Greater Boston author readings July 22- 28

Posted by guest July 19, 2012 10:32 AM

SUNDAY: Diana Der-Hovanessian (“Armenian Poetry of Our Time”) reads at 4 p.m. at
the Longfellow Historic Site, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge

MONDAY: Clea Simon (“Cats Can't Shoot”) and Susan Conant (“Brute Strength”) read at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith

TUESDAY: Gerald Chertavian (“A Year Up: How a Pioneering Program Teaches Young Adults Real Skills for Real Jobs With Real Success”) reads at 6 p.m. at the Boston Public Library, Copley … Karen Thompson Walker (“The Age of Miracles”) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Don Lee (“The Collective”) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Dana Spiotta (“Stone Arabia”) and Alice Mattison (“When We Argued All Night”) read at 7 p.m. at Newtonville Books … Liza Klaussmann (“Tigers in Red Weather”) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books
WEDNESDAY: Max and Whit Alexander (“Bright Lights, No City: An African Adventure on Bad Roads with a Brother and a Very Weird Business Plan”) read at 6 p.m. at the Boston Public Library, Copley … William Landay (“Defending Jacob”) reads at 7 p.m. at the Duxbury Free Library
THURSDAY: Michael Ian Black and Meghan McCain (“America, You Sexy Bitch: A Love Letter to Freedom”) read at 6 p.m. at the Brattle Theatre ($5 tickets) … Tana French (“Broken Harbor”) and Sophie Hannah (“The Other Woman’s House”) read at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Emily St. John Mandel (“The Lola Quartet”) and Janyce Stefan-Cole (“Hollywood Boulevard”) read at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books … Chris Bohjalian (“The Sandcastle Girls”) reads at 7:30 p.m. at the Armenian Library, 65 Main St., Watertown …

FRIDAY: Laurie A. Jacobs (“Silly Frilly Grandma Tillie”) reads at 2:30 p.m. at Boston Public Library, Copley … Kate Robinson (“Darling Angel Meat”) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith

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