Past Events
2015 New Press Social Justice AwardsNovember 16, 2015,New York NYThe New Press honors actress, playwright, and social justice advocate Anna Deavere Smith with the 2015 Social Justice Award. |
James Kilgore in conversation with Marc MauerNovember 16, 2015,Washington DCJames Kilgore will discuss his book Understanding Mass Incarceration in conversation with the executive director of The Sentencing . . . |
Deepa Iyer at Busboys & Poets BrooklandNovember 11, 2015,Washington DCActivist for racial and immigrant justice Deepa Iyer will discuss her book We Too Sing America, followed by a signing. |
Deepa Iyer at NYU A/P/A CenterNovember 10, 2015,New York NYJoin Deepa Iyer and Moustafa Bayoumi to mark the publication of their important new books about the frontlines of post-9/11 America and for a wide . . . |
Erik Loomis at Marist CollegeNovember 10, 2015,Poughkeepsie NYErik Loomis will discuss his new book, Out of Sight. A signing will follow. |
Kathryn Olmsted at Book PassageNovember 10, 2015,San Francisco CAJoin Kathryn Olmsted at Book Passage for a talk on the roots of modern conservatism in the agricultural fields of Depression-era California. |
Rita Goldberg reads at Temple Beth TikvahNovember 1, 2015,Madison CTOn behalf of the Jewish Book Council and in collaboration with Temple Beth Tikvah and the Shoreline Office of the Jewish Federation of Greater New . . . |
Alyson Martin and Nushin Rashidian at Columbia Law SchoolOctober 29, 2015,New York NYAlyson Martin and Nushin Rashidian, co-authors of A New Leaf: The End of Cannabis Prohibition, will participate in a lunch-time . . . |
Vanessa Rodriguez at Boston Book Festival 2015October 24, 2015,Boston MAVanessa Rodriguez will appear at the Boston Book Festival 2015 on Saturday, October 24th. |
It's Bigger Than Ferguson: Widening the Lens on Policed CommunitiesOctober 20, 2015,Brooklyn NYPlease join us for a timely conversation bringing together activists, authors, and advocates with the Brooklyn community to expand the . . . |
Lunchtime talk at UC Davis with Kathryn OlmstedOctober 20, 2015,Davis CAKathryn Olmsted, history professor and chair at UC Davis, discusses her new book at this free, public event. |
Nicolas Lampert at Seminary Co-opOctober 19, 2015,Chicago ILNicolas Lampert will discuss A People's Art History of the United States, a book that Paul Buhle calls a "much welcome, fresh view of . . . |