| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Book Signing w/Jeffrey AndersonPresented by Doylestown Bookshop at Doylestown Bookshop February 17, 2012 Author Jeffrey Anderson will be here to sign copies of his satirical novel of the future Ephemera. Visit Jeffrey's website for more info about the book: (http://theephemera.com) About EPHEMERA: Ephemera is not a 1984, knock off, dystopian novel. It is dark, gritty and satirical future fiction, performed by an off-beat cast of unforgettable characters. This is future fiction in the hands of a talented literary writer. Nester Cab, a second rate magazine writer, goes about his mundane life,... | Doylestown Bookshop | 02/17/12 | Doylestown |
Reading and Panel Discussion with Playpen Writers GroupPresented by Big Blue Marble Bookstore at Big Blue Marble Bookstore February 17, 2012 Playpen Writers Group was founded in 1989 by Joyce Eisenberg and has been supporting writers and the creative process for over 20 years! Current group members Joyce Eisenberg, Cassandra Krivy Hirsch, Lini S. Kadaba, Ellen Scolnic and Robin Lentz Worgan gather to read from their latest works and discuss the benefits of forming a writers group to help foster community and creative expression. Author and Playpen member Elise Seyfried hosts this event, which includes a brief panel discussion and... | Big Blue Marble Bookstore | 02/17/12 | Philadelphia |
Stories From the WildPresented by Public Eye: Artists for Animals at Free Library of Philadelphia - Central Branch February 18, 2012 Join Public Eye: Artists for Animals and The Parkway Central Library Children's Department for our hands-on program, “Stories from the Wild,” with storytelling, art projects, and creative movement. The featured book, “Lightfoot the Deer,” written by naturalist & author Thornton W. Burgess and told by storyteller Loretta-Lucy Miller, is an exciting tale about a courageous deer who survives the perils of the wild with the help of human and animal friends. Artist... | Public Eye: Artists for Animals | 02/18/12 | Philadelphia |
Poetry Reading with Ryan Eckes and Quincy Scott JonesPresented by Big Blue Marble Bookstore at Big Blue Marble Bookstore February 18, 2012 Poets and Renaissance men Ryan Eckes and Quincy Scott Jones land at Big Blue Marble to mix it up in verse. They’ll take on tricksters, mythology, Thomas Paine and Mister Softee, among other theme,s as they get to droppin’ serious science.
Ryan Eckes was born in Northeast Philadelphia in 1979. He wrote Old News (Furniture Press, 2011) from the spring of 2008 to the spring of 2009 in South Philadelphia, where he continues to reside. More of his poetry can be... | Big Blue Marble Bookstore | 02/18/12 | Philadelphia |
Nockamixon History Book Signing w/Christine & Roger de SocarrasPresented by Doylestown Bookshop at Doylestown Bookshop February 18, 2012 Authors Christine and Roger de Socarras, founders of the Nockamixon Historical Society, are excited to present the latest history book of the Images of America series, Nockamixon Township. | Doylestown Bookshop | 02/18/12 | Doylestown |
Breathless Reads TourPresented by Doylestown Bookshop at Doylestown Bookshop February 19, 2012 Penguin Young Readers Group's second annual Breathless Reads National Panel tour is coming to The Doylestown Bookshop. The lineup this year is better than ever- featuring Marie Lu (Legend), Andrea Cremer (the Nightshade series), Beth Revis (the Across the Universe series), and Jessica Spotswood (Born Wicked). | Doylestown Bookshop | 02/19/12 | Doylestown |
Economic Self Sufficiency in the African-American Community Film & Panel Discussion Program SeriesPresented by ICPIC New Africa Center February 19, 2012 Marcus Garvey and the Back-to-Africa Movement
2 to 5:30pm with panelist
Dr. Runoko Rashidi and Dr. Mahdi Ibn Ziyad
This documentary chronicles the life of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., (August 17, 1887 – June 10, 1940). He was a Jamaican publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and... | ICPIC New Africa Center | 02/19/12 | Philadelphia |
Faculty Reading – Rick Fellinger and Jesse WatersPresented by Elizabethtown College at Elizabethtown College February 20, 2012 Bowers Writers House celebrates the accomplishments of two of its faculty members, Rick Fellinger and Jesse Waters, who are both releasing new first collections of fiction.
