Skylight Books Podcast Series

FEMINIST PRESS presents THE FEMINIST UTOPIA PROJECT

28 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The Feminist Utopia Project: Fifty-Seven Visions of a Wildly Better Future (Feminist Press) Alexandra Brodsky, editor at Feministing and co-founde...

ARAM SAROYAN reads from his newest novel STILL NIGHT IN L.A.

28 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Still Night in L.A. (Three Rooms Press) Michael Shepard, a detective with his own set of problems, is hired one morning by a fashionable young woman...

STEPHANIE FORD presents her new collection of poetry ALL PILGRIM with MELISSA BRODER

27 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

All Pilgrim (Four Way Books) All Pilgrim charts our vanishing into the modern landscape, mapping both the terror and the ecstatic vision of belong...

STEVE TOLTZ reads from his new novel QUICKSAND with ANTON MONSTED

27 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Quicksand (Simon & Schuster) A daring, brilliant new novel from Man Booker Prize finalist Steve Toltz, for fans of Dave Eggers, Martin Amis, and Da...

DINAH LENNEY presents BRIEF ENCOUNTERS, together with EMILY RAPP BLACK, CHRIS DALEY, AMY GERSTLER, TOD GOLDBERG, JIM KRUSOE

27 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Brief Encounters (W.W. Norton) What anthology could unite the work of such distinct writers as Paul Auster, Julian Barnes, Marvin Bell, Sven Birker...

SAM ALDEN discusses his new comic book NEW CONSTRUCTION

27 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

New Construction (Uncivilized Books) New Construction collects two newly expanded stories from cartoonist and Adventure Time contributor Sam Alde...

KATRINA DODSON presents THE COMPLETE STORIES OF CLARICE LISPECTOR, with MAGDALENA EDWARDS

27 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The Complete Stories (New Directions) by Clarice Lispector, ed. Benjamin Moster, trans. Katrina Dodson  The recent publication by New Directions ...

THE HEART'S BLACKMARKET: A TRIBUTE TO JUSTIN CHIN

27 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Chin passed away on December 24th in San Francisco. Friends of and writers influenced by his perverse, hilarious, heartbreaking and fearless p...

ELISSA SUSSMAN discusses her new young adult novel BURN with SARAH ENNI

27 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Burn (Greenwillow Books) After helping to rescue Princess Aislynn, Elanor has finally rejoined the rebel camp she calls home. Stolen from her parent...

TARA ISON reads from her new short story collection BALL

27 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Ball (Soft Skull Press) Tara Ison's Ball is the thrilling and emotionally provocative debut collection of short fiction by the acclaimed author of...

ALEXIS KRASILOVSKY and JULIA STEIN discuss their new book SHOOTING WOMEN: BEHIND THE CAMERA, AROUND THE WORLD

27 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Shooting Women: Behind the Camera, Around the World (Intellect UK) Shooting Women takes readers around the world to explore the lives of camerawome...

BEYOND LOLITA: LITERARY WRITERS ON SEX AND SEXUALITY

27 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Please join us for the roundtable discussion, Beyond Lolita: Literary Writers on Sex and Sexuality. The proceeds will benefit PEN American Center and...

ADRIAN TOMINE presents his new graphic novel KILLING AND DYING, with TUNDE ADEBIMPE

27 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Killing and Dying (Drawn & Quarterly) Kiling and Dying is a stunning showcase of the possibilities of the graphic novel medium and a wry exploratio...

JESSE EISENBERG reads from his debut collection of short stories BREAM GIVES ME HICCUPS

26 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Bream Gives Me Hiccups (Grove/Atlantic) Jesse Eisenberg is known for acclaimed acting roles in The Social Network, The Squid and the Whale, and o...

THOMAS MALLON discusses his new novel FINALE, with JAMES ELLROY

26 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Finale: The Reagan Years (Pantheon Books) From the author of the acclaimed novel Watergate,  comes a galvanizing new novel about the tumultuous ad...

CHARLYNE YI launches her new book OH THE MOON

26 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Oh the Moon (Harper Perennial) From actress, comedian, musician, and writer Charlyne Yi comes this collection of illustrated, interconnected short s...

