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All Events Free and Open to the Public.
Unless otherwise noted, events are held on the second floor at the 828 Broadway location.
Authors will sign copies of their book sold at Strand the day of the event. Can't make it to one of our events? Pre-Order a signed copy today and then watch the event live from home on STRAND TV.
David Foster Wallace, Jhumpa Lahiri, David Sedaris, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Jeff Koons, and many others have participated in the Strand's events program.
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STRAND HOLIDAY HOURS
September 6
All Day - All Day
The Strand Book Store will be open on Monday, September 6 from 11:00am until 8:00pm.
The Strand's Central Park Kiosks will be open 11:00am until dusk, pending weather.
Happy Labor Day!
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Frederic Tuten Self Portraits: Fictions
September 13
07:00PM - 08:00PM
Fantasy and reality collide as the book's principal characters--two lovers--meet, part and reunite, time and again, at different stages in life and in landscapes both familiar and exotic.
Frederic Tuten, who has received a Guggenheim fellowship and an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Distinguished Writing, is the author of Tintin in the New World, The Green Hour among other fiction.
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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James Ellroy The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women
September 14
07:00PM - 08:00PM
James Ellroy returns to the Strand to discuss his new book, The Hilliker Curse-a predator's confession, a treatise on guilt and on the power of malediction, and above all, a cri de coeur. Ellroy unsparingly describes his shattered childhood, his delinquent teens, his writing life, his love affairs and marriages, his nervous breakdown and the beginning of a relationship with an extraordinary woman who may just be the long-sought Her.
Ellroy is the author of the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy, which includes American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood's A Rover and the L.A. Quartet novels, The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz.
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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STRAND FAMILY HOUR EVENT
September 16
03:30PM - 04:30PM
For children of all ages and their caregivers...
Jennifer Berne and illustrator Keith Bendis will read from their new book Calvin Can't Fly; The Story of a Bookworm Birdie.
Jennifer, a long-time contributor to Nick Jr. Magazine and award-winning author, and Keith, whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Fortune and Time, as well as in nine books, will tell the story of Calvin, one unusual starling! While his siblings and cousins learn to fly, this rare bird lets his imagination soar while reading about pirates, dinosaurs and other fascinating things.
Strand Family Hour Events are held every Thursday at 3:30pm. When we don't have a visiting author, Strand Staff read from their favorite books and lead children in a craft activity based on the day's reading.
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Michele Norris The Grace of Silence
September 21
07:00PM - 08:00PM
Michele Norris, named "Journalist of the Year" by the National Association of Black Journalists for her coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign, will discuss her memoir, The Grace of Silence. The Grace of Silence asks the difficult question, "how well do you know the people who raised you?" and answers it in a powerful, honest and deeply moving way that will serve as a model for us all to take up the question with our families, communities and country.
Michele Norris has served as a correspondent for ABC News, and has reported for the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times on education, poverty and numerous other social issues. She is a frequent guest on NBC's Meet the Press and The Chris Matthews Show. Her voice is heard by millions every weekday as co-host of NPR's All Things Considered.
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Joshua Ferris The Unnamed
September 22
07:00PM - 08:00PM
The Unnamed is a dazzling novel about a marriage and a family and the unseen forces of nature and desire that seem to threaten them both. It is the heartbreaking story of a life taken for granted and what happens when that life is abruptly and irrevocably taken away.
Ferris' first novel, Then We Came to the End, won the PEN/Hemingway Award and was a National Book Award finalist.
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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Robert B. Reich Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future
September 23
07:00PM - 08:00PM
In Aftershock, celebrated economic policy maker and political theorist Robert B. Reich argues that the reason the nation's economy foundered in 2008 is structural: it lies in the increasing concentration of income and wealth at the top--and a middle class that had to go deeply into debt to maintain a decent standard of living.
Robert B. Reich is a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations, most recently as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton, and was an economic advisor to President Obama.
