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January 2016 EventsThursday, Jan. 7 / 7:00pm

Greg Jobin-LeedsWhen We Fight, We Win!: Twenty-First-Century Social Movements and the Activists That Are Transforming Our World

joined by JOSÉ JORGE DÍAZ DEYMIRIE HERNÁNDEZ STEVE MEACHAM LISA OWENS GIBRÁN RIVERA and other contributors

@ Harvard Book Store

Local author and activist Greg Jobin-Leeds is joined by contributors and organizers for a celebration of the publication of When We Fight, We Win!, featuring performances by AgitArte and presentations from City Life/Vida Urbana and more!

Friday, Jan. 8 / 7:00pm

Freda Love SmithRed Velvet Underground: A Rock Memoir, with Recipes

in conversation with JULIANA HATFIELD


Former Blake Babies bandmates Freda Love Smith and Juliana Hatfield discuss Smith’s memoir and cookbook, Red Velvet Underground, which tells the story of how Smith’s indie-rock past grew into her family—and food-centric present.

Monday, Jan. 11 / 7:00pm

Eric WeinerThe Geography of Genius: A Search for the World’s Most Creative Places, from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley


Bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss Eric Weiner discusses his latest work, The Geography of Genius, an examination of the connections between our surroundings and our most innovative ideas.

Tuesday, Jan. 12 / 6:00pm

Elizabeth StroutMy Name is Lucy Barton: A Novel

$5 Tickets

@ Brattle Theatre | 40 Brattle St.

Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout presents her latest novel, My Name is Lucy Barton, an illuminating story centered between the relationship of a mother and her daughter.

Wed., Jan. 13 / 7:00pm

Timothy SnyderBlack Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning


Yale University Professor of History Timothy Snyder discusses his latest book, Black Earth, a history of the Holocaust that recounts the horrors of the past and serves as a warning for our present.

Thursday, Jan. 14 / 7:00pm

Tom PerrottaThe Scarlet Letter: Penguin Classics Edition


Tom Perrotta, author of The Leftovers, presents Penguin Classics’ newest edition of The Scarlet Letter, for which he wrote the foreward.


Sunil YapaYour Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist

New Voices in Fiction


Join Harvard Book Store and GrubStreet for a reading from Sunil Yapa’s debut novel Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist, a story set amid the heated conflict of Seattle’s 1999 WTO protests.

Wed., Jan. 20 / 7:00pm

Mira PtacinPoor Your Soul


Teacher and memoirist Mira Ptacin discusses her latest book, Poor Your Soul, a reflection on sexuality, free will, and the fierce bonds of family.


Maria KonnikovaThe Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time


Maria Konnikova, author of Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, discusses her latest book, The Confidence Game—a compelling investigation into the minds, motives, and methods of con artists.


Pamela Painter and Ioannis PapposWays to Spend the Night and Hotel Living: A Novel


Emerson College professor Pamela Painter and debut novelist Ioannis Pappos discuss their recent books. Ways to Spend the Night collects fifteen stories on loss and recovery and Hotel Living portrays privilege, aspiration, and international finance during the downward spiral of the Great Recession.

Monday, Jan. 25 / 7:00pm

The Harvard Square Book Circlediscusses Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven


Join our in-store book club to discuss Emily St. John Mandel’s bestselling Station Eleven, a post-apocalyptic tale that follows a troupe of traveling performers and musicians.


Stephen ProtheroWhy Liberals Win the Culture Wars (Even When They Lose Elections): A History of the Religious Battles That Define America from Jefferson’s Heresies to Gay Marriage


Boston University professor Stephen Prothero discusses his book Why Liberals Win the Culture Wars (Even When They Lose Elections), a social history of today’s cultural wars within the context of the centuries-long struggle of right versus left.

Wed., Jan. 27 / 7:00pm

Tessa HadleyThe Past: A Novel

in conversation with LILY KING


Acclaimed author Tessa Hadley and bestselling author of Euphoria Lily King discuss Hadley’s latest book, The Past, centered on a dramatic family reunion where simmering tensions and secrets come to a head over three long summer weeks.


Justin PetersThe Idealist: Aaron Swartz and the Rise of Free Culture on the Internet

in conversation with JOHN SUMMERS

@ WorkBar | 45 Prospect St., Cambridge

Harvard Book Store and The Baffler present Slate correspondent Justin Peters and editor-in-chief of The Baffler John Summers for a discussion of Peters’ book The Idealist, a lively history of the Internet free culture movement—and the life and shocking suicide of Aaron Swartz, a founding developer of Reddit and Creative Commons.


Roberto G. GonzalesLives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America

Friday Forum


Roberto G. Gonzales, Assistant Professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, discusses his book Lives in Limbo, a look into the lives of over two million undocumented Americans.


Leo DamroschEternity’s Sunrise: The Imaginative World of William Blake and Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World


Acclaimed biographer and Research Professor of Literature at Harvard University Leo Damrosch discusses his books Eternity’s Sunrise and Jonathan Swift, biographies that examine the lives and works of artist/poet William Blake and satirist Jonathan Swift.

Sunday, Jan. 31 / 2:00pm

Kathleen SpivackUnspeakable Things: A Novel


Local award-winning author of With Robert Lowell and His Circle Kathleen Spivack reads from her debut novel, Unspeakable Things, a haunting story about survival and love in all forms.

January 2016 Events, continued

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