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Abdulrazak Gurnah

In Conversation with Tope Folarin

From the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature comes Afterlives, which is a sweeping, multi-generational saga of displacement, loss, and love, set against the brutal colonization of East Africa and illuminating a legacy of dislocation that is still with us today.

Date:
Sep 13, 2022 • 7:00 pm ET
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In Person:
Ticket: $18
Ticket + Signed Book: $35

Virtual:
Ticket: $12
Ticket (free) + Signed Book: $35

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Randall Munroe

In Conversation with Derek Thompson

For the answers to the rest of the weirdest questions you never thought to ask, the New York Times bestselling author is back with What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions.

Date:
Sep 14, 2022 • 7:00 pm ET
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In Person:
Ticket: $20
Ticket + Signed Book: $38

Virtual:
Ticket: $12
Ticket (free) + Signed Book: $37

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

In Conversation with Soraya Chemaly

On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World offers a crucial new perspective to navigating conflict, applying an ancient framework to the country’s most painful contemporary issues—from systemic racism and the legacy of enslavement to the #MeToo movement and Native American land rights—as well as personal transgressions.

Date:
Sep 21, 2022 • 7:00 pm ET
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In Person:
Ticket: $18
Ticket + Signed Book: $35

Virtual:
Ticket: $12
Ticket (free) + Signed Book: $33

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POSTPONED: Pete Souza

In The West Wing and Beyond: What I Saw Inside the Presidency, Souza shares rarely seen photos and stories of life and work in the White House, the Situation Room, and more. You’ll go behind the scenes of consequential moments in the Oval Office, decisive meetings in the West Wing, and even some fun moments aboard Air Force One—all offering a fascinating look into the details that comprise the modern presidency.

Date:
Oct 2, 2022 • 7:30 pm ET
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Authors & Talks

RESCHEDULED DATE: Pete Souza

In The West Wing and Beyond: What I Saw Inside the Presidency, Souza shares rarely seen photos and stories of life and work in the White House, the Situation Room, and more. You’ll go behind the scenes of consequential moments in the Oval Office, decisive meetings in the West Wing, and even some fun moments aboard Air Force One—all offering a fascinating look into the details that comprise the modern presidency.

Date:
Oct 8, 2022 • 7:30 pm ET
Admission:

In Person:
Ticket: $25
Ticket + Signed Book: $50

Virtual:
Ticket: $14
Ticket (free) + Signed Book: $57

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Temple Grandin

A quarter of a century after her memoir, Thinking in Pictures, forever changed how the world understood autism, Grandin transforms our awareness of the different ways our brains are wired in Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions.

Date:
Oct 11, 2022 • 7:00 pm ET
Admission:

In Person:
Ticket: $20
Ticket + Book with Signed Bookplate: $38

Virtual:
Ticket: $12
Ticket (free) + Book with Signed Bookplate: $35

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Iliza Shlesinger

In Conversation with Leila Fadel

In All Things Aside: Absolutely Correct Opinions the award-winning comedian, actor, writer, and producer shares a collection of hilarious and insightful essays about the exasperating issues of everyday life. From the macro to the micro, Shlesinger tackles it all with her no-BS comedic style.

Date:
Oct 12, 2022 • 7:00 pm ET
Admission:

In Person:
Ticket: $25
Ticket + Book with Signed Bookplate: $40

Virtual:
Ticket (free) + Book with Signed Bookplate: $34

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CANCELED: Stuff They Don’t Want You to Know

Ben Bowlin, Matthew Frederick, and Noel Brown

In their new book Stuff They Don’t Want You to Know, Ben Bowlin, Matthew Frederick, and Noel Brown, hosts of the eponymous podcast, look at popular conspiracy theories—from chemtrails to surveillance to the Tuskegee experiment—and seek to discern fact from fiction.

Date:
Oct 13, 2022 • 7:00 pm ET
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Orhan Pamuk

In Conversation with Angie Kim

From the winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature comes Nights of Plague —a bold and brilliant novel, part detective story and part historical epic that chronicles a plague ravaging a fictional island in the Ottoman Empire.

Date:
Oct 19, 2022 • 7:00 pm ET
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In Person:
Ticket: $20
Ticket + Signed Book: $40

Virtual:
Ticket: $12
Ticket (free) + Signed Book: $41

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Phil Rosenthal

In Conversation with Joe Yonan

In Somebody Feed Phil the Book, Rosenthal presents more than sixty of viewers’ most requested recipes from acclaimed international chefs and local legends alike and shares never-before-heard stories from every episode of the first four seasons of the series.

Date:
Oct 20, 2022 • 7:00 pm ET
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In-Person:
Ticket: $22
Ticket + Signed Book: $40

Virtual:
Ticket + Signed Book: $40

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