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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Charles Seife Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
September 28
07:00PM - 08:00PM
Proofiness is defined as the art of using nonsensical mathematical arguments--Cheerios increases your risk of being hit by a bus?!--to convince us of the veracity of things we know in our hearts to be false. In his new book, Seife argues that bad math is undermining our democracy (not to mention our notion of common sense).
Charles Seife, author of Sun in the Bottle and Zero, which won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for first non-fiction book, is an associate professor of journalism at New York University.
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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Thaddeus Russell A Renegade History of the United States
September 29
07:00PM - 08:00PM
Historian and cultural critic Thaddeus Russell argues that the freedoms we cherish today were won not by "good Americans" but by the people who lived outside "respectable" society.
Written in the spirit of Howard Zinn's revisionist classic, A People's History of the United States, the new, alternative history revealed in A Renegade History of the United States, shows that drunkards, laggards, prostitutes and immigrants were the real heroes of the American Revolution. Russell upends all the standard assumptions about the United States, from its very beginning to the present day.
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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Steven Kasher Max's Kansas City; Art, Glamour, Rock and Roll
September 30
07:00PM - 08:00PM
Max's Kansas City: Art, Glamour, Rock and Roll is a lasting chronicle of the famed venue where Andy Warhol held court at the infamous round table in the backroom; where Willem de Kooning, John Chamberlain or Chuck Close could be found arguing about art; where Burroughs and Ginsberg discussed literature and where the Velvet Underground was the house band. Edited by Steven Kasher, with photographs by Bob Gruen, Anton Perich, Billy Name and more and contributions by Lou Reed, Lenny Kaye, Danny Fields and Steven Watson, the book captures the exuberance and decadence of one of the coolest pop cultural institutions of all time.
The Strand will host author Steven Kasher, writer Steven Watson and featured photographers Anton Perich and Danny Fields.
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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Tablet Magazine hosts Vanessa Davis Make Me A Woman
October 6
07:00PM - 08:00PM
Vanessa Davis' new book, Make Me A Woman will confirm her spot as one of the leading cartoonists and humorists of her generation. No story is too painful to tell-like how much she enjoyed fat camp-nor too personal-like her stories of growing up Jewish in Florida. Using her sweet but biting wit, Davis effortlessly carves out a wholly original and refreshing niche in two well-worn territories: autobio comics and the Jewish identity. Using beautiful watercolors, refreshing honesty and humor, her comics are sure to make an immediate impression.
This event is co-hosted by Tablet Magazine, a daily online magazine of Jewish ideas, news and culture. Marjorie Ingall, who writes about parenting for Tablet, will speak with Vanessa about her new book.
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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Gloria Feldt, Former CEO & President of Planned Parenthood
October 7
07:00PM - 08:00PM
In No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power, feminist icon Gloria Feldt asserts that nobody is keeping women from parity-except themselves. Feldt argues that there is no excuse-be it the way women are socialized, the pressure to confirm, or work/life balance issues-for women today not to own their own power.
Gloria Feldt will share some of the timely and invaluable resources to help women equalize gender power in politics, work and love with the Strand audience.
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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Lisa Birnbach True Prep: It's a Whole New Old World
October 13
07:00PM - 08:00PM
From Lisa Birnbach, the author of The Official Preppy Handbook-and designer Chip Kidd-comes a whole new take on the prep world that Birnbach turned into an international best-selling phenomenon thirty years ago.
True Prep is a contemporary look at how the old guard of natural-fiber-loving, dog-worshipping, G&T-soaked preppies adapt to the new order of things.
Guests TBA
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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Creating Comics!
October 14
07:00PM - 08:00PM
Creating Comics! is an exploration of the imaginations of 47 of today's most respected comic book and graphic artists, including Michael Golden, Paul Pope, R. Sikoryak, Neil Swaab and Molly Crabapple, accompanied by excerpts and concept sketches.