YUMI SAKUGAWA discusses her new book THERE IS NO RIGHT WAY TO MEDITATE

26 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

There Is No Right Way to Meditate (Adams Media Corporation) In There Is No Right Way to Meditate, award-winning artist Yumi Sakugawa helps you tap ...

TAVI GEVINSON presents the final issue of ROOKIE YEARBOOK

26 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Rookie Yearbook Four (Razorbill) Rookie is an online magazine for teenage girls with monthly-themed content that includes life lessons, diary entri...

LINDA ROSENKRANTZ discusses her book TALK

22 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Talk (New York Review of Books) Friendships are built on chatter, on gossip, on revelations—on talk. Over the course of the summer of 1965, Linda...

BRUCE BAUMAN reads from his newest novel BROKEN SLEEP

18 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Broken Sleep (Other Press) Spanning 1940s to 2020s America and told with contagious vivacity, Broken Sleep knits the stories of four distinctly m...

ANDREA KLEINE reads from her debut novel CALF, and WALLY RUDOLPH reads from his new novel MIGHTY, MIGHTY

18 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Calf (Soft Skull Press)                   Mighty, Mighty (Soft Skull Press) Join us tonight for a fantastic evening from one of our favor...

WHAT BOOKS PRESENTS ANNETTE LEDDY, GAIL WRONSKY, and CHUCK ROSENTHAL

18 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Please join us for a special night with three authors from one of our favorite local presses, What Books Press.  Earth Still Playful and slyly orig...

EILEEN MYLES reads from her new collection of poetry I MUST BE LIVING TWICE

18 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

I Must Be Living Twice: New and Selected Poems 1975-2014 (Ecco Press) Eileen’s poetry and fiction is known for its blend of reality and fiction, t...

MICHAEL MALLORY discusses his new book ESSENTIAL HORROR MOVIES: MATINEE MONSTERS TO CULT CLASSICS

18 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Essential Horror Movies: Matinee Monsters to Cult Classics (Rizzoli International) “Do you like scary movies?” If your answer is yes, and you ar...

SHEA SERRANO presents THE RAP YEAR BOOK with DEVON MALONEY, SEAN FENNESSEY and CHRIS RYAN

11 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed (Abrams Books) JUST ANNOUNCED: Fo...

JEREMIE GUEZ reads from his new novel EYES FULL OF EMPTY, with JAMES ELLROY

21 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Eyes Full of Empty (Unnamed Press) From France’s hottest young crime writer, comes a hardboiled noir with the pace of a Chandler novel and the Fre...

UC RIVERSIDE MFA STUDENTS read from their work

10 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Please join us this afternoon as alumni and students in the University of California, Riverside Master of Fine Arts writing program come together and ...

MATT BELL reads from his new novel SCRAPPER, with AMELIA GRAY

10 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Scrapper (Soho Press) In Scrapper, Kelly scavenges for scrap metal from the hundred thousand abandoned buildings in a part of Detroit known as “t...

WILLIAM POWERS discusses his new book NEW SLOW CITY

10 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

New Slow City: Living Simply in the World's Fastest City (New World Library) Burned-out after years of doing development work around the world, Will...

DAVID ULIN discusses his new book SIDEWALKING: COMING TO TERMS WITH LOS ANGELES

10 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles (University of California Press) In Sidewalking, David L. Ulin offers a compelling inquiry into the e...

JENNA BLOUGH discusses her new book DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

30 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Moon Death Valley National Park (Avalon Publishing)  Los Angeles resident Jenna Blough reveals the must-see sights and best-kept secrets of Deat...

GARY INDIANA discusses his memoir I CAN GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE

24 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I Can Give You Anything But Love (Rizzoli ExLibris)  The long-awaited memoir from one of the most acclaimed radical writers in American literature....

PAUL MURRAY reads from his new novel MARK AND THE VOID, with MATTHEW SPECKTOR

17 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Mark and the Void (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) Presented in partnership with The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Mark and the Void is Murray's n...

RICK BURSKY reads from his new book of poetry, I AM NO LONGER TROUBLED BY THE EXTRAVAGANCE, and MARTIN OTT reads from his new book of poetry UNDERDAYS

17 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I Am No Longer Troubled by the Extravagance (BOA Editions / Underdays (Univ of Notre Dame Press) Please join us this evening as two terrific poets...

