky at Harvard Book Store Adam Grant and Allison Sweet Grant present THE GIFT INSIDE THE BOX in conversation with Daniel Gilbert at First Parish Church	5 R.J. Palacio presents WHITE BIRD at Coolidge Corner Theatre	6 Special Signing Event: Felicia Day at Porter Square Books Marie Lu presents REBEL in conversation with Kiersten Frost at Coolidge Corner Theatre
7 Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey present SHE SAID: BREAKING THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT STORY THAT HELPED IGNITE A MOVEMENT in conversation with Ashley Judd at First Parish Church Jim Wallis presents CHRIST IN CRISIS: WHY WE NEED TO RECLAIM JESUS at Pickman Hall at Longy School of Music Annalee Newitz presents THE FUTURE OF ANOTHER TIMELINE: A NOVEL in conversation with Stephanie Burt at Harvard Book Store	8 Dessa presents MY OWN DEVICES in conversation with Michael Pollan at Public Library of Brookline	9 Fatima Bhutto presents NEW KINGS OF THE WORLD: DISPATCHES FROM BOLLYWOOD, DIZI, AND K-POP at Harvard Book Store	10 Martha Minow presents WHEN SHOULD LAW FORGIVE? at Cambridge Public Library Naomi Klein presents ON FIRE: THE (BURNING) CASE FOR A GREEN NEW DEAL in conversation with Juliet B. Schor at First Parish Church	11 Nancy L. Rosenblum and Russell Muirhead presents A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING: THE NEW CONSPIRACISM AND ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY at Harvard Book Store Imani Perry presents BREATHE: A LETTER TO MY SONS at Harvard Book Store	12	13
14	15 Alex Krieger presents CITY ON A HILL: URBAN IDEALISM IN AMERICA FROM THE PURITANS TO THE PRESENT at Harvard Book Store Andrew McAfee presents MORE FROM LESS: THE SURPRISING STORY OF HOW WE LEARNED TO PROSPER USING FEWER RESOURCES—AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT at First Church Cambridge	16 Leigh Bardugo presents NINTH HOUSE: A NOVEL at Cambridge Public Library Daniel Leader and Lauren Chattman present LIVING BREAD: TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN ARTISAN BREAD MAKING at Harvard Book Store Kate Racculia presents TUESDAY Mooney Talks TO GHOSTS at Porter Square Books	17 Gail Collins presents NO STOPPING US NOW: THE ADVENTURES OF OLDER WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY at Brattle Theatre Pico Iyer presents A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO JAPAN: OBSERVATIONS AND PROVOCATIONS and AUTUMN LIGHT: SEASON OF FIRE AND FAREWELLS at Harvard Book store Denise Provost presents CURIOUS PEACH at Porter Square Books	18 John Hodgman Drop in Signing at Brookline Booksmith Adrienne Brodeur presents WILD GAME: MY MOTHER, HER LOVER, AND ME in conversation with Joanna Rakoff at Harvard Book Store Bill Bryson presents THE BODY: A GUIDE FOR OCCUPANTS at First Parish Church	19 Boston Book Festival at Copley Square Naomi Oreskes presents WHY TRUST SCIENCE? at Harvard Science Center	20 Be the Change Community Action: Making Spaces Safer at Porter Square Books Be the Change Community Action: Making Spaces Safer at Porter Square Books
21 Jeanette Winterson presents FRANKISSSTEIN: A LOVE STORY at First Parish Church Roy Scranton presents I ❤ OKLAHOMA!: A NOVEL in conversation with David Levine at Harvard Book Store	22 Elizabeth Earley presents LIKE WINGS, YOUR HANDS: A NOVEL at Harvard Book Store	23 Sean Carroll presents SOMETHING DEEPLY HIDDEN: QUANTUM WORLDS AND THE EMERGENCE OF SPACETIME at Harvard Science Center Jami Attenberg presents ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS in conversation with Laura Van Den Berg at Harvard Book Store	24 Toddy Smith and Darren Nuzzo present I’LL GIVE YOU A DOLLAR IF YOU CONSIDER THIS ART at Brookline Booksmith Speculative Boston Reading Series: Dark Fiction at Trident Booksellers & Cafe Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne presents HOLDING ON TO NOTHING: A NOVEL at Harvard Book Store	25 Serhii Plokhy presents FORGOTTEN BASTARDS OF THE EASTERN FRONT: AMERICAN AIRMEN BEHIND THE SOVIET LINES AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE GRAND ALLIANCE at Harvard Book Store	26 Carly Simon Book Signing- TOUCHED BY THE SUN: MY FRIENDSHIP WITH JACKIE at Harvard Book Store	27
28	29 Azra Raza presents THE FIRST CELL: AND THE HUMAN COSTS OF PURSUING CANCER TO THE LAST at Harvard Book Store	30 S. James Gates and Cathie Pelletier present PROVING EINSTEIN RIGHT: THE DARING EXPEDITIONS THAT CHANGED HOW WE LOOK AT THE UNIVERSE at Harvard Science Center Laura van den Berg and Claire Messud present EAT JOY: STORIES AND COMFORT FOOD FROM 31 CELEBRATED WRITERS at Harvard Book Store Susan Rice presents TOUGH LOVE: MY STORY OF THE THINGS WORTH FIGHTING FOR at First Parish Church	31 Christopher McDougall presents RUNNING WITH SHERMAN: THE DONKEY WITH THE HEART OF A HERO at Harvard Book Store

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