Richard Fellinger’s forthcoming collection They Hover Over Us won the 2011 Serena McDonald Kennedy Fiction Award. He also won the 2008 Flash Fiction Contest at Red Cedar Review, and his stories have appeared in Epiphany, Potomac Review, Willow Review, Westview,... | Elizabethtown College | 02/20/12 | Elizabethtown |
Live at the Writers HousePresented by University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House at University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House February 20, 2012 LIVE at the Writers House is a long-standing collaboration between the Kelly Writers House and WXPN FM (88.5). Six times annually between September and April, Michaela Majoun hosts a one-hour broadcast of poetry, music, and other spoken-word art, along with one musical guest, all from the Arts Cafe onto the airwaves at WXPN.
LIVE is made possible by generous support from BigRoc.
For more information, contact Producer Erin Gautsche (gautsche@writing.upenn.edu). | University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House | 02/20/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Jamal Joseph, Panther Baby: A Life of Rebellion and ReinventionPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library February 21, 2012 As a teenager in the Bronx ghetto of the 1960s, Eddie Joseph was introduced to the tenets of the Black Panther Party just as it gained a national foothold. The cause swallowed him into one of the most emblematic criminal cases of the '60s. After his stint at Rikers, Eddie—now called Jamal—joined the Revolutionary Black Underground and eventually landed back in prison—where he founded a prison theater and earned two degrees. In his memoir, Panther Baby, he vividly recounts... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 02/21/12 | Philadelphia |
The Worldwide Struggle for Internet FreedomPresented by Penn Bookstore at University of Pennsylvania Bookstore February 21, 2012 Internet censorship expert Rebecca MacKinnon enters the debate on the political impact of the Internet and addresses the question of how technology should be structured and governed to support the rights of users.
This event is sponsored by the Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication. | Penn Bookstore | 02/21/12 | Philadelphia |
The Disaster Experts, Mastering Risk in Modern AmericaPresented by Penn Bookstore at Penn Bookstore February 22, 2012 Drexel University professor and historian Scott Gabriel Knowles leads a discussion on the hazards of modern American life and addresses what can be done to prevent large-scale disasters. Based on his new book, The Disaster Experts, Mastering Risk in Modern America.
This event is co-sponsored with the Penn Institute for Urban Research. | Penn Bookstore | 02/22/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with David Isay, All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorpsPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library February 23, 2012 As founder of StoryCorps, David Isay has dedicated his career to preserving an oral history of the United States. Modeled—in spirit and in scope—after the interviews of the 1930s Works Progress Administration, StoryCorps seeks out ordinary Americans—more than 60,000 so far—whose stories are preserved in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Isay has won numerous broadcasting honors, including multiple Peabody Awards and Guggenheim, MacArthur, and... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 02/23/12 | Philadelphia |
Book Release Signing with Lauren DeStefano!Presented by Doylestown Bookshop at Doylestown Bookshop February 24, 2012 Lauren DeStefano, author of the bestselling YA novel Wither, will be celebrating the release of the sequel in the Chemical Garden Trilogy, Fever.
Fever will be released in stores on Tuesday, Februay 21st. Pre-order and get 20% off! | Doylestown Bookshop | 02/24/12 | Doylestown |
One Book, One Philadelphia: Running the Road to ABCPresented by African American Museum of Philadelphia at African American Museum in Philadelphia February 25, 2012 Presented by the Free Library of Philadelphia, the goal of One Book, One Philadelphia is to promote reading, literacy and libraries, and to encourage the entire greater Philadelphia area to come together through reading and discussing a single book.
Join multi-talented storyteller, artist, and historical re-enactor Carla Wiley for an engaging presentation of the young children’s book Running the Road to ABC by Denizé Lauture.
Book supply is... | African American Museum of Philadelphia | 02/25/12 | Philadelphia |
Economic Self Sufficiency in the African-American Community Film & Panel Discussion Program SeriesPresented by ICPIC New Africa Center February 26, 2012 Lost-Found African American Journey to Islam, with panelists Imam Mubasshir Uqdah and Imam Muhammad Abdul-Aleem.
