Skylight Books Podcast Series

Terry Wolverton & Co - poetry

06 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

FREE READING FOR NATIONAL POETRY MONTH Poetry is meant to be heard as well as read.  Join us on Sunday, April 14 at 5 p.m. as we hear the delightfu...

Martha Ronk

30 Apr 2013

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Partially Kept (Nightboat Books) Skylight welcomes back Martha Ronk, an acclaimed poet and short story writer, to read and sign her latest book...

Eliza Wheeler

27 Apr 2013

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Miss Maple's Seeds (Nancy Paulsen Books) Fans of Miss Rumphius will adore this gorgeous picture book which introduces the kind, nature-loving ...

Marisa Silver in conversation with David Ulin

27 Apr 2013

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MARY COIN (Blue Rider Press) In her first novel since "The God of War, " critically acclaimed author Marisa Silver takes Dorothea Lange's "Mig...

Uglytown

13 Apr 2013

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BY THE BALLS: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION (Akashic Books) The LA-Based crime fiction outfit UGLYTOWN is back. It's been 15 years since BY THE BALLS...

Skylight Staff Showcase

12 Apr 2013

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Skylight Staff Showcase A visual, aural, literary, and olfactory treat guaranteed to make your mind, heart, and groin explode with joy or melt ...

Rachel Kushner

12 Apr 2013

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THE FLAMETHROWERS (Scribner Book Company) Skylight Books is thrilled to be hosting the book launch for National Book Award Finalists Rachel Kus...

Julia Stein and Lionel Rolfe

12 Apr 2013

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THE MISADVENTURES OF ARI MENDELSOHN (Createspace) Lionel Rolfe has worked full-time since age twenty at some of California's most prestigious news...

Richard Hell

12 Apr 2013

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I DREAMED I WAS A VERY CLEAN TRAMP (Ecco) How this legendary downtown artist went from an ordinary childhood in the idyllic Kentucky foothills...

Panel discussion on dystopian young adult novels

12 Apr 2013

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Young adult author extraordinaire Cecil Castellucci presents a panel on dystopian young adult novels, featuring authors Jennifer Bosworth, Chris How...

KRISTIN POSEHN in conversation with JONATHAN GRIFFIN

09 Apr 2013

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Reclamation Artist Kristin Posehn will discuss her new book Reclamation, about her public artwork of the same name, with Frieze contributing ed...

Jim Gavin

08 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

MIDDLE MEN (Simon & Schuster) Be advised!  Skylight Books is hosting the launch party for LA author Jim Gavin's debut story collection and yo...

Ryan Mcilvain

08 Apr 2013

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ELDERS (Hogarth) Join us for LA author and Stegner Fellow Ryan McIlvain's debut novel about foreign Mormon missions. “A nuanced meditati...

Louisa Hall

02 Apr 2013

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The Carriage House (Scribner Book Company) A gorgeous debut novel from an award-winning poet and world ranked squash player about an old money...

Publishing Panel

02 Apr 2013

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Author (and frequent Skylight Books event host!) Noel Alumit presents a panel on getting published, featuring author Dana Johnson, book critic and aut...

Phil Lapsley

01 Apr 2013

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Exploding the Phone (Grove Press) In EXPLODING THE PHONE, Phil Lapsley illuminates the forgotten history of the proto-hackers, tinkerers, and pr...

VILLA AURORA presents BERNADETTE CONRAD

12 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Die vielen Leben der Paula Fox (The Many Lives of Paula Fox) Villa Aurora presents German author Bernadette Conrad, who is in Los Angeles for her ...

Pen Center USA presents the Rattling Wall

12 Mar 2013

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PEN Center USA presents The Rattling Wall, Issue 3 FEATURING: Benj Hewitt, Rhoda Huffey, Mandy Kahn, Amelia Morris, and Rachel Reynolds Join...

Jerry Stahl - Bad Sex on Speed

11 Mar 2013

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Bad Sex on Speed (Barnacle Book/Rare Bird Books) and The Heroin Chronicles (Akashic Drug Chronicles) Bad Sex On Speed is a savage, careening, hy...

