Harvard Book Store

Harvard Book Store welcomes Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor—professor of history at Smith College where she teaches courses on race, slavery, and one on her father, comedic legend Richard Pryor—for a discussion of her new memoir, Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me. She will be joined in conversation by Kellie Carter Jackson—Michael and Denise Kellen ‘68 Associate […]

Harvard Book Store welcomes Lizzie Buehler—award-winning translator of The Disaster Tourist—for a discussion of her debut novel, The Obsessed, one of Best Life's "Best New Beach Reads Everyone Will Be Talking About This Summer". She will be joined in conversation by Joanna Rakoff—author of the international bestselling memoir My Salinger Year and the award-winning novel A Fortunate Age. 

Harvard Book Store welcomes Peter Santenello—independent journalist and filmmaker with over four million subscribers on YouTube—for a signing of his new book, Your Fellow Americans: Dispatches from Across the Country We Call Home, a heartening journey through the very best of America, reminding us of all the reasons we've got to love this place--and one another. The signing will […]

Harvard Book Store welcomes Sarah J. Jackson—Associate Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication and co-director of the Media, Inequality and Change Center at the University of Pennsylvania—for a discussion of her new book, A Second Sight: How the Wonder and Vision of Black Mediamakers Push America Toward Freedom. She will be joined in conversation by Caleb Gayle—award-winning […]

Harvard Book Store welcomes Rhonda M. Roorda—acclaimed speaker, author, and consultant on transracial adoption—for a discussion of her new memoir, Torn from the Root: A Memoir of a Black Transracial Adoptee. She will be joined in conversation by Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao—Lecturer in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. About Torn from the Root A powerful journey of identity and belonging. […]

Harvard Book Store welcomes Chang-rae Lee—award-winning author of Native Speaker and The Surrendered—for a discussion of his new novel, A Tender Age. He will be joined in conversation by Claire Messud—author of six works of fiction and the Joseph Y. Bae and Janice Lee Senior Lecturer on Fiction at Harvard University.  About A Tender Age Guilt, innocence, and a boy on […]

Harvard Book Store welcomes Brad Ryan—veterinarian, wildlife conservationist, social media influencer, and writer—for a discussion of his new book, Grandma Joy and Me: A Journey of Healing, One National Park at a Time, a true story following Brad Ryan and his grandmother Joy Ryan as they embark on a seven-year journey to visit every national park in […]

Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Richard Russo—acclaimed author of ten novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winner Empire Falls—for a discussion of his new novel, Under the Falls. Ticketing RSVP for free to this event or choose the "Book-Included" ticket to reserve a copy of Under the Falls and pick it up at the event. Following the presentation […]

Harvard Book Store welcomes Dr. David N. Hackney—Professor of Reproductive Biology at Case Western Reserve University and Division Chief of Maternal Fetal Medicine, as well as District Legislative Chair of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists—for a discussion of his new book, Impossible Choices: A Physician's Guidance on High-Risk Pregnancy in a World Without Roe. About Impossible […]