This documentary chronicles the creation, rise and transition of Elijah Muhammad (October 7, 1897 — February 25, 1975) and the Nation of Islam. He was an African American religious leader, and led the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in 1975. A movement that challenged black people to reclaim their lost identity. Elijah Muhammad told black people... | ICPIC New Africa Center | 02/26/12 | Philadelphia |
Jews and BoozePresented by Gershman Y at The Raven Lounge February 28, 2012 At the turn of the century, American Jews and prohibitionists viewed one another with growing suspicion. Jews believed that all Americans had the right to sell and consume alcohol, while prohibitionists insisted that alcohol commerce and consumption posed a threat to the nation's morality and security.
In Jews and Booze, Marni Davis examines American Jews' long and complicated relationship to alcohol during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the years of... | Gershman Y | 02/28/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Life Upon These ShoresPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library February 28, 2012 Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous works of criticism, including The Signifying Monkey, winner of the American Book Award. As the writer and producer of the acclaimed PBS documentary African American Lives, Gates explored the histories of many prominent African Americans. Life Upon These Shores traces African American... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 02/28/12 | Philadelphia |
A Serendipitous Life: From German POW to American PsychiatristPresented by Penn Bookstore at University of Pennsylvania Bookstore February 28, 2012 An intimate and inspiring look at the life story of one of the century's foremost psychiatrists. Penn Professor Karl Rickels shares his amazing life story - from growing up in Berlin, time spent as a POW during WWII and his life-long medical career in the U.S. specializing in psychopharmacology. | Penn Bookstore | 02/28/12 | Philadelphia |
Anne Waldman ReadingPresented by Moonstone Arts Center at Moonstone Arts Center February 28, 2012 The author of more than 40 collections of poetry and poetics, Anne Waldman is an active member of the Outrider experimental poetry movement, and has been connected to the Beat movement and the second generation of the New York School. On February 28th, Moonstone welcomes this amazing artist. She will read from her latest book, The Iovis Triology, Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment ($40.00 Coffee House Press). The Iovis Trilogy, Waldman’s monumental feminist epic,... | Moonstone Arts Center | 02/28/12 | Philadelphia |
A Celebration for 3808: A Journal of Critical WritingPresented by University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House at University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House February 29, 2012 Each semester, instructors teaching Critical Writing seminars across a wide range of disciplines at the University of Pennsylvania nominate the best essay written by an undergraduate in their class. A faculty editorial board selects essays from among the nominees to publish in 3808: A Journal of Critical Writing. A student editorial board selects the best essay in the collection as the winner of the Henry LaBarre Jayne Essay Prize. | University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House | 02/29/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Ann Beattie, Mrs. Nixon and with Thomas Mallon, Watergate Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 1, 2012 After publishing several stories in The New Yorker, Ann Beattie burst on the literary scene in 1976 with Chilly Scenes of Winter and promptly became the unofficial diarist of a generation, delivering "irony-laced reports from the front line of the baby boomers’ war with themselves" (Vanity Fair). With spare, whip-smart prose, Beattie portrayed the sorts of relationships—the results of divorce, sexual liberation, or youthful aimlessness—that were the norm for those... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/01/12 | Philadelphia |
Android's Dream Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Book ClubPresented by Doylestown Bookshop at Doylestown Bookshop March 1, 2012 Join us for a discussion of all things sci-fi, fantasy and horror at the Android's Dream Book Club. This book club meets on the first Thursday of every month, is free to join with no registration necessary. Hope to see you there. | Doylestown Bookshop | 03/01/12 | Doylestown |
A Conversation with Jodi Picoult: Lone Wolf Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 5, 2012 The queen of the book club, Jodi Picoult is known for her fictional page-turners that feature nuanced characters, pitch-perfect descriptions of suburbia—and the darkness it often conceals—and unfettered insight into the shape-shifting terrain of family relationships. Her stories plumb hot-button topics ranging from teenage suicide and stem cell research to date rape and school shootings. She is the author of 18 novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers House Rules,... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/05/12 | Philadelphia |
Emlyn DeGannes Author AppearancePresented by J. Lewis Crozer Library at J. Lewis Crozer Library March 6, 2012 Join Ms. Emlyn DeGannes, local author and proprietor of Mejah Books in the Tri-State Mall. Her new book is called, Letters to Ms. Em, which describes her work with incarcerated youth.