AMY BERKOWITZ reads from her newest book TENDER POINTS, and MAGGIE NELSON reads from her newest book THE ARGONAUTS

17 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Tender Points (Timeless/Infinite Light)                                                 The Argonauts (Graywolf Press) Te...

LUC SANTE discusses his new book THE OTHER PARIS with JC GABEL

17 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Other Paris (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) A trip through Paris as it will never be again--dark and dank and poor and slapdash and truly bohemian. ...

JANICE LEE reads from her new book RECONSOLIDATION: OR, IT'S THE GHOSTS WHO WILL ANSWER YOU with WILL ALEXANDER

20 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Reconsolidation: Or, it’s the ghosts who will answer you (Penny Ante Editions) Memory assists perception, grounding our understanding of those aro...

BEYOND BAROQUE presents WIDE AWAKE: POETS OF LOS ANGELES AND BEYOND

20 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond (Beyond Baroque Books) Join us for a special evening with four poets from one of our favorite local publ...

KATHLEEN ALCOTT reads from her new novel INFINITE HOME, together with KAROLINA WACLAWIAK

20 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Infinite Home (Harper Collins) A beautifully wrought story of an ad hoc family and the crisis they must overcome together.  Edith is a widowed lan...

PATRICK deWITT reads from his new novel UNDERMAJORDOMO MINOR

20 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Undermajordomo Minor (Ecco Press)  Patrick deWitt was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for his last novel, The Sisters Brothers. Now, this bri...

BONITA THOMPSON reads from her novel THE NEW MIDDLE

20 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The New Middle (Strebor Books)  As the 2012 presidential election is underway, five baby-boomers face the randomness of fate while navigating throu...

CARMIEL BANASKY launches her debut novel THE SUICIDE OF CLAIRE BISHOP, with TIM HEIDECKER

20 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Suicide of Claire Bishop (Dzanc Books) A Greenwich Village housewife and a present-day schizophrenic find their fates inextricably linked by a m...

ROBERT GUFFEY reads from his new book CHAMELEO with GERRY FIALKA

28 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Chameleo: A Strange But True Story of Invisible Spies, Heroin Addiction and Homeland Security (O/R Books)  A mesmerizing mix of Charles Bukowski, H...

PEN CENTER USA presents THE RATTLING WALL ISSUE 5 READING with DAVID ULIN, CECIL CASTELLUCCI, RITA WILLIAMS, DAVID FRANCIS, JULIANNE ORTALE, and SUSAN BERMAN

28 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

PEN Center USA presents Rattling Wall Issue 5 Join us as LA literary journal The Rattling Wall presents writers from Issue 5 reading their work. Th...

JANE WARD discusses her new book NOT GAY: SEX BETWEEN STRAIGHT WHITE MEN

28 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men (New York University Press)  A straight white girl can kiss a girl, like it, and still call herself straigh...

CECIL CASTELLUCCI launches her new middle grade novel JOURNEY TO STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS MOVING TARGET: A PRINCESS LEIA ADVENTURE

28 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure (Disney Lucasfilm Press)  Join us today for a special Star Wars ce...

JENNIFER PASHLEY reads from her new novel THE SCAMP

13 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Scamp (Tin House Books)  Rayelle Reed can’t escape in her small town, where everyone knows everything and not enough: All the guys she slep...

NINA REVOYR reads from her new novel LOST CANYON

13 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Lost Canyon (Akashic Books) Four people on a backpacking trip in the Sierra Nevada find more adventure than they ever imagined. Each of them is draw...

VU TRAN reads from his debut novel DRAGONFISH together with TOD GOLDBERG

13 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Dragonfish (W. W. Norton & Company) Robert, a rugged Oakland cop, still can’t let go of Suzy, the mysterious Vietnamese wife who left him. Now she...

OTTESSA MOSHFEGH reads from her debut novel EILEEN

13 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Eileen (Penguin Press) A lonely young woman working in a boys' prison outside Boston in the early 60s is pulled into a very strange crime, in a mord...

