Please join Milkweed Books as we welcome journalist and writer Sarah Jones to launch her new book, Disposable: America’s Contempt for the Underclass. She will be joined in reading and conversation with podcaster and local writer, Chris Stedman.

 

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Sarah Jones is a senior writer for New York magazine, where she covers politics and religion. She was previously a staff writer for The New Republic and her work has been published by The Nation, the Columbia Journalism Review, and Dissent magazine. Jones won the 2019 Mirror Award for commentary and has been a fellow at the Virginia…

Join Claire Wahmanholm for “Science + Literature: Eco-Poetics and the Modern Apocalypse,” a discussion moderated by Donika Kelly. Limited free copies of Meltwater will be available on a first come, first serve basis, and the event will be followed by a book signing. This event is in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the University of California, Riverside, in collaboration with the Department of Creative Writing, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Writers Week, and the School of Medicine’s Medical Health & Humanities Designated Emphasis.

Join Ken Kalfus at Pen and Pencil for a reading and discussion of his newest book, A Hole in the Story. Books for sale will be provided by Headhouse Books. More info and link forthcoming.

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Join Jennifer Kabat for the launch of her newest book, Nightshining, in partnership with Diamond Hollow Books at the Andes Hotel. More information on the event here.

K. Iver hosts a talk with Danez Smith, Eli Erlick, and Dorothy Chan about searching for lineage outside the families into which we are born: the mentor, the barber, the historical figure, the queer “uncle,” the unapologetic pop star. Together, they’ll explore how these sources can and do stitch belonging where it’s been severed.

Join Jennifer Kabat alongside Oliver Radclyffe, Sophie Strand, and Guy Trebay, moderated by Martha Frankel, for Woodstock Bookfest’s signature panel, Memoir-A-Go-Go. For more information on the panel and Woodstock Bookfest, click here.

Join Jennifer Kabat and Liz Collins at Riffraff Books for a reading and discussion of her latest work, Nightshining.

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Join Ken Kalfus at Barnes & Noble — Philadelphia for a reading and discussion of his latest book, A Hole in the Story. More information can be found here.