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Upcoming Events

First Friday in February

02/03/2023 - 5:00pm to 8:00pm
First Friday: Bret Kissinger, author of THE FINAL EDIT

03/03/2023 - 5:00pm to 7:30pm
Lisa Vihos, author of Lone Snake: The Story of Sofonisba Anguissola

04/01/2023 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
First Friday in April

04/07/2023 - 5:00pm to 8:00pm

New in Poetry

The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem By Matthew Hollis Cover Image

And Yet: Poems By Kate Baer Cover Image

The Glimmer By Shazea Quraishi Cover Image

Musical Tables: Poems By Billy Collins Cover Image

Little Silver By Jane Griffiths Cover Image

Poukahangatus: Poems By Tayi Tibble Cover Image

Books on Books

Códice Maya de México: Understanding the Oldest Surviving Book of the Americas By Andrew D. Turner (Editor), Baltazar Brito Guadarrama (Contributions by), Gerardo Gutiérrez (Contributions by), Jesús Guillermo Kantún Rivera (Contributions by) Cover Image

Happening By Annie Ernaux, Tanya Leslie (Translated by) Cover Image

Seduced by Story: The Use and Abuse of Narrative By Peter Brooks Cover Image

Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers By Emma Smith Cover Image

Novelist as a Vocation By Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (Translated by), Ted Goossen (Translated by) Cover Image

A Horse at Night: On Writing By Amina Cain Cover Image

Fiction Favorites

Rachel Carson: The Sea Trilogy (LOA #352): Under the Sea-Wind / The Sea Around Us / The Edge of the Sea By Rachel Carson, Sandra Steingraber (Editor) Cover Image

Old Filth By Jane Gardam Cover Image

Factory Girls By Michelle Gallen Cover Image

The Startup Wife: A Novel By Tahmima Anam Cover Image

White on White: A Novel By Aysegül Savas Cover Image

Grime: A Novel By Sibylle Berg, Tim Mohr (Translated by) Cover Image