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Book Launch: These Fists Break Bricks by Grady Hendrix and Chris Poggiali

BROOKLYN, NY EDT
From New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix and film historian Chris Poggiali comes the full story of how kung fu movies came to—and conquered—America in this revised and expanded edition.When a Hollywood studio rel… read more

Book Launch: Pan by Michael Clune in conversation with Christian Lorentzen

BROOKLYN, NY EDT
A strange and brilliant teenager’s first panic attacks lead him down the rabbit hole in this wild, highly anticipated debut novel from one of our most distinctive literary mindsNicholas is fifteen when he forgets how to brea… read more

Book Launch: You Have A New Memory by Aiden Arata in conversation with Isle McElroy

BROOKLYN, NY EDT
An open-hearted interrogation of our digital selves, braiding cultural criticism, memoir, and narrative musings into an exploration of identity, girlhood, media, tech, nature and “finding the depth and beauty in the fucked-u… read more
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Past Events

Book Launch: So Many Stars by Caro Robertis in conversation with Jaqueline Woodson

Book Launch: So Many Stars by Caro Robertis in conversation with Jaqueline Woodson

Brooklyn, NY
This Event is cosponsored by the LGBTQ Museum About the Book. From the acclaimed novelist, a first-of-its-kind, deeply personal, and moving oral history of a generation of trans and gender nonconforming elders of color—from leading activists to artists to ordinary citizens—who tell their own stor…
Tuesday, June 3 2025 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

Book Launch: Those Who Should Be Seized Should Be Seized by John Beck

Book Launch: Those Who Should Be Seized Should Be Seized by John Beck

Brooklyn, NY
About the Book. A shocking, on-the-ground investigation of the Chinese government’s brutal oppression of its Muslim citizens — the Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, and others — from Xinjiang to the streets of New York and Washington, DC . . .Award-winning journalist John Beck recounts China’s persecution …
Tuesday, May 27 2025 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

Book Launch: The Mystery of Perception by Lynne Tillman with Taylor Lewandowski

Book Launch: The Mystery of Perception by Lynne Tillman with Taylor Lewandowski

BROOKLYN, NY
Featuring readings from Grace Byron, Claire Donato, John Keene, Anika Jade Levy, Patrick McGraw, Whitney Mallett, K.O. Nnamdie, Ariana Reines, Krithika Varagur, and Linda Yablonsky Music by Cowboy Heaven Candid and instantly engaging, this will be the go-to introduction to Lynne Tillman for reade…
Saturday, June 14 2025 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Book Launch: The Nimbus by Robert P. Baird

Book Launch: The Nimbus by Robert P. Baird

BROOKLYN, NY
About the Book. A dazzling debut novel about a child whose literal enlightenment sets the stage for an exuberant tragicomedy of marriage, religion, and parenthood.On an otherwise ordinary fall day on a university campus in Chicago, the toddler son of an ambitious divinity school professor named Ad…
Tuesday, June 10 2025 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

Book Launch: This Is Not A Ghost Story by Amerie

Book Launch: This Is Not A Ghost Story by Amerie

BROOKLYN, NY
About the Book. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Amerie’s dazzling, satirical adult debut tells the story of a Black man who walks into the light…to find himself in Los Angeles, where he becomes an instant celebrity for being the first visible and verifiable ghost.  John’s House provides all he…
Thursday, June 12 2025 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

Book Launch: Children of Radium by Joe Dunthorne in conversation with Jenny Offill

Book Launch: Children of Radium by Joe Dunthorne in conversation with Jenny Offill

Brooklyn, NY
About the Book. When Joe Dunthorne began researching his family history, he expected to write the account of their harrowing escape from Nazi Germany in 1935. What he found in his great-grandfather Siegfried’s voluminous, unpublished, partially translated memoir was a much darker, more complicated…
Thursday, June 12 2025 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

Book Launch: Raising AI by De Kai

Book Launch: Raising AI by De Kai

BROOKLYN, NY
About the Book. From the pioneer of translation AIs like Google, Yahoo, and Bing translate, an accessible and authoritative guide to AI—as well as a framework of empowerment for a future with our artificial children. AIs are not gods or slaves, but our children. All day long, your YouTube AI, you…
Thursday, June 5 2025 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

Book Launch: It's Not the End of the World by Jonathan Parks-Ramage

Book Launch: It's Not the End of the World by Jonathan Parks-Ramage

BROOKLYN, NY
About the Book. From the acclaimed author of Yes, Daddy; It's Not the End of the World is a terrifying climate thriller, a vicious takedown of the uber-wealthy, and a queer family saga that isn't afraid to punch back.It's 2044 and life is bleak for many Americans, but not for Mason Daunt. Safe in …
Wednesday, June 11 2025 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

Book Launch: Bad Company by Megan Greenwell

Book Launch: Bad Company by Megan Greenwell

BROOKLYN, NY
About the Book. A timely work of singular reportage and a damning indictment of the private equity industry told through the stories of four American workers whose lives and communities were upended by the ruinous effects of private equity takeovers. Private equity runs our country, yet few Ameri…
Tuesday, June 10 2025 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

Dual Book Launch: Tantrums in the Air by Emily Skillings and The Time of the Novel by Lara Mimosa Montes

Dual Book Launch: Tantrums in the Air by Emily Skillings and The Time of the Novel by Lara Mimosa Montes

BROOKLYN, NY
About the Books. Emily Skillings’s highly-anticipated second collection of poems, Tantrums in Air, is a wild romp through verbal reality, marking her as one of contemporary poetry's shining stars of humor, insight, and edge. Skillings writes through various poetic forms, reminding the reader how t…
Friday, June 13 2025 7:00 PM 9:00 PM
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