R. Sikoryak, Neil Swaab and Keith Carter will discuss their collaboration on this must-read for all graphic novel enthusiasts.
We will host a Raffle for 20 R. Sikoryak designed Strand tote bags at the event!
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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Al Jaffee's Mad Life
October 19
07:00PM - 08:00PM
A MAD magazine contributor for 55 years-with work in more than 440 issues and counting!-iconic satiric cartoonist Al Jaffee has helped corrupt three generations of American adolescents with his ingenious and jaundiced humor. Now 89, the man who invented the magazine's beloved "Fold-in" and provided countless "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" has rarely spoken about his own peculiar childhood-a story as off-kilter as anything he could have dreamed up for MAD.
In the authorized biography, Al Jaffee's Mad Life, award-winning journalist Mary-Lou Weisman reconstructs Jaffee's extraordinary life story with the help of more than 65 original 4-color illustrations drawn for the book by Jaffee himself.
Mary-Lou Weisman will interview Al Jaffee on the Strand Stage.
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Charles Burns X'ed Out
October 21
07:00PM - 08:00PM
From the creator of Black Hole: the first volume of an epic masterpiece of graphic fiction in brilliant color.
X'ed Out, unlike Black Hole, has not been previously serialized, and every unnervingly meticulous panel is more tantalizing than the last. Drawing inspiration from such diverse influences as Herge and William Burroughs, Charles Burns has given us a dazzling spectral fever-dream and a comic-book masterpiece
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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Rachel Cohn and David Levithan Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
October 26
07:00PM - 08:00PM
A bookstore event that begs the answer, can you find love between the stacks? Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, authors of the New York Times bestselling Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, have reunited to capture the New York experience in Dash & Lily's Book of Dares, a hilarious and heartwarming novel that is both a tribute to the Big Apple as well as to bookstores.
Rachel Cohn is the author of Very LeFreak, You Know Where to Find Me, Cupcake, Shrimp, Pop Princess and Gingerbread. David Levithan is VP Editorial Director at Scholastic Press and a teacher in the New School's Children's Literature program.
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Rick Meyerowtiz Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
October 28
07:00PM - 08:00PM
Launched in 1970, the National Lampoon broke new ground and the aftershocks continue to be felt to this day. A tribute to the most influential American humor publication of all time, Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Writers and Artists Who Made the National Lampoon Insanely Great by Rick Meyerowitz is a greatest hits collection of the smart, over-the-top humor that made it such a pioneering publication. A prolific contributor to the magazine for 15 years and creator of the iconic Animal House poster, Meyerowitz and guests TBA will take us on a mind-boggling insider's tour through the golden years of the magazine.
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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Bound to Last: 30 Writers on Their Most Cherished Book
November 3
07:00PM - 08:00PM
Since the birth of the e-reader, lovers of the written word have been debating about the future of the printed book. In Bound to Last, renowned authors like Joyce Maynard, Julia Glass, Nick Flynn, Sigrid Nunez, Anthony Swofford, J. Courtney Sullivan and David Hajdu provide a tribute to "the book as object" in original essays, with a foreword by Ray Bradbury.
Join Anthony Swofford, J. Courtney Sullivan, David Hajdu and editor Sean Manning in a celebration of the printed book.
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Richard Misrach Destroy this Memory
November 4
07:00PM - 08:00PM
The photographs in Richard Misrach's Destroy this Memory are a stark, affecting reminder of the physical and psychological impact of Hurricane Katrina as told by those on the ground, and seen through the lens of a contemporary master. Rather than simply surveying the damage, Misrach found himself drawn to the hurricane-inspired graffiti: messages scrawled in spray paint, crayons, chalk, or whatever materials residents and rescue workers happened to have on hand.
Misrach is credited with helping to pioneer the renaissance of color photography and large-scale presentation in the 1970s. His work is held in the permanent collections of the MoMA, the Whitney, and the Met in NYC and the National Gallery of Art in DC, among many others.