Mark Z. Danielewski

05 Feb 2013

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THE FIFTY YEAR SWORD (Pantheon Books) Author of HOUSE OF LEAVES and ONLY REVOLUTIONS will be reading, signing and discussing his third novel THE F...

Panio Gianopoulos

05 Feb 2013

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A Familiar Beast (Nouvella Books) In the wake of an affair that has cost him his marriage and career, Marcus is a lost man. Desperate for repriev...

Scott Terry

05 Feb 2013

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Cowboys, Armageddon, and the Truth: How a Gay Child Was Saved from Religion (Lethe Press) Join us to hear Scott Terry's compelling and touching memoi...

Michelle Tea

04 Feb 2013

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Sister Spit: Writings, Rants and Reminiscence from the Road (City Lights Books) Michelle Tea (Valencia, Rose of No Man's Land) presents readings...

Robin Sloan

04 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Robin Sloan visits Skylight to read and sign his debut novel!  The fictitious Mr. Penu...

Amanda Auchter and Kim Young

04 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The Wishing Tomb (Perugia Press) by Auchter; Night Radio (University of Utah Press) by Young Two accomplished poets, Amanda Auchter and Kim Y...

Andrew Porter

04 Feb 2013

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IN BETWEEN DAYS (Knopf Publishing Group) The Theory of Light and Matter transfixed us and became a Skylight Staff Pick.   Porter joins us to rea...

Steven Weissman and Ron Rege Jr.

29 Jan 2013

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Barack Hussein Obama by Weissman; The Cartoon Utopia by Regé (both books published by Fantagraphics) L.A.-based graphic novelists Steven Weiss...

Dan Joseffson

28 Jan 2013

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That's Not a Feeling (Soho Press) by Josefson Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation (McSweeney's) by Bissell Dan Josefson will discuss...

Antoine Wilson

24 Jan 2013

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Panorama City (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Acclaimed local author Antoine Wilson (The Interloper) will read and sign his highly anticipated new no...

Richard Kramer

24 Jan 2013

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THESE THINGS HAPPEN (Unbridled Books) Set among Manhattan’s high-powered liberal elite and told through an ensemble of endearing voices, These T...

Carrie Arcos

24 Jan 2013

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Out of Reach (Simon Pulse) CONGRATULATIONS TO CARRIE ARCOS! OUT OF REACH IS A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD! L.A.-based writer Carrie...

Joe Mozingo

22 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The Fiddler on Pantico Run (Free Press) Award-winning Los Angeles Times reporter Joe Mozingo will discuss and sign his book The Fiddler on Pantic...

Sammy Harkham

22 Jan 2013

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Sammy Harkham: Everything Together (PictureBox) Comics artist and Kramers Ergot editor Sammy Harkham will discuss and sign the brand new anthology ...

A.M. Homes

22 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

May We Be Forgiven (Viking Books) Highly acclaimed novelist, short story writer, and memoirist A.M. Homes (The End of Alice, The Mistress's Daught...

Jon Klassen

21 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This Is Not My Hat (Candlewick Press) Jon Klassen, author of I Want My Hat Back, one of last year's most beloved children's books, launches his bra...

Lady Business - a celebration of Lesbian Poetry.

21 Jan 2013

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Lady Business: A Celebration of Lesbian Poetry (Sibling Rivalry Press) Cassandra Christenson and Ronna Magy, both contributors to the new poetry ...

Steven Roby

17 Jan 2013

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Hendrix on Hendrix: Interviews and Encounters with Jimi Hendrix (Chicago Review Press) We're pleased to welcome back Steven Roby, co-author of Beco...

Gabrielle Bell

17 Jan 2013

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The Voyeurs (Uncivilized Books) Acclaimed graphic novelist Gabrielle Bell will discuss and sign her latest work, The Voyeurs.  Bell is the immense...

