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LATEST NEWS

September 27: Monique Asher and Meriam Metoui at Book Beat

Join us Friday, September 27 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. to celebrate recent books by local authors Monique Asher and Meriam Metoui. Asher’s debut novel Don’t Eat the Pie is published September 24, and Metoui’s newest novel Portrait of a Shadow was published in July. There will be a talk b...

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Sub-Rosa Reading Group: Being Here Is Everything

Sub-Rosa is a reading group that meets once a month to discuss feminist and obscure literature. Our selection for this month is Being Here Is Everything by Marie Darrieussecq. We will meet Saturday, September 28 at 6:30 p.m. at the store. A reminder will be sent out the day before the meeting. If yo...

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September 22: Dunya Mikhail at Book Beat

Join us Sunday, September 22 from 3-4 p.m. at Book Beat for a poetry reading and signing with Dunya Mikhail. This event celebrates the release of Mikhail’s newest poetry collection Tablets: Secrets of the Clay which releases September 3 from New Directions. Mikhail is an Iraqi-American poet, n...

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September Reading Group: Paris Peasant

The Book Beat reading group selection for September is Paris Peasant by Louis Aragon. We will meet virtually online via Zoom on Wednesday, September 25 at 7:00 p.m. The Zoom link will be sent on the afternoon of the meeting to anyone interested in attending. Please call or email bookbeatorders@gmail...

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