Rivers Solomon and Charlie Jane Anders
Saturday May 22, 5-6 pm PST
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Co-presented by Green Apple Books and 48 Hills Rivers Solomon’s Sorrowland is a genre-bending work of Gothic fiction. Here, monsters aren’t just individuals, but entire nations. It is a searing, seminal book that marks the arrival of a bold, unignorable voice in American fiction. Nebula and Hugo award winning author Charlie Jane Anders’ new novel Victories Greater Than Death is a YA sci-fi adventure set against an intergalactic war. Join Rivers and Charlie as they read from and discuss their new works. FREE, $10-15 suggested donation |
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| Emiko Jean: Tokyo Ever After
Thursday June 3, 5-6 pm PST
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Co-presented by Eastwind Books The Princess Diaries meets Crazy Rich Asians in Emiko Jean’s Tokyo Ever After, a “refreshing, spot-on” (Booklist, starred review) story of an ordinary Japanese-American girl who discovers that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan. In conversation with Gloria Chao, the critically acclaimed author of American Panda, Our Wayward Fate, and Rent a Boyfriend. FREE, $10-15 suggested donation |
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| Seismic Salon with Tom Perrotta
THIS THURSDAY! April 1st, 5-6:30 pm PST
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Seismic Salons are a series of fundraisers offering conversation time with A-list authors for 10 lucky participants. Thank you to these authors for donating their time!
This Salon features Tom Perrotta, the bestselling author of nine works of fiction, including Election and Little Children, both of which were made into Oscar-nominated films, and The Leftovers, which was adapted into a critically acclaimed, Peabody Award-winning HBO series. His other books include Bad Haircut, The Wishbones, Joe College, The Abstinence Teacher, Nine Inches, and his newest, Mrs. Fletcher. $100 |
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| Upcoming Seismic Salon fundraisers: Tom Perrotta (Mrs. Fletcher, The Leftovers), T.J. Stiles (Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America), Juan Felipe Herrera (Every Day We Get More Illegal), Natalie Baszile (Queen Sugar) |
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Rachel Kushner: The Hard Crowd with Dana Spiotta
Wed. April 7th, 6-7 pm PST
Zoom
Co-presented with City Lights Booksellers & Publishers
In nineteen razor-sharp essays, The Hard Crowd spans literary journalism, memoir, cultural criticism, and writing about art and literature, including pieces on Jeff Koons, Denis Johnson, and Marguerite Duras. Kushner takes us on a journey through a Palestinian refugee camp, an illegal motorcycle race down the Baja Peninsula, 1970s wildcat strikes in Fiat factories, her love of classic cars, and her young life in the music scene of her hometown, San Francisco. The closing, eponymous essay is her manifesto on nostalgia, doom, and writing. Registration required. FREE |
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Gabriela Garcia: Of Women and Salt
Thurs. April 8th, 5-6 pm PST
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Co-presented by Green Apple Books on the Park Litquake and Green Apple Books are honored to host the launch event for Gabriela Garcia’s Of Women and Salt (Flatiron Books), a sweeping, masterful debut about a daughter’s fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past, and a family legacy that begins in Cuba before either of them were born. Gabriela will read from and discuss her work with Melissa Rivero. Audience Q&A to follow. FREE, $10-15 suggested donation |
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Pandemic Pick of the Month: Green Apple Books on the Park
Rebecca Handler's Edie Richter is Not Alone
"Edie Richter is an excellent Pandemic Pick because it is transporting in the most necessary of ways. Our eponymous character, though incredibly and entertainingly observant, is deep in a fog of her own thoughts, even in the middle of her new landscape of Perth, Australia. The sparse prose are expertly done, the finest balancing act of dark humor and sincere tenderness. There is no reason not to read this book."—Green Apple Books on the Park |
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