Books will be available for purhcase for $12 each. The author will read from herwork and sign copies. | J. Lewis Crozer Library | 03/06/12 | Chester |
Claudia Gray Book Release SigningPresented by Doylestown Bookshop at Doylestown Bookshop March 6, 2012 New York Times Bestselling author of the EVERNIGHT series, Claudia Gray, will be at the Doylestown Bookshop to present her newest book BALTHAZAR, a companion novel to the series. This book will be released in stores the day of the event, March 6th. You can preorder the book on our website or by calling the store.
Fans may bring their own books for Claudia to sign, but must at least buy one book from the Doylestown Bookshop in order to enter the line. | Doylestown Bookshop | 03/06/12 | Doylestown |
John Dixon Hunt - A World of GardensPresented by Athenaeum of Philadelphia at Athenaeum of Philadelphia March 7, 2012 A World of Gardens looks at gardens and landscapes in all sizes and guises, and seeks to explain both their cultural contexts as well as their designs: from ancient Greece to American national parks, from mediaeval gardens and cloisters to the courtyards of Noguchi, from the interplay of different arts in China to the Arts and Crafts gardens in Britain and America, from Vauxhall Gardens to Coney Island. A world with much variety, but also some intriguing similarities. John Dixon Hunt... | Athenaeum of Philadelphia | 03/07/12 | Philadelphia |
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A Conversation with Jonathan Safran Foer and Nathan Englander: New American HaggadahPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 8, 2012 Jonathan Safran Foer became a certified literary wunderkind at the age of 25 with his debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated, which told the story of a young man's search across the obliterated Ukrainian landscape for the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis. His New York Times bestseller, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, was called "an uplifting myth born of the sorrows of 9/11" (Boston Globe). Nathan Englander is the author of The Ministry of Special Cases and For... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/08/12 | Philadelphia |
The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism with Author Deborah BakerPresented by Gershman Y at Gershman Y March 11, 2012 What drives a young Jewish woman raised in a post-war New York City suburb to convert to Islam, abandon her country and faith, and embrace a life of exile in Pakistan? The Convert tells the story of how Margaret Marcus of Larchmont became Maryam Jameelah of Lahore, one of the most trenchant and celebrated voices of Islam's argument with the West. Part cultural commentary, part biography, part detective story, Baker will talk about her fascinating journey into uncovering the life of... | Gershman Y | 03/11/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Alain de Botton: Religion for AtheistsPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 11, 2012 Alain de Botton's aphoristic first novel, On Love, was a winking dissertation on romantic love, published when he was just 23. It was followed by several books that explored a philosophy of everyday life, including The Architecture of Happiness and How Proust Can Change Your Life, which have achieved bestselling status in 30 countries. He also founded and helps to run The School of Life in London, dedicated to a new vision of education on how to live well. In Religion for Atheists, de Botton... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/11/12 | Philadelphia |
Kosher Chinese with Author Michael LevyPresented by Gershman Y at Gershman Y March 13, 2012 In September of 2005, the Peace Corps sent Philadelphia Jew Michael Levy to teach English in the heart of China's heartland. His hosts in the city of Guiyang found additional uses for him: resident expert on Judaism, romantic adviser, and provincial basketball star, to name a few. Chow down on glatt kosher meat Chinese food from Cherry Grill while Levy shares his fascinating, poignant, and laugh-out-loud funny account of overcoming vast cultural differences to befriend his students and... | Gershman Y | 03/13/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with George Dyson, Turning's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital UniversePresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 13, 2012 In the 1940s and 1950s, a group of brilliant engineers led by John von Neumann gathered in Princeton, New Jersey with the joint goal of realizing Alan Turing's theoretical universal machine—a thought experiment that scientists use to understand the limits of mechanical computation. As a result of their fervent work, the crucial advancements that dominated 20th century technology emerged. In Turing's Cathedral, technology historian George Dyson recreates the scenes of focused... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/13/12 | Philadelphia |
A Poetry Reading by Stephen DunnPresented by University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House at University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House March 13, 2012 Dunn was born in Forest Hills, NY in 1939, and earned his BA in History from Hofstra University in 1962. He attended the New School 1964 to 1966 and received his Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Syracuse University in 1970. He's the author of sixteen books, including Different Hours, which won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
