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24 MAY 2018 — thursday
CENTRAL:- Rita Bullwinkel reads from her debut collection of stories, Belly Up, with authors Amina Cain and Elizabeth Ziemska, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-05)
- Book Soup and Alta Journal present Dave Itzkoff discussing his new biography Robin, book signing to follow, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, free, 7:00 (www.booksoup.com/event/dave-itzkoff-discusses-and-signs-robin)
- Journalist and activist Michael Pollan discusses his new book, How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence, with writer Mark Haskell Smith Naked at Lunch: A Reluctant Nudist's Adventures in the Clothing-Optional World, book signing to follow, All Saints Church, 132 N. Euclid Avenue, Pasadena, $30 general admission with book, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/michael-pollan-conversation-mark-haskell-smith-discusses-and-signs-how-change-your-mind)
- Professor of Black Studies Jeffrey C. Stewart discusses his new biography on the father of the Harlem Renaissance, The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke, with award-winning writer, journalist, and historian Michele Zack, book signing to follow, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, free, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/jeffrey-c-stewart-conversation-michele-zack-discusses-and-signs-new-negro)
NORTH:- EP Foster Library presents a poetry reading from Not My President: Anthology of Dissent, at its weekly series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)
25 MAY 2018 — friday
CENTRAL:- Blogger Janelle Hanchett discusses her debut book I'm Just Happy to be Here: A Memoir of Renegade Mothering, book signing to follow, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, free, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/janelle-hanchett-discusses-and-signs-i%E2%80%99m-just-happy-be-here)
- New York Times best-selling author Chuck Klosterman discusses his new collection of essays, Chuck Klosterman X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-05)
- Editor and wine columnist Marissa Ross discusses her new book, Wine. All. The Time.: The Casual Guide to Confident Drinking, signing to follow, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, free, 7:00 (www.booksoup.com/event/marissa-ross-discusses-and-signs-wine-all-time-casual-guide-confident-drinking)
26 MAY 2018 — saturday
CENTRAL:- Poe Ballantine reads from his novel, Whirlaway, with illustrator and writer Mimi Pond, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 5:00 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-05)
- Children's book author Susan Lendroth and illustrator Priscilla Burris present and sign their new book Natsumi!, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, free, 10:30 a.m. (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/susan-lendroth-priscilla-burris-present-and-sign-natsumi)
- Book Soup and Alta Journal presents Italian director and poet Edoardo Ponti, Letters from a Young Father, and poet David St. John, book signing to follow, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, free, 3:00 (www.booksoup.com/event/edoardo-ponti-david-st-john-discusses-and-signs-letters-young-father)
- Beyond Baroque presents Deon Price's original composition for piano and saxophone for the documentary Behind Barbed Wire, performed by pianist May Au, and saxophonist Chika Inoue, in addition to the performance, a reading of haiku poetry in English translation written by internment camp internees, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10, $6 students/seniors, members free, 2:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
- Screenwriter Rex Weiner in conversation with authors Tom Lawson and Harry Gamboa on "Some Place Chronicles," a placemaking project focusing on the people, histories, and cultures of Athens, East Rancho Dominguez, Florence-Firestone, Lennox, and Ladera Heights/View Park/Windsor Hills, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10, $6 students/seniors, members free, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
27 MAY 2018 — sunday
28 MAY 2018 — monday
29 MAY 2018 — tuesday
CENTRAL:- Book Soup and Alta Journal present The Onion alum, writer Jilly Gagnon, Choose Your Own Misery: Dating, with writer Yalun Tu, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, free, 7:00 (www.booksoup.com/event/jilly-gagnon-yalun-tu-discusses-and-signs-choose-your-own-misery-dating-choose-your-own-misery)
- Vroman's Bookstore presents Boldly Bookish YA with authors A. C. Gaughen Reign the Earth, Brigid Kemmerer More Than We Can Tell, and Carolyn Mackler The Universe Is Expanding and so Am I, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, free, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/boldly-bookish-ya-ac-gaughen-brigid-kemmerer-carolyn-mackler)
- Illustrator and writer Emma Koenig discusses her new book Moan: Anonymous Essays on Female Orgasm, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-05)
30 MAY 2018 — wednesday
CENTRAL:- "Curiosity & Cosmology: A Conversation" featuring Professor Brian Keating, Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor, and Senior Editor of The Planetary Society, Emily Lakdawalla, The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Jobs, book signing to follow, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, free, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/curiosity-cosmology-conversation-and-signing-emily-lakdawalla-brian-keating)
- Brian Leung reads from his new novel, Ivy vs. Dogg, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-05)
- Book Soup and Alta Journal present writer and editors Michelle Markowitz and Caroline Moss reading from their new book, Hey Ladies: The Story of 8 Best Friends, 1 Year, and Way, Way Too Many Emails, Books Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, free, 7:00 (www.booksoup.com/event/michelle-markowitz-caroline-moss-present-and-sign-hey-ladies-story-8-best-friends-1-year-and)
31 MAY 2018 — thursday
CENTRAL:- Book Soup and Alta Journal present a reading and book signing with artist Jason Morphew, Dead Boy, and poet Joe Wenderoth, If I Don't Breathe How Do I Sleep, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, free, 7:00 (www.booksoup.com/event/jason-morphew-joe-wenderoth-read-and-sign-dead-boy-if-i-don%E2%80%99t-breathe-how-do-i-sleep)
- Vroman's Bookstore presents an evening with the best-selling author of The English Patient, acclaimed fiction writer and poet Michael Ondaatje reads from his new novel, Warlight, onstage interview by musician and composer Hrishikesh Hirway, Colburn School Zipper Hall, 200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, $10/$34 admission include book, $42 admission with guest plus book, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/evening-michael-ondaatje)
- Social justice advocate, comedian, actress, and writer Franchesca Ramsey discusses her new memoir, Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist, with life coach Marie Forleo, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, book signing follows, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-05)
NORTH:- EP Foster Library presents a poetry reading by Fernando D. Castro, The Nightlife of Saints, at its weekly series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)
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