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SUMMARY:Ben Wikler at the Cambridge Public Library
DESCRIPTION:RSVP is required for this event. \nHarvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Ben Wikler—political organizer and strategist who served as the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin from July 2019 to July 2025—for a discussion of his new book\, This Is The Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy. He will be joined in conversation by Danielle Allen—James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University\, acclaimed author of Our Declaration\, and the forthcoming book Radical Duke\, releasing June 2026.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/ben-wikler-at-the-cambridge-public-library/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T200000
DTSTAMP:20260701T190452
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SUMMARY:Yotam Marom at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Book Store welcomes Yotam Marom—leading activist\, organizer\, and co-founder of IfNotNow and the Wildfire Project—for a discussion of his debut book\, For Louder Days: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness. He will be joined in conversation by Marshall Ganz—Rita E. Hauser Senior Lecturer in Leadership\, Organizing and Civil Society at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government\, and the author of People\, Power\, Change: Organizing for Democratic Renewal. \nAbout For Louder Days\nThe essential guide to establishing an effective opposition movement in the age of Trump\, from the leading activist and organizer. \nThere is no way to stop the descent into authoritarianism\, nor win a world in which all people can thrive\, without massive numbers of people organizing for social\, political\, and economic change. \nYet experienced movement leader Yotam Marom delivers a hard truth: progressive and left movements too often get in their own way. They can be ambivalent about power\, choosing insularity and purity over winning. This amounts to what Marom calls the “politics of powerlessness\,” which has kept movements small\, weak\, and defeated.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/yotam-marom-at-harvard-book-store/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260727T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260727T200000
DTSTAMP:20260701T190452
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SUMMARY:Meg Richardson at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Book Store welcomes Meg Richardson—writer\, translator\, and cartoonist from Iowa—for a discussion of her debut novel\, Paradise Pawn\, based on her experiences working behind the counter of a pawn shop. She will be joined in conversation by Hannah Kauders—local writer and translator who teaches in the Harvard College Writing Program. \nAbout Paradise Pawn\nA dazzling debut novel about best friends\, adolescent longing\, and the Florida pawn shop that promises to make their dreams come true—if it doesn’t break them apart first. \nFall in love with Paradise Pawn\, Meg Richardson’s debut novel based on her own experiences working behind the counter of a pawn shop.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/meg-richardson-at-harvard-book-store/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260728T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260728T200000
DTSTAMP:20260701T190452
CREATED:20260623T163400Z
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION: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 Professor of Africana Studies and the Chair of the Africana Studies Department Wellesley College\, and the award winning author of We Refuse and Force & Freedom.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/elizabeth-stordeur-pryor-at-harvard-book-store/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260730T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260730T200000
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SUMMARY:Lizzie Buehler at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION: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. 
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/lizzie-buehler-at-harvard-book-store/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T190000
DTSTAMP:20260701T190452
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SUMMARY:Peter Aaron at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Book Store welcomes Peter Aaron—front man of influential New York band the Chrome Cranks and author of If You Like the Ramones…—for a discussion of his new book\, Moving in Stereo: Ric Ocasek\, the Driving Force of The Cars. He will be joined in conversation by Greg Hawkes—founding member and the keyboardist of the American new wave band The Cars. \nAbout Moving in Stereo\nFor anyone who loves The Cars\, this is the definitive account of the frontman that made the band a soaring MTV phenomenon. \nThe sounds of new wave pop music and the early days of MTV were defined by the work of a handful of iconic musicians\, and few stood taller in that era than Ric Ocasek\, frontman and primary songwriter for the Cars.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/peter-aaron-at-harvard-book-store/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260804T180000
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SUMMARY:Peter Santenello Book Signing at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION: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 take place beginning at 6:00pm on Tuesday\, August 4. Ticket holders should arrive between 5:45pm\, when doors to the signing line open\, and 6:30pm to ensure their spot in line. Please read the following ticket and signing guidelines below.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/peter-santenello-book-signing-at-harvard-book-store/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260805T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260805T190000
DTSTAMP:20260701T190452