Since 1974 he has taught at Richard Stockton College of NJ, where he is Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing. He's also been a Visiting... | University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House | 03/13/12 | Philadelphia |
Nature's Narratives: The Botany of DesirePresented by Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College at Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College March 14, 2012 Join Andrew Bunting, Curator of the Scott Arboretum, for a series of free tours at the Scott Arboretum. "A Walk with the Curator" program provides an in-depth look at the collections, gardens, and plant selections through the eyes of the man responsible for curating the collection. Andrew Bunting will discuss the most recent accessions acquired for the collection, why plants were removed from the collection and maybe should be removed from your garden, as well as the latest garden... | Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College | 03/14/12 | Swarthmore |
2012 Women's Way Ernesta Drinker Ballard Book Prize Presented by Women's Way at Moore College of Art & Design March 15, 2012 Awards program and discussion with author Rebecca Traister followed by celebration and book signing.
This event is free, thanks to the generosity of the Hamilton Family Foundation. | Women's Way | 03/15/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Elaine Pagels: RevelationsPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 15, 2012 Elaine Pagels exploded the myth of the early Christian Church as a unified movement in her 1979 book The Gnostic Gospels, which won both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award, and was chosen by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best books of the 20th century. Known for her work in translating the Nag Hammadi Library, she joined the Princeton faculty in 1982, shortly after receiving a MacArthur Fellowship. Her other books include The Origin of Satan; New York... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/15/12 | Philadelphia |
Marathon Reading of Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49Presented by University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House at University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House March 15, 2012 "Shall I project a world?" Oedipa Maas wonders before she dives into the bizarre underworld of conspiracies and counter-cultures that sets the scene for The Crying of Lot 49. Projecting a world is precisely what you'll be doing during the Marathon Reading of Thomas Pynchon's 1966 postmodern cult-classic, when Oedipa's romp is brought to life through paranoid-schizophrenic suburban California, populated by acid-tripping housewives, Nazi psychiatrists, corporate anarchists,... | University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House | 03/15/12 | Philadelphia |
One Book, One Philadelphia Grand Finale with Edwidge Danticat, Author of Create DangerouslyPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 16, 2012 Featured author Edwidge Danticat will discuss the themes in the 2012 One Book, One Philadelphia selection, Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work. The evening will also feature an exciting musical performance by Haitian American composer and violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain, whose eclectic works have included commissions from Carnegie Hall and the Library of Congress as well as collaborations with artists ranging from Philip Glass to Lady Gaga. | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/16/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Claude Lanzmann, Author of The Patagonian Hare: A MemoirPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 19, 2012 French filmmaker and journalist Claude Lanzmann achieved worldwide acclaim for his nine-and-a-half-hour cinematic epic Shoah. Unlike other films on the subject of the Holocaust, Shoah used only first-hand accounts from perpetrators and survivors of the death camps, as Lanzmann believed that any attempt to reproduce the history would be to relive the genocide. Born in Paris in 1925, Lanzmann survived the German occupation of France, fought with the French Resistance during World War... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/19/12 | Philadelphia |
Global Tour of Junk FoodPresented by Geographical Society of Philadelphia March 20, 2012 Andrew Smith has written many books exploring the history of food. Enjoy his entertaining and humorous presentation on the global history of junk food while dining on a specially prepared three-course dinner—with a bit of junk food, of course! | Geographical Society of Philadelphia | 03/20/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Jeanette Winterson, Author of Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 20, 2012 Jeanette Winterson's 1985 book Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, a quasi-autobiographical novel about an adopted daughter's budding lesbian sexuality and relationship with her evangelical mother, won the Whitbread Prize for best first novel, and inspired a BAFTA award-winning BBC television adaptation. With "a reputation as a holy terror, a lesbian desperado and a literary genius” (Salon), Winterson is passionate about the transformative power of art.... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/20/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Sarah Vowell, Author of Unfamiliar Fishes Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 22, 2012 Cultural critic and public radio giant Sarah Vowell is a contributing editor for National Public Radio's This American Life and the author of The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Take the Cannoli, and Assassination Vacation. Known for her witty and irreverent exposés of the glorious conundrums of United States history, Vowell examines the far-reaches of Western intervention in our 50th state in her new book, Unfamiliar Fishes. With an eye not just to power but... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/22/12 | Philadelphia |