OTTESSA MOSHFEGH reads from her debut novel EILEEN

13 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Eileen (Penguin Press) A lonely young woman working in a boys' prison outside Boston in the early 60s is pulled into a very strange crime, in a mord...

FELICIA DAY presents her new book YOU'RE NEVER WEIRD ON THE INTERNET (ALMOST): A MEMOIR

31 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) (Touchstone Books)  From online entertainment mogul, actress, and "queen of the geeks" Felicia Day co...

WILLIAM T. VOLLMANN reads from his new novel THE DYING GRASS

31 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Dying Grass (Viking)  Over the last twenty-five years, National Book Award winner William T. Vollmann has been working on what is arguably one...

LAYNE MOSLER reads from her memoir DRIVING HUNGRY

31 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Driving Hungry (Pantheon Books)  Please join us today for a delicious memoir that takes us from Buenos Aires to New York to Berlin as the author, d...

MICHAEL HILTZIK discusses his new book BIG SCIENCE

30 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Big Science: Ernest Lawrence and the Invention That Launched the Military-Industrial Complex (Simon and Schuster)  In Big Science: Ernest Lawrence...

FARLEY ELLIOTT discusses his book LOS ANGELES STREET FOOD

30 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Los Angeles Street Food: A History from Tamaleros to Taco Trucks (History Press)  Los Angeles is the uncontested street food champion of the United...

LEAH HAYES discusses her graphic novel NOT FUNNY HA-HA

30 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Not Funny Ha-Ha (Fantagraphics)  Not Funny Ha-Ha is a bold, slightly wry graphic novel illustrating the lives of two young women from different cu...

J. RYAN STRADAL reads from his debut novel KITCHENS OF THE GREAT MIDWEST together with JULIA INGALLS

30 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Kitchens of the Great Midwest (Pamela Dorman Books) From one of our favorite local authors comes a hotly anticipated debut--about a young woman with...

LOUISA HALL discusses her new novel SPEAK, together with IVY POCHODA

06 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Speak (Ecco Press)  A thoughtful, poignant novel that explores the creation of Artificial Intelligence--illuminating the very human need for commun...

KAROLINA WACLAWIAK discusses her new novel THE INVADERS, together with ANTONIA CRANE

06 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Invaders (Regan Arts)  Please welcome back to Skylight one of our favorite local authors, Karolina Waclawiak!   A searing follow-up to Karo...

JOSH KUN discusses his book TO LIVE AND DINE IN L.A., together with ROY CHOI

06 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

To Live and Dine in L.A. (Angel City Press)  Note: This event was previously scheduled for Wed, July 8th, at 7:30 pm, and has now been moved to Fri...

ANDI TERAN reads from her debut novel ANA OF CALIFORNIA

06 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Ana of California (Penguin Paperback Original)  Many a young reader has been charmed and transported by L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables ...

JOSHUA MOHR discusses his novel ALL THIS LIFE, together with TOD GOLDBERG

06 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

All This Life (Soft Skull Press)  Morning rush hour on the Golden Gate Bridge. Amidst the river of metal and glass a shocking event occurs, leaving...

TAO LIN and MIRA GONZALEZ discuss their new book SELECTED TWEETS

28 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Selected Tweets (Short Flight/Long Drive Books)  Selected Tweets—as the name suggests—is a book comprised of selected tweets from both Tao and ...

JEFF POLMAN reads from his new novel MYSTERY BALL '58 in conversation with DAN EPSTEIN

28 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Mystery Ball '58 (Grassy Gutter Press)  It’s 1958, the Giants have just moved to San Francisco, and Snappy Drake, ex-minor league pitcher turned ...

DANI KLEIN MODISETT discusses her new book TAKE MY SPOUSE, PLEASE, together with JOHANNA STEIN

16 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Take My Spouse, Please (Trumpeter Books) In love as in comedy, timing is everything. One bad night doesn’t mean it’s time to quit. Have patience...

REBECCA DINERSTEIN discusses her debut novel THE SUNLIT NIGHT, in conversation with MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD

01 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Sunlit Night (Bloomsbury Publishing)  From an exhilarating new voice comes a stunning debut novel which Jonathan Safran Foer calls as "lyrical ...