Dan O'Shannon

17 Jan 2013

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What Are You Laughing At?: A Comprehensive Guide to the Comedic Event (Continuum) Attention comedy fans and comedy writer! Modern Family writer...

USC MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL WRITING STUDENTS 2013

17 Jan 2013

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Students from the University of Southern California Master of Professional Writing program will read from their work, joined by author and faculty m...

Attica Locke

22 Nov 2012

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The Cutting Season (Harper) Attica Locke, whose first novel Black Water Rising was nominated for major book prizes from Los Angeles to the UK, n...

Susan Straight

22 Nov 2012

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Between Heaven and Here (McSweeney's Books) Susan Straight, the acclaimed author of Take One Candle Light a Room and A Million Nightingales, pr...

D.T. Max

20 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace (Viking Books) D.T. Max, a New Yorker staff writer and author of The Family That ...

Ruben Martinez

20 Nov 2012

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Desert America: Boom and Bust in the New Old West (Metropolitan Books) Rubén Martínez, the acclaimed author of Crossing Over and the Fletche...

Emma Straub

20 Nov 2012

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Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures (Riverhead Books) Brooklyn-based writer Emma Straub, author of the short story collection Other People We Married, ...

Jonathan Evison

20 Nov 2012

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The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving (Algonquin Books) Jonathan Evison, author of the novels West of Here and All About Lulu (both Skylight sta...

Jeffrey Fleishman

06 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Shadow Man (Steerforth Press) Los Angeles Times Cairo bureau chief Jeffrey Fleishman reads and signs his haunting novel about a journalist whose e...

Smart Gals presents THE 7TH ANNUAL DEAD POETS SLAM: Hot Poet/Cold Poet

06 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Smart Gals’ Dead Poets Slam, a rowdy celebration of the work of deceased scribes, returns to Skylight Books for another scintillating, nail-biting...

Joshua Henkin

06 Nov 2012

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The World Without You (Pantheon) Acclaimed novelist Joshua Henkin reads and signs his third book, The World Without You, a poignant novel about si...

Dylan Hicks

29 Oct 2012

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Boarded Windows (Coffee House Press) Join us as Dylan Hicks presents his debut novel, Boarded Windows. A postmodern orphan story set to music, the ...

Deanne Stillman

23 Oct 2012

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Desert Reckoning: A Town Sheriff, a Mojave Hermit, and the Biggest Manhunt in Modern California History (Nation Books) Deanne Stillman, author o...

Christopher Beha

23 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

What Happened to Sophie Wilder (Tin House Books) Christopher Beha, author of the memoir The Whole Five Feet, will read and sign his debut novel, ...

Pamela Ribon

29 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

You Take It From Here (Gallery Books) Los Angeles-based author Pamela Ribon (Why Girls Are Weird) launches her new novel You Take It from Here! ...

Andrew Deener and Susan Phillips

29 Sep 2012

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Venice: A Contested Bohemia in Los Angeles by Deener; Operation Fly Trap: L.A. Gangs, Drugs, and the Law by Phillips (both books published by Universi...

Eric Laursen

28 Sep 2012

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The People's Pension: The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan (AK Press) Journalist Eric Laursen will discuss and sign his new book on ...

Sarah Terez Rosenblum

25 Sep 2012

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Herself When She's Missing (Soft Skull Press) "Herself When She's Missing explores the irrationality of sex with uncommon wit and fearlessness. I ...

Tony Abatemarco

19 Sep 2012

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Four Fathers Tony Abatemarco’s award-winning monologue, Four Fathers, developed at Highways Performance Space and Stages Theatre Center, was fi...

Michael Kearns

19 Sep 2012

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The Truth Is Bad Enough, What Became of the Happy Hustler? Actor and writer Michael Kearns (The Drama of AIDS) will discuss and sign his brand-...

Elizabeth Crane

19 Sep 2012

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We Only Know So Much (Harper Perennial) Acclaimed short story writer Elizabeth Crane will read and sign her debut novel, We Only Know So Much, abou...

