Brookline local Joe McKendry creates staggering historical paintings of one of the world's most famous buildings and its surroundings\, tracing the growth and history of New York from a simple dirt road through both World Wars and the Great Depression and into the 21st century.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T010342Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120823T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120823T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/sarah-f-pearlman-mother-talk URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/sarah-f-pearlman-mother-talk SUMMARY:Sarah F. Pearlman - Mother-Talk\: Conversations with Mothers of Lesbian Daughters and FTM Transgender Children DESCRIPTION:Clinical psychologist and professor emeritus at Hartford\, Sarah F. Pearlman has collected in-depth interviews with twenty-four mothers of lesbian and female to male transgender children for this insightful and invaluable look at how families stay together in times of change.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T010342Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120824T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120824T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/micah-nathan-jack-bastard-and-other-stories URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/micah-nathan-jack-bastard-and-other-stories SUMMARY:Micah Nathan - Jack the Bastard and Other Stories DESCRIPTION:Bestselling author Micah Nathan (Gods of Aberdeen\, Losing Graceland) returns to the Booksmith with a new book of stories\, some previously published in such journals as Glimmer Train\, and The Gettysburg Review\, and others brand-spanking-new\, including the spaghetti-western novella Jack The Bastard\, with original artwork by Tradd Moore\, Phil Noto\, Michael Allread\, and Russ Nicholson.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T010342Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120828T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120828T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/verlyn-klinkenborg-several-short-sentences-about-writing URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/verlyn-klinkenborg-several-short-sentences-about-writing SUMMARY:Verlyn Klinkenborg - Several Short Sentences About Writing - in conversation with Tim Horvath DESCRIPTION:Co-Sponsored with Grub Street
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A member of the New York Times editorial board\, Verlyn Klinkenborg (The Last Fine Time) has taught writing in some of the country’s most prestigious universities. Join Klinkenborg and Grub Street Instructor Tim Horvath\, author of the new short story collection\, Understories\, as they discuss the art and craft of well-chosen words.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T010342Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120829T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120829T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/language-men-emblem-f-anthony-daries-richard-hoffman URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/language-men-emblem-f-anthony-daries-richard-hoffman SUMMARY:The Language of Men & Emblem f/ Anthony D'Aries & Richard Hoffman DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading with two outstanding writers\:
Winner of the PEN/New England Discovery Award\, Anthony D'Aries' father was a Vietnam vet who spent his spare time rebuilding cars and stuffing roadkill. In his startling and poignant new memoir\, which Andre Dubus III calls "\;a profoundly important book\,"\; he follows the trail of his father in Vietnam and looks at what it means to speak The Language of Men.
Emerson Professor and award-winning author of such works as Interference &\; Other Stories and Gold Star Road\, Richard Hoffman shares poems from his newest work in which he resurrects the form of the Emblem in what Terrance Hayes calls "\;a marvelous new book."\;
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T010342Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120830T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120830T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/judith-white-seventh-etching URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/judith-white-seventh-etching SUMMARY:Judith White - The Seventh Etching DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate the debut novel from Brookline local Judith White. A timeless family drama set in 17th century Amsterdam\, The Seventh Etching tells the story of two couples facing ruin who are brought together by intertwined fortunes and a mysterious young girl.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T010342Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120831T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120831T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/ira-wood-youre-married-her URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/ira-wood-youre-married-her SUMMARY:Ira Wood - You're Married to Her? DESCRIPTION:When Marge Piercy and Ira Wood started dating\, no one (not even Ira) could tell what the acclaimed feminist poet/novelist saw in him. In this touching\, funny\, and achingly honest set of essays\, Wood (The Kitchen Man) examines his younger years\, his missteps in love\, and the question that has hounded him now for 30 years\: "\;You're Married to Her?"\;
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T010342Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120901T213000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120901T213000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/brothers-hilts-insomniacs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/brothers-hilts-insomniacs SUMMARY:The Brothers Hilts - The Insomniacs DESCRIPTION:The Insomniac family sleeps during the day and plays at night\, going to school and work in the dark. Local illustrators The Brothers Hilts have conjured up a nighttime world that Kirkus describes as "\;quietly magnificent."\; Kids ages 0-8.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T010342Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120905T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120905T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/henry-horenstein-honky-tonk URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/henry-horenstein-honky-tonk SUMMARY:Henry Horenstein - Honky Tonk DESCRIPTION:Award-winning photographer Henry Horenstein has been documenting the ins and outs\, the palaces and dives of the country music scene for the past 40 years. In this new\, definitive monograph\, he shares 120 iconic scenes with unprecedented access to some of the biggest names in American music.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T010342Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120906T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120906T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/hank-phillippi-ryan-other-woman URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/hank-phillippi-ryan-other-woman SUMMARY:Hank Phillippi Ryan - The Other Woman DESCRIPTION:Emmy Award winning reporter and bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan (Prime Time\, Air Time) returns to the Booksmith for her newest thriller. In The Other Woman\, a disgraced reporter investigates a candidate's secret mistress days before a Senate election. But the case may threaten more than reputations as it overlaps with a series of brutal Boston murders.