KATHERINE TAYLOR reads from her newest novel VALLEY FEVER in conversation with MATTHEW SPECKTOR

01 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Valley Fever (Farrar Strauss Giroux)  A razor-sharp, cross-generational tragicomedy set in California's wine-soaked Central Valley.  Ingrid Palam...

KARL TARO GREENFELD reads from his new novel THE SUBPRIMES

23 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Subprimes (Harper)  A wickedly funny dystopian parody set in a financially apocalyptic future America, from the critically acclaimed author ofT...

ALEKSANDAR HEMON reads from his new novel THE MAKING OF ZOMBIE WARS

22 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Making of Zombie Wars (Farrar Strauss Giroux)  Script idea #142: Aliens undercover as cabbies abduct the fiancee of the main character, who has...

BRUCE McCULLOCH discusses his new memoir LET'S START A RIOT

18 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Let's Start a Riot: How a Young Drunk Punk Became a Hollywood Dad (Harper)  In his book, Let's Start a Riot: How a Young Drunk Punk Became a Holly...

GREG PROOPS discusses his book THE SMARTEST BOOK IN THE WORLD

15 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Smartest Book in the World: A Lexicon of Literacy, a Rancorous Reportage, a Concise Curriculum of Cool (Touchstone Books)  From Greg Proops, t...

MARGRET ALDRICH and TODD BOL discuss THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARY BOOK

15 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Little Free Library Book (Coffee House Press)  "Take a book. Return a book." In 2009, Todd Bol built the first Little Free Library as a memor...

COLE COHEN reads from her debut memoir HEAD CASE: MY BRAIN AND OTHER WONDERS

15 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Head Case: My Brain and Other Wonders (Henry Holt & Company)  A spirited, wry, and utterly original memoir about one woman's struggle to make her w...

MARIO BELLATIN discusses his new novel JACOB THE MUTANT, together with DAVID SHOOK AND JACOB STEINBERG

15 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Jacob The Mutant (Phoneme Media)  Conceived of as a set of fragmentary manuscripts from an unpublished Joseph Roth novel, Mario Bellatin's Jacob ...

COLIN WINNETTE discusses his new novel HAINTS STAY, together with KAROLINA WACLAWIAK

15 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Haints Stay (Two Dollar Radio)  From a rising star in the indie lit world comes a striking new Acid Western in the tradition of Jim Jarmusch’s ...

JESSICA HOPPER discusses her book THE FIRST COLLECTION OF CRITICISM BY A LIVING FEMALE ROCK CRITIC

05 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic (Featherproof Books) Jessica Hopper's music criticism has earned her a reputation ...

MARIAN PALAIA reads from her debut novel THE GIVEN WORLD

05 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Given World (Simon & Schuster)  Spanning over twenty-five years of a radically shifting cultural landscape, The Given World is a major debut ...

DIANA WAGMAN reads from her newest novel LIFE #6

04 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Life #6 (Ig Publishing)  Best-selling and critically acclaimed author Diana Wagman brings us another suspenseful tale about a woman facing death....

JOHN WATERS reads from and discusses CARSICK: JOHN WATERS HITCHHIKES ACROSS AMERICA

20 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America (Farrar Strauss Giroux) Skylight Books is over the moon excited to welcome one of our favorite direct...

KIT REED discusses her new novel WHERE, together with SCOTT O'CONNOR

20 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Where (Tor Books)  In a coastal town on the Outer Carolina Banks, David Ribault and Merrill Poulnot are trying to revive their stale relationship. ...

UC IRVINE MFA STUDENTS read from their work 2015

15 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Please join the UC Irvine MFA Programs in Writing Reading Series on Saturday, May 9 at 5 pm in Skylight Books for their third event of the spring 20...

MICHAELANGELO MATOS discusses his book THE UNDERGROUND IS MASSIVE: HOW ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC CONQUERED AMERICA, together with SIMON REYNOLDS

15 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Underground is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America (Dey Street Books)  Ask any millennial: electronic dance music (EDM) is th...

CATIE DISABATO reads from her debut novel THE GHOST NETWORK

14 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Ghost Network (Melville House)  When Molly Metropolis, the world’s hottest pop star, goes missing, two young women launch a desperate search ...