Colin Dickey

19 Sep 2012

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Afterlives of the Saints (Unbridled Books) Colin Dickey (Cranioklepty) returns to Skylight Books to launch his new book Afterlives of the Saints, ...

Carlin Romano

19 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

America the Philosophical (Knopf) Carlin Romano, a distinguished book critic and professor of philosophy, will discuss and sign his new book, Ame...

KING MIDDLE SCHOOL WRITERS CLUB

11 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Student members of the local King Middle School Writers Club, run by author and teacher Steve Abee (Johnny Future) will read from their work! Steve...

Steve Almond with special muscial guest Dan Bern

11 Sep 2012

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God Bless America: Stories (Lookout Press) Steve Almond, a perennial Skylight favorite, returns to the store to read and sign his latest short sto...

AND PROUD OF IT: In celebration of LGBT Heritage Month

11 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

As part of the city's celebration of LGBT Heritage Month, Skylight Books hosts And Proud of It: Gay and Lesbian Writers Who Inspired Us. A gatheri...

Nathalie Handal

10 Sep 2012

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Poet in Andalucia (University of Pittsburg Press) PEN Center USA and Skylight Books present internationally acclaimed poet Nathalie Handal, readin...

Mark Dery

07 Sep 2012

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I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts (University of Minnesota Press) Essayist Mark Dery reads and signs his new collection, I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts....

Richard Jewell

25 Aug 2012

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RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan Is Born (University of California Press) Los Feliz-based author Richard Jewell discusses and signs his fascinating his...

Cecil Castellucci

25 Aug 2012

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The Year of the Beasts (Roaring Brook) Award-winning young adult author Cecil Castellucci launches her new book The Year of the Beasts, featuring a t...

Gideon Lewis-Kraus and Tom Bissell

25 Aug 2012

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A Sense of Direction by Lewis-Kraus (Riverhead) Magic Hours (McSweeney's) by Bissell Essayists Gideon Lewis-Kraus and Tom Bissell will discuss and...

Dorothee Elmiger

25 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Invitation to the Bold of Heart (Seagull Books) Skylight Books and Villa Aurora are thrilled to present young Swiss author Dorothee Elmiger, readi...

Slake Issue 4

24 Aug 2012

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Slake Issue 4 The editors behind Slake: Los Angeles, A City and Its Stories, clean up with a collection of stories and images inspired by Dirt -- di...

Annie-Marie Kinney

21 Aug 2012

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Radio Iris (Two Dollar Radio) Anne-Marie Kinney will read from and sign her debut novel, Radio Iris. "Radio Iris brings new shimmer and depth to...

Meg Howrey

21 Aug 2012

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The Cranes Dance (Vintage) Novelist Meg Howrey returns to Skylight to launch her latest, The Cranes Dance, set in the ultra-competitive world of p...

Benjamin Busch

21 Aug 2012

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Dust to Dust (Ecco Press) Skylight Books is pleased to host author Benjamin Busch, reading from his acclaimed memoir, Dust to Dust. "Elegaic, f...

Writegirl

21 Aug 2012

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Intensity (WriteGirl Publications) Participants in the WriteGirl program will read from their work, collected in the 10th anniversary anthology Int...

James Riley

20 Aug 2012

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Twice Upon a Time (Aladdin) Local novelist James Riley returns to Skylight to launch Twice Upon a Time, the sequel to his middle readers debut Half...

Seth Greenland

18 Aug 2012

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The Angry Buddhist (Europa Editions) Los Angeles-based author Seth Greenland (Shining City) appears at Skylight to read and sign his new book, The...

Paula Priamos and Dana Johnson

18 Aug 2012

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The Shyster's Daughter (Etruscan Press) by Paula Priamos Elsewhere, California (Counterpoint) by Dana Johnson L.A.-based writers Paula Priamos and...

Helen Knode with James Ellroy

18 Aug 2012

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Wildcat Play (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Acclaimed novelist Helen Knode will discuss her new thriller Wildcat Play with her ex-husband and crime fi...