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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Lonely Planet presents A Moveable Feast; Life-Changing Food Adventures Around the World
November 9
07:00PM - 08:00PM
This travel lit anthology, edited by Don George, is a collection of travelers' tales written by a well-seasoned spectrum of contributors, from celebrity chefs to best-selling travel writers, including Anthony Bourdain, Mark Kurlansky and Simon Winchester, among many others.
Don George will host the event which will include readings by William Sertl, one of the founding editors of Gourmet magazine and the former travel editor of Saveur; Andrew McCarthy, of "Pretty in Pink" fame who is now a travel writer for Bon Appetit and Travel + Leisure and a contributing editor for National Geographic Travel and Elisabeth Eaves, whose writing has appeared in The Best American Travel Writing 2009, The New York Times and Slate.
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Stanley Bing and Jonathon Keats discuss Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology
November 10
07:00PM - 08:00PM
The technological realm provides an unusually active laboratory not only for new ideas and products but also for the remarkable linguistic innovations that accompany and describe them. In Virtual Words, Jonathon Keats, author of Wired Magazine's monthly "Jargon Watch" column, investigates the interplay between words and ideas in our fast-paced tech-driven use-it-or-lose-it society.
Fortune magazine columnist and prolific author Stanley Bing will join Keats on the Strand Stage.
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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Thomas McGuane Driving on the Rim
November 17
07:00PM - 08:00PM
Narrator Berl Pickett is a house painter turned doctor who lives most of his life in Livingston, Montana, struggling to overcome a "gruesome immaturity" that causes him to relate poorly to his fellow citizens. From one of America's most acclaimed literary figures ("an important as well as brilliant novelist" -The New York Times Book Review), Driving on the Rim is a major new novel that hilariously takes the pulse of our times.
Tom McGuane is the author of nine novels, three works of nonfiction, and two collections of stories.
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PictureBox presents Brian Chippendale and C.F.
November 18
07:00PM - 08:00PM
PictureBox's Dan Nadel will moderate a discussion with Brian Chippendale, author of If 'n Oof, and C.F., author of Powr Mastrs 3.
Brian Chippendale, who also performs in Lightning Bolt and Black Pus, is the author of the graphic novels Maggots and Ninja. If and Oof are a Laurel and Hardy-esque duo who suffer a series of misadventures amidst Chippendale's frenetic landscapes on their simple quest to just survive, eat, pay rent and avoid confrontation.
C.F., a contributor to Kramers Ergot, among other books, also performs under the monikers Kites and Daily Life. Powr Mastrs 3 continues C.F.'s Dune-like science fiction/fantasy epic featuring a misguided scientist and the race of beings he has created, who inhabit a surreal world called New China.
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FreeDarko The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History
November 30
07:00PM - 08:00PM
The real history of the game is not its championships, which are indisputable, but the personalities of its heroes, which are, at least, undisputed.
The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History offers not only FreeDarko's signature style and humor but also an erudite and earnest history of the game.
FreeDarko is a collective of like-minded writers and artists (Bethlehem Shoals, Big Baby Belafonte, Dr. Lawyer IndianChief, Billups and Silverbird 5000) who gather to celebrate (and take down) the NBA. For their new book, they are joined by Pasha Malla and SLAM writer Lang Whitaker.
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Alec Soth From Here to There: Alec Soth's America
December 9
07:00PM - 08:00PM
This is the first exhibition catalogue to feature the full spectrum of the work of Alec Soth, one of the most interesting voices in contemporary photography, whose compelling images of everyday America form powerful narrative vignettes. Featuring more than 100 of the artist's photographs made over the past 15 years, the book includes new critical essays by Walker Art Center exhibition curator Siri Engberg, curator and art historian Britt Salvesen and critic Barry Schwabsky, which offer context on the artist's working process, the photo-historical tradition behind his practice and reflections on his latest series of works.
Unable to make the event? Pre-Order a Signed Copy.
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