Brave Testimony Presents Christan Campbell Presented by University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House at University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House March 22, 2012 Christian Campbell is a writer of Bahamian and Trinidadian heritage. He studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and received a PhD at Duke. His poetry and essays have been published widely in journals and anthologies such as Callaloo, Indiana Review, New Caribbean Poetry, New Poetries IV, PN Review, Poetry London, Small Axe, The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South, The Routledge Companion to Anglophone Caribbean Literature,... | University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House | 03/22/12 | Philadelphia |
J.L. Whitehead Author AppearancePresented by J. Lewis Crozer Library at J. Lewis Crozer Library March 24, 2012 Local author J.L. Whitehead will read from and sign his first full-length novel, Bruthas, which tells the story of three brothers, each wrestling with his own issues, challenges, and demons. Mr. Whitehead is a writer, producer, director, and journalist for The Examiner and GBMNews.com. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. | J. Lewis Crozer Library | 03/24/12 | Chester |
A Conversation with Lionel Shriver and Heidi JulavitsPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 27, 2012 Lionel Shriver is the author of ten novels and the recipient of the 2005 Orange Prize for her acclaimed book We Need to Talk About Kevin, recently adapted into a major motion picture. With her gift for psychological portraiture and a knack for skewering timely social phenomena, Shriver's work is "tough, complicated, brilliant," according to The New Republic's Ruth Franklin. "Shriver isn’t the kind of writer who lets her themes bubble up opaquely; she seizes... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/27/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Robert Kanigel, Author of On an Irish Island Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 28, 2012 Robert Kanigel, author of The Man Who Knew Infinity, tells the story of Great Blasket Island—an island off the coast of Ireland that remained untouched by modern living well into the 20th century. With the Irish language rapidly vanishing from the mainland, Great Blasket, a beautiful, remote island of 150 residents, managed to preserve both a language and a way of life. When scholars and writers such as John Millington Synge began to visit, the island blossomed as the center of... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/28/12 | Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Arlen Specter, Author of Life Among the CannibalsPresented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library March 29, 2012 The longest-serving senator in Pennsylvania history, Senator Arlen Specter began his goodbye speech after 30 years in office by declaring: "This is not a farewell address but rather a closing argument." Referring to the internal ideological wrangling that forced him from the Republican Party in 2009—only to be defeated in a Democratic primary in 2010—Specter decried the gridlocked Senate in his farewell address, lamenting: "In some quarters, compromise has become a... | Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library | 03/29/12 | Philadelphia |
Eve Marie Mont Book Release Signing!Presented by Doylestown Bookshop at Doylestown Bookshop March 31, 2012 Eve Marie Mont ventures into the YA scene with her newest release A Breath of Eyre, in which a young girl LITERALLY escapes into the world of Jane Eyre's novels. She'll be at the Doylestown Bookshop to sign copies on March 31st. **This book will be released in stores on March 27th. You can preorder the book on our website or at the store! | Doylestown Bookshop | 03/31/12 | Doylestown |
A Poetry Reading by Ray DiPalmaPresented by University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House at University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House April 2, 2012 Ray DiPalma is the author of more than 40 collections of poetry, prose, and graphic works. His recent books include The Ancient Use of Stone (Seismicity Editions, 2009), Pensieri (Echo Park Press, 2009), and Further Apocrypha (Pie in the Sky Press, 2009)—as well as L'Usage ancien de la pierre (Éditions Grèges, 2007), Quatre Poèmes (Éditions Comp'Act, 2006), Pensieri (Editions de l'Attente, 2011) (all three books translated into French by Vincent Dussol).... | University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House | 04/02/12 | Philadelphia |
