Past Events

November 2015
2015 New Press Social Justice Awards
November 16, 2015,
New York NY

The New Press honors actress, playwright, and social justice advocate Anna Deavere Smith with the 2015 Social Justice Award.

James Kilgore in conversation with Marc Mauer
November 16, 2015,
Washington DC

James Kilgore will discuss his book Understanding Mass Incarceration in conversation with the executive director of The Sentencing . . .

Deepa Iyer at Busboys & Poets Brookland
November 11, 2015,
Washington DC

Activist 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 Center
November 10, 2015,
New York NY

Join 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 College
November 10, 2015,
Poughkeepsie NY

Erik Loomis will discuss his new book, Out of Sight. A signing will follow. 

Kathryn Olmsted at Book Passage
November 10, 2015,
San Francisco CA

Join 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 Tikvah
November 1, 2015,
Madison CT

On behalf of the Jewish Book Council and in collaboration with Temple Beth Tikvah and the Shoreline Office of the Jewish Federation of Greater New . . .

October 2015
Alyson Martin and Nushin Rashidian at Columbia Law School
October 29, 2015,
New York NY

Alyson 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 2015
October 24, 2015,
Boston MA

Vanessa Rodriguez will appear at the Boston Book Festival 2015 on Saturday, October 24th.

It's Bigger Than Ferguson: Widening the Lens on Policed Communities
October 20, 2015,
Brooklyn NY

Please 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 Olmsted
October 20, 2015,
Davis CA

Kathryn Olmsted, history professor and chair at UC Davis, discusses her new book at this free, public event.  

Nicolas Lampert at Seminary Co-op
October 19, 2015,
Chicago IL

Nicolas Lampert will discuss A People's Art History of the United States, a book that Paul Buhle calls a "much welcome, fresh view of . . .

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