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T010342Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120907T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120907T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/ruth-nemzoff-dont-roll-your-eyes-making-laws-family URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/ruth-nemzoff-dont-roll-your-eyes-making-laws-family SUMMARY:Ruth Nemzoff - Don't Roll Your Eyes\: Making In-Laws into Family DESCRIPTION:The wedding bells have rung\, and the cake is in the freezer. But how do you make peace with the mother-in-law who clucks her tongue or the father-in-law still protecting his little girl? In this invaluable guide for husbands\, wives\, fathers\, and mothers\, family-relations expert Ruth Nemzoff (Don't Bite Your Tongue) shares the tricks needed to have the family without the feud.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T010342Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120908T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120908T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/doctorow-stross URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/doctorow-stross SUMMARY:Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross - The Rapture of the Nerds DESCRIPTION:Join us as two titans of modern sci-fi share their new collaboration. Cory Doctorow is co-editor of Boing Boing and the bestselling author of Little Brother and For The Win. Charles Stross is the award-winning author of Singularity Sky and The Jennifer Morgue. In Rapture\, they imagine a post-apocalyptic world in which a technophobic Welsh man must carefully weigh the costs and benefits of overpowered new technologies for the remaining humans population.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T010342Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120909T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120909T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/how-publish-your-work URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/how-publish-your-work SUMMARY:How To Publish Your Work (Free Workshop) DESCRIPTION:In this free workshop\, Grub Instructor Shuchi Saraswat and Kate Robinson (Darling Angel Meat) take you through the blitzkrieg gamut of first time publishing\, with special emphasis on literary magazines\, competitions\, and agents as well as writing habits\, and organization. You will be presented with tools to navigate the ever-growing electronic submission options\, as well as books and magazines that can actually help guide you to a publishing credit. There will be a Q&\;A afterwards\, with a signup sheet for those who want more personal guidance.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T010342Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120912T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120912T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/molly-ringwald-when-it-happens-you-novel-stories URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/molly-ringwald-when-it-happens-you-novel-stories SUMMARY:Molly Ringwald - When It Happens to You\: A Novel in Stories DESCRIPTION:This event is free and open to the public. Seating begins at 6\:30pm and is on a first come\, first serve basis.
In her fiction debut\, actress and 80's icon Molly Ringwald looks deep into the lives within one LA neighborhood -- from a mother who must protect her flamboyant son to a former children's star hospitalized for "\;exhaustion."\; J. Courtney Sullivan calls it "\;an inventive and compelling portrait of love in the modern age."\;
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T010342Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120913T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120913T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/my-heart-idiot-found-magazines-10th-anniversary-tour-davy-peter-rothbart URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/my-heart-idiot-found-magazines-10th-anniversary-tour-davy-peter-rothbart SUMMARY:My Heart is an Idiot\: Found Magazine's 10th Anniversary Tour With Davy & Peter Rothbart DESCRIPTION:Road warriors Davy and Peter Rothbart crash our pad for FOUND Magazine's 10th Anniversary Tour. Davy shares the latest magnificent and mesmerizing finds that've landed in the mailbox at FOUND HQ\, plus outrageous tales from his new book and his work on public radio's "\;This American Life."\; Peter will dazzle with beautiful\, haunting\, and hilarious songs based on FOUND notes from his new album.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T010342Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120913T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120913T230000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/gretchen-rubin URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/gretchen-rubin SUMMARY:Gretchen Rubin - Happier at Home - At the Coolidge - Tickets on sale 8/1 DESCRIPTION:In her NYT bestselling The Happiness Project\, Gretchen Rubin spent a year searching for happiness. In her new book\, she explores what it takes to make a happier home. Exploring marriage\, time\, parenthood\, and possessions\, Rubin shares in her own signature style how she took a year to make her home a place of simplicity\, comfort\, and love.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T010342Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120915T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120915T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/breakwater-reading-series-14 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/breakwater-reading-series-14 SUMMARY:Breakwater Reading Series DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night of new stories\, essays\, and poems by MFA candidates from Emerson\, BU\, and UMass Boston. For more information\, visit breakwaterreadingseries.blogspot.com.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T010342Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120915T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120915T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/bash-reading-series-presents-nicole-terez-dutton-paul-legault URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/bash-reading-series-presents-nicole-terez-dutton-paul-legault SUMMARY:The BASH Reading Series Presents Nicole Terez Dutton & Paul Legault DESCRIPTION:Come and get your poetry on as we celebrate two phenomenal young scribes. Local poet Nicole Terez Dutton won the 2012 Cave Canem fellowship for her debut collection\, If One of Us Should Fall. Paul Legault is the author of two books of poetry\, The Madeleine Poems and The Other Poems\, as well as The Emily Dickinson Reader.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T010342Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120919T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120919T230000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/junot-diaz URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/junot-diaz SUMMARY:Junot Diaz - This Is How You Lose Her - SOLD OUT DESCRIPTION:The Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao and Drown returns with this stunning collection of stories on love the way only Diaz can write them. Funny\, painful\, and tender\, this book is a barroom brawl for hearts -- the breakers and the broken. And it is just so very good.
We regret to say that this event has sold out.
A standby line will be forming at 5\:30pm at the Coolidge Corner Theatre (290 Harvard St.\, Brookline\, MA) in the case that there are unclaimed tickets. Unclaimed tickets will go for sale at 5\:55pm. They are $5 each and we will only accept cash sales at that point.
The book signing\, which will take place at approximately 7pm at the Booksmith (279 Harvard St.\, Brookline) is open to all. You can order copies of "\;This Is How You Lose Her"\; here.
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