Harvard Book Store

Harvard Book Store welcomes Julie Schumacher—author of the national bestseller Dear Committee Members, and award-winning Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota—for a discussion of her new story collection, Patient, Female: Stories.

Harvard Book Store welcomes Steven Pfau—writer and editor based in Los Angeles whose work has appeared in DIAGRAM, Guernica, The Iowa Review, The Offing, Passages North, and other publications—for a discussion of his new memoir, Say Nephew: On Boyhood, Unclehood, and Queer Mentorship, a Debutiful "Most Anticipated Book of the Year".

Harvard Book Store welcomes Tillie Walden— cartoonist, illustrator, and creator of a number of award-winning graphic novels, including On a Sunbeam, Spinning and the Walking Dead’s Clementine Trilogy—for a discussion of her new graphic novel, Charity and Sylvia. She will be joined in conversation by Michael Bronski—Professor of the Practice in Activism and Media in the Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality at Harvard University.

RSVP is required for this event. Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Tom Lin—Carnegie Medal-winning author of The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu, and professor of English and creative writing at the University of Iowa—for a discussion of his highly anticipated new novel, Babylon, South Dakota.

Harvard Book Store welcomes Christopher M. Finan—former executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship and the former president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression—for a discussion of his new book Freedom of Speech: A People’s History of Democracy’s Most Essential Right. He will be joined in conversation by Randall Kennedy—Michael R. Klein Professor at Harvard Law […]

Harvard Book Store welcomes Anna Badkhen—author of eight books of nonfiction, including Bright Unbearable Reality, longlisted for the National Book Award—for a discussion of her new essay collection, To See Beyond. She will be joined in conversation by Teju Cole—novelist, essayist, photographer, and the Gore Vidal Professor of the Practice of Creative Writing at Harvard University.

Harvard Book Store welcomes Justin Baer—award-winning journalist and editor for The Wall Street Journal—for a discussion of his new book, House of Fidelity: The Rise of the Johnson Dynasty and the Company That Changed American Investing. He will be joined in conversation by Bill Haynes—founder of BackBay Communications and recently retired financial services communications professional, having spent nearly 40 […]

About Robert Pinsky: The First Two Books of Poems The remarkable first two books of poetry by the Pulitzer Prize finalist and former U.S. poet laureate—now combined in a single volume with a new preface by the author.  Award-winning poet Robert Pinsky’s first two collections—Sadness And Happiness and An Explanation of America—announced the arrival of a major new voice […]

Harvard Book Store welcomes Morgan Thomas—acclaimed author of the story collection Manywhere—for a discussion of their debut novel, Mad Eden. They will be joined in conversation by Milo Todd—acclaimed author of the national bestselling novel The Lilac People and co-editor-in-chief for the award-winning LGBTQ+ literary journal, Foglifter Journal. NOTE: Photos and videos are prohibited at this event. We kindly ask that audience […]

Harvard Book Store, the Harvard University Division of Science, and the Harvard Library welcome Maria Tatar—John L. Loeb Research Professor of Folklore and Mythology and Germanic Languages and Literatures, Emerita, at Harvard University—for a discussion of her book, Arachnomania: Spiders and the Cultural Work They Do For Us. She will be joined in conversation by Charlie Tyson—Junior Fellow at […]