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Tomorrow Night!

JANE HIRSHFIELD
The Beauty: Poems and Ten Windows
Tuesday, April 7 at 7 PM

We are pleased to welcome Jane Hirshfield, current chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, who will read from her latest poetry collection, The Beauty, and Ten Windows, a collection of essays.

Hirshfield's books have been finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award and England’s T. S. Eliot Prize; they have been named best books of the year by The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and Financial Times, and have won the California Book Award, the Poetry Center Book Award, and the Donald Hall–Jane Kenyon Prize in American Poetry.

Next Week:

BRUCE HENDERSON
Rescue at Los Banos
Tuesday, April 14 at 7 PM

Bestselling author Bruce Henderson (Hero Found) shares the incredible true story of one of the greatest military rescues of all time: The 1945 World War II prison camp raid at Los Baños in the Philippines.

More upcoming events:

SAM QUINONES
Dreamland
Thursday, April 30 at 7 PM

In his fascinating new book, Sam Quinones chronicles how sugar cane farmers on the west coast of Mexico created a unique distribution system that brought black tar heroin - the cheapest, most addictive form of the opiate - to people across the United States.

2ND ANNUAL CALIFORNIA BOOKSTORE DAY
Featuring Exclusive Items & Author Events
Saturday, May 2 - All Day

Join us as we celebrate the 2nd Annual California Bookstore Day, honoring all that independent bookstores have to offer! We will have a selection of EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED EDITION items available ONLY on Saturday - on a first-come, first-served basis - as well as readings by guest authors. Stay tuned for more information!

COLLETTE LAFIA
Seeking Surrender
Thursday, May 7 at 7 PM

PATRICIA PARK
Re Jane
Tuesday, May 12 at 7 PM

GESHE THUPTEN JINPA
The Fearless Heart: How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives
Thursday, May 14 at 7 PM

CELESTE NG
Everything I Never Told You
Monday, May 18 at 7 PM

Please visit our website to read more
about these and other upcoming events.

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