Ross Altman

18 Aug 2012

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Ross Altman May Day is the international worker’s holiday, dating back to 1886 and the Haymarket Square strike in Chicago. This May Day, Skyli...

Charles Yu

10 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Sorry Please Thank You (Pantheon Books) Skylight welcomes back Los Angeles author Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional U...

Neal Stephenson

10 Aug 2012

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Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing (William Morrow & Company) Neal Stephenson, the beloved and bestselling author of modern speculative fiction...

Guy Delisle

28 Jul 2012

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Jerusalem (Drawn & Quarterly) Acclaimed graphic memoirist Guy Delisle returns with his strongest work yet—a thoughtful and moving travelogue abo...

James Kaelan

28 Jul 2012

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We're Getting On (Monster Meanman) Author and filmmaker James Kaelan returns to Skylight Books to celebrate the re-release of his novella We're Get...

Poets at Work Reading

27 Jul 2012

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Poets At Work Celebrate National Poetry Month Poems can make you laugh, cry, and think about your world in a completely new way.  Poets At Work mem...

Allison Burnett

27 Jul 2012

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Death by Sunshine (Writers Tribe Books) Novelist Allison Burnett (Christopher, The House Beautiful) visits Skylight to read and sign the third and ...

Peggy Dobreer and Eric Morago

27 Jul 2012

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In the Lake of Your Bones by Dobreer; What We Ache For by Morago (both books published by Moon Tide Press) Los Angeles-based poet Peggy Dobreer pre...

Leaves of Grass

24 Jul 2012

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Celebrate poetry month at Skylight Books with Los Angeles poets reading from Walt Whitman's magnificent Leaves of Grass on Sunday, April 1st from 4:00...

New American Haggadah

21 Jul 2012

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New American Haggadah (Little, Brown and Company) Author Jill Soloway (Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants) presents a discussion with Eileen Levinson and C...

Monte Schulz

20 Jul 2012

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The Big Town (Fantagraphics) Monte Schulz returns to Skylight Books to launch the last book in his Jazz Age trilogy, The Big Town. "Monte Schulz...

Mark Sundeen

20 Jul 2012

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The Man Who Quit Money (Riverhead) Mark Sundeen visits Skylight to discuss and sign his book The Man Who Quit Money, the fascinating true story of Da...

Jorja Leap

17 Jul 2012

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Jumped In: What Gangs Taught Me about Violence, Drugs, Love, and Redemption (Beacon Press) UCLA professor of social welfare Jorja Leap will discuss a...

Trinie Dalton, Joshua Mohr and Stephen Beachy

16 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Baby Geisha by Dalton (Two Dollar Radio); Damascus by Mohr (Two Dollar Radio); boneyard by Beachy (Verse Chorus) Three great writers -- Trinie Dalton...

Michelle Haimoff

16 Jul 2012

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These Days Are Ours (Grand Central Publishing) L.A.-based author Michelle Haimoff will read and sign her acclaimed debut novel, These Days Are Ours...

Thomas Frank

14 Jul 2012

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Pity the Billionaire (Metropolitan Books) Thomas Frank (What's the Matter with Kansas?) returns to Skylight Books to discuss and sign his new book ...

Gerald Nicosia

23 May 2012

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One and Only: The Untold Story of On the Road (Viva Editions) In celebration of what would have been Jack Kerouac's 90th birthday, we're presentin...

Kevin Moffett

10 May 2012

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Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events (Harper) Acclaimed short story writer Kevin Moffett (Permanent Visitors) will read and sign his new sto...

Tupelo Hassman

09 May 2012

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Girlchild (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Debut novelist Tupelo Hassman will read and sign her novel Girlchild, which has already garnered rave reviews!...

Eileen Myles

09 May 2012

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Snowflake/Different Streets (Wave Books) Celebrated poet Eileen Myles visits Skylight Books to read and sign her highly anticipated new poetry coll...

Steve Erickson

28 Apr 2012

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These Dreams of You (Europa Editions) We're thrilled to present Steve Erickson, author of Zeroville and editor of the literary journal Black Cloc...