Local Readings and Events

Apr
28

Adam Becker

Adam Becker discusses More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity, in conversation with Jacob Barandes, at Harvard Science Center. Find more information here

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Apr
28

Priya Vulchi

Priya Vulchi discusses Good Friends: Bonds That Change Us and the World, in conversation with Imani Perry, at Harvard Book Store. Find more information here

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Apr
29

Kylie Lee Baker

Kylie Lee Baker discusses Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng, in conversation with Paul Tremblay, at Porter Square Books: Cambridge. Find more information here

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Apr
30

Claire Hoffman

Claire Hoffman discusses Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, in conversation with Henry Louis Gates Jr., at Harvard Book Store. Find more information here

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Apr
30

Nicole Graev Lipson

Nicole Graev Lipson discusses Mothers and Other Fictional Characters: A Memoir in Essays, in conversation with Alden Jones and Cicely Carew, at Wellesley Books. Find more information here

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May
1

Woody Holton

Woody Holton discusses Liberty is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution, in conversation with Robert A. Gross, at Cary Library. Find more information here

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May
4

Ed Helms

Ed Helms discusses SNAFU: The Definitive Guide to History’s Greatest Screwups, in conversation with Amory Sivertson, at WBUR CitySpace. Find more information here

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May
6

Ian Kumekawa

Ian Kumekawa discusses Empty Vessel: The Story of the Global Economy in One Barge, in conversation with Maya Jasanoff, at Harvard Book Store. Find more information here

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May
7

Steven Beaucher

Steven Beaucher discusses Boston in Transit: Mapping the History of Public Transportation in the Hub at the State Library of Massachusetts. Find more information here

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May
7

Dr. Imani Perry

Dr. Imani Perry discusses Black In Blues: How Color Tells the Story of My People, in conversation with Taylor Lena McTootle, at justBook-ish. Find more information here.

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May
7

Phil Tinline

Phil Tinline discusses Ghosts of Iron Mountain: The Hoax of the Century, Its Enduring Impact, and What It Reveals About America Today, in conversation with John Summers, at Harvard Book Store (online). Find more information here

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May
7

Julie Brill

Julie Brill discusses Hidden in Plain Sight: A Family Memoir and the Untold Story of the Holocaust in Serbia, in conversation with Judy Rakowsky, at Porter Square Books: Cambridge. Find more information here

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May
8

Dr. Jeremy Nobel

Dr. Jeremy Nobel discusses Project UnLonely: Healing our Crisis of Disconnection, in conversation with David Leonard, at Boston Public Library: Copley. Find more information here

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May
8

Laura Delano

Laura Delano discusses Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance, in conversation with Annie Brewster, at Harvard Book Store. Find more information here

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May
12

Kenneth Rogoff

Kenneth Rogoff discusses Our Dollar, Your Problem: An Insider's View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead, in conversation with Gish Jen, at Cambridge Public Library. Find more information here

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May
13

John Cassidy

John Cassidy discusses Capitalism and Its Critics: A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI, in conversation with Simon Johnson, at the Cambridge Public Library. Find more information here

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May
13

Two Page Tuesday

Two Page Tuesday, with Cardinal Belgrave Jr., Christina Sun, Georgie Nink, Grace Ramsdell, Mary Coons, Nick Trefonides, and Nina MacLaughlin, at Charlie's Kitchen. Find more information here

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May
13

Agustín Fuentes

Agustín Fuentes discusses Sex Is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary, in conversation with Sarah S. Richardson, at Harvard Book Store. Find more information here

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May
14

Suzy Welch

Suzy Welch discusses Becoming You: The Proven Method for Crafting Your Authentic Life and Career at Harvard Book Store. Find more information here

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May
14

Marlene Daut

Marlene Daut discusses The First and Last King of Haiti, in conversation with Dr. Régine Michelle Jean-Charles, at Porter Square Books: Cambridge. Find more information here

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May
15

Alex Green

Alex Green discusses A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America's Disabled, in conversation with Laura Zigman, at Belmont Books. Find more information here

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May
15

Jamie Loftus

Jamie Loftus discusses Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs, in conversation with Tori Bedford, at Cambridge Public Library. Find more information here

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May
15

Kara Perez

Kara Perez discusses Money for Change: How to Reduce Waste, Build Wealth, and Create a Better Future for All at All She Wrote Books. Find more information here

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May
20

Danielle Leavitt

Danielle Leavitt discusses By the Second Spring: Seven Lives and One Year of the War in Ukraine, in conversation with Serhii Plokhii, at Harvard Book Store. Find more information here

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May
21

Grace Lin

Grace Lin discusses The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon, in conversation with Tui T. Sutherland, at Porter Square Books: Cambridge. Find more information here

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Apr
27

Brandon L. Garrett

Brandon L. Garrett discusses Defending Due Process: Why Fairness Matters in a Polarized World, in conversation with Matt Segal, at Porter Square Books: Cambridge. Find more information here

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