UWS Barnes & Noble Features Wallace, Evans, et al. for October

 

Barnes & Noble at 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street New York City near the no. 1 train announces October events. All Events are Free. Contact Lou Pizzitola at 212-362-8835 for more information.

 
Date: Monday, October  4 at 7:00 pm
Type: Author Event
Name: Secret Historian -- Justin Spring in Conversation with Mark Harris
Description: Justin Spring, author of Secret Historian, talks to journalist and author Mark Harris (Pictures at a Revolution) about a relatively unknown sexual renegade whose relationships ran the gamut from Rudolph Valentino and Alfred Kinsey to Rock Hudson.

Date: Wednesday, October  6 at 7:00 pm
Type: Author Discussion
Name: The Victims Return: Stephen Cohen with Katrina Vanden Huevel
Description: Author Stephen Cohen talks to The Nation's editor Katrina Vanden Huevel about his new book, The Victims Return, a remarkable and personal story of survival in the wake of an infamous reign of terror in the Soviet Union.

Date: Thursday, October  7 at 7:00 pm
Type: Author Discussion
Name: Ed Koch and the Rebuilding of New York City -- Jonathan Soffer with Assemblyman Edward Sullivan
Description: Author Jonathan Soffer talks with former Assemblyman Edward Sullivan about his new book that explores the rise of Ed Koch and his colorful and controversial years as mayor of  New York.

Date: Tuesday, October 12 at 7:00 pm
Type: Author Event
Name: Djibouti -- Elmore Leonard
Description: Bestselling author Elmore Leonard reads from and talks about Djibouti, his riveting new novel, a modern day story of piracy on the Horn of Africa.

Date: Wednesday, October 13 at 7:00 pm
Type: Author Event
Name: American Freak Show: Willie Geist with Joe Scarborough
Description: Willie Geist (host of Way Too Early with Willie Geist) talks to Joe Scarborough (host of Morning Joe) about his hilarious new book, American Freak Show, and the reality-based sideshow that dominates our culture.

Date: Monday, October 18 at 7:00 pm
Type: Author Event
Name: The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick -- Gene Stone
Description: In his new book, bestselling health journalist Gene Stone digs deep into the stories of 25 people who appear to hold the secret to good health.

Date: Tuesday, October 19 at 7:00 pm
Type: Author Event
Name: Eighteen Acres -- Nicole Wallace
Description: Former Bush communications director Nicole Wallace joins us to read from Eighteen Acres, her debut novel about the first female president and the scandal threatening to bring down her administration.

Date: Wednesday, October 20 at 7:00 pm
Type: Author Event
Name: Grant Wood: A Life -- R. Tripp Evans
Description: R. Tripp Evans' new book, Grant Wood is a study of an artist whose painting American Gothic is an iconic image of the 20th century, but whose life as a gay man has been little explored.
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Date: Thursday, October 21 at 7:00 pm
Type: Author Event
Name: The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party's Revolution and the Battle Over American History -- Jill Lepore
Description: Harvard professor and prolific author Jill Lepore explores what she believes is the far right's imagined and anti-intellectual read on American history.

Date: Monday, October 25 at 7:00 pm
Type: Author Event
Name: The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen -- Kwame Anthony Appiah
Description: Philosopher and author Kwame Anthony Appiah (Cosmopolitanism, Travels in a Gay Nation) explores the essential element of honor in propelling moral reform in his new book, Honor Code.
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Date: Wednesday, October 27 at 7:00 pm
Type: Author Event
Name: And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris -- Alan Riding
Description: The moral obligation of artists is the subject of author Alan Riding's new book, And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris.

Date: Thursday, October 28 at 7:00 pm
Type: Author Event
Name: The Next Queen of Heaven -- Gregory Maguire
Description: In his latest book The Next Queen of Heaven, bestselling author Gregory Maguire (the 'Wicked Years' series) tells a funny and farcical tale of a gay singing group, new millennium anxiety and a Christmas pageant run amuck.

Date: Sunday, October 31 at 2:00 pm
Type: Performance
Name: Miles to Babylon -- Ann Harson
Description: Our own Ann Harson introduces a cast of actors reading scenes from her poignant play about Ella O'Neill (Eugene's mother) entitled Miles to Babylon and will sign copies of her play produced in New York and London, now available in book form.