HEYDAY BOOKS presents LATITUDES: AN ANGELENO’S ATLAS

06 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

LAtitudes: An Angelenos Atlas (Heyday Books) Please join us as select contributors of LAtitudes present here at Skylight. The contributors presenting ...

ANDREW ROE reads from his debut novel THE MIRACLE GIRL

06 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Miracle Girl(Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill) The crowds keep coming. More and more every day it seems . . . drawn by rumor and whisper and desper...

JACQUELINE SUSKIN discusses her book GO AHEAD & LIKE IT, together with MANDY KAHN

30 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Go Ahead & Like It (Ten Speed Press) An artistic, smart self-help book that prompts and inspires readers to write lists of things they like--a simpl...

SARAH TOMLINSON reads from her new memoir GOOD GIRL

30 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Good Girl (Gallery Books)  Told with raw, rugged honesty, this heartrending memoir from journalist Sarah Tomlinson recounts her unconventional up...

OTIS COLLEGE GRADUATE WRITING STUDENTS read from their work

30 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a special evening as students from Otis College or Art and Design's Graduate Writing Program share their poetry and prose. California nat...

CATE DICHARRY discusses her debut novel THE FINE ART OF FUCKING UP, together with J. RYAN STRADAL

30 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Fine Art of Fucking Up (Unnamed Press)  Your archenemy taunts you with clandestine bacon frying. Your boss feverishly cyberstalks an aging roma...

ATTICA LOCKE reads from her new novel PLEASANTVILLE

30 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Pleasantville (Harper)  One of Skylight Books' favorite local authors Attica Locke returns with her most ambitious novel to date, taking on busi...

AKASHIC BOOKS presents NATHAN LARSON reading from his new novel THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, ELIZA FACTOR reading from her new novel LOVE MAPS and GINA B. NAHAI reads from THE LUMINOUS HEART OF JONAH S.

30 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Immune System: A Dewey Decimal Novel & Love Maps  & The Luminous Heart of Jonah S. (Akashic Books)  Join us tonight for a special event br...

ALINE OHANESIAN reads from her debut novel ORHAN'S INHERITANCE

27 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Orhan's Inheritance (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)  In her extraordinary debut, Aline Ohanesian has created two remarkable characters--a young ...

JON RONSON discusses his book SO YOU'VE BEEN PUBLICLY SHAMED

27 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

So You've Been Publicly Shamed (Riverhead Books)  From the internationally bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, a captivating and brilliant ...

CECILIA WOLOCH reads from her novella SUR LA ROUTE

09 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Sur La Route (Quale Press)  Please welcome back to Skylight Books, local poet Cecilia Woloch! Sur la Route is a novella in postcard-like vignette...

CHRIS TARRY reads from his new short story collection HOW TO CARRY BIGFOOT HOME and MARK E. CULL reads from his novel THE KING OF THE SEA MONKEYS

08 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

How to Cary Bigfoot Home (Red Hen Press) The King of the Sea Monkeys (Guernica Editions)  The thirteen stories in Chris Tarry's richly imagined...

KIRKER BUTLER reads from his debut novel PRETTY UGLY

08 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Pretty Ugly (Thomas Dunne Books)  From Kirker Butler, a writer/producer of Family Guy, comes a satirical look at a dysfunctional southern family ...

MARJORIE SANDOR and AIMEE BENDER present THE UNCANNY READER: STORIES FROM THE SHADOWS

08 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Uncanny Reader: Stories from the Shadows (St. Martin's Griffin)  From the deeply unsettling to the possibly supernatural, these thirty-one bord...

CHRISTINE BLACKBURN reads from her debut memoir PIT TO LAX: MY STORY WORTHY LIFE

08 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

PIT To LAX: My Story Worthy Life (Story Worthy Publishing)  For Christine Blackburn, the youngest of six kids growing up in Pittsburgh, the idea o...

DENNIS LEHANE reads from his new novel WORLD GONE BY

08 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

World Gone By (William Morrow & Company)  Dennis Lehane, the New York Times bestselling author of The Given Day and Live by Night, returns with ...