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SUMMARY:Sarah J. Jackson at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION: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 journalist and the author of We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks\, American Identity\, and Power.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/sarah-j-jackson-at-harvard-book-store/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T190000
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SUMMARY:Rhonda M. Roorda at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAbout Torn from the Root\nA powerful journey of identity and belonging. \nAs a Black child adopted out of the New York foster care system as a toddler and raised by white evangelical parents\, Rhonda Roorda had to learn how to walk in two different worlds. She often questioned “whether my skin was too dark” and if she “acted too white.” She recalls being haunted by feelings of shame and not being enough. Torn from the Root is her illuminating story of identity\, belonging\, and purpose and lays bare the deep pain she felt navigating life as a vulnerable Black girl and how she healed herself.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/rhonda-m-roorda-at-harvard-book-store/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260811T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260811T190000
DTSTAMP:20260701T190452
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SUMMARY:Chang-rae Lee at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\nAbout A Tender Age\nGuilt\, innocence\, and a boy on the cusp of adolescence. \nA spellbinding exploration of American masculinity and family dynamics as seen through the confused eyes of a prepubescent child of immigrants\, A Tender Age joins the rich tradition of the American bildungsroman. The natural descendent of characters like Huckleberry Finn and Holden Caufield\, Korean-American Jeon-Gi is torn between competing ideas of himself. At home\, his working-class parents dote on him. Outside\, he is part of a roving pack of kids with dominion over a derelict baseball field\, weedy parking lot\, and rusty jungle gym. Getting into and out of trouble is all-consuming. But the summer he turns eleven\, he becomes embroiled in a staggering series of events reverberating far beyond himself and his family. \nDevastating in its emotional precision\, A Tender Age captures a family and community in striking distance of the American dream\, and a young person on the precipice of adult knowledge\, looking at his own culpability and looking away—then thinking about it for the rest of his life.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/chang-rae-lee-at-harvard-book-store/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260813T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260813T190000
DTSTAMP:20260701T190452
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SUMMARY:Brad Ryan at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION: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 the United States. Following the presentation\, Joy Ryan will join Brad Ryan for a book signing. \nAbout Grandma Joy and Me\nA heartrending\, transformative true story following Brad Ryan and his grandmother Joy Ryan as they embark on a seven-year journey to visit every US National Park. \nRaised in Appalachia\, Grandma Joy lived a life shaped by constraints and hardships\, while Brad grappled with the weight of family rifts and unresolved pain. Together\, they embarked on a quest not only to witness the majesty of America’s wild landscapes but also to heal generations of struggles and misunderstandings. Over seven years\, they sought to visit all sixty-three US National Parks. From the towering peaks of Denali to the otherworldly beauty of the Everglades\, each park became a classroom\, teaching them profound lessons about nature\, resilience\, and each other.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/brad-ryan-at-harvard-book-store/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260818T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260818T180000
DTSTAMP:20260701T190452
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SUMMARY:Richard Russo at the Cambridge Public Library
DESCRIPTION: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. \nTicketing\nRSVP 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 will be a book signing. \nNote: Books bundled with tickets may only be picked up at the venue the night of the event and cannot be picked up in-store beforehand. Ticket holders who purchased a book-included ticket and are unable to attend the event will be able to pick up their book at Harvard Book Store up to 30 days following the event. This offer expires after 30 days. Please note we cannot guarantee signed copies will be available to ticket holders who do not attend the event.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/richard-russo-at-the-cambridge-public-library/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260818T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260818T190000
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SUMMARY:Dr. David N. Hackney at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAbout Impossible Choices\nHow the overturning of Roe has imperiled high-risk pregnancies—and how to ensure safe patient healthcare in the future.\nFrom a leading doctor on the front lines after the Dobbs decision.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/dr-david-n-hackney-at-harvard-book-store/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260819T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260819T190000
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SUMMARY:Justine van der Leun at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Book Store welcomes Justine van der Leun—journalist\, author of several books\, including We Are Not Such Things\, and the host of the podcast Believe Her—for a discussion of her new book\, Unreasonable Women: Three Stories of Violence\, Imprisonment\, and Extraordinary Survival. \nAbout Unreasonable Women\nChosen as a Recommended Summer Read by the Boston Globe.\nA groundbreaking account of how the legal system punishes those it purports to protect\, told through the stories of three unforgettable women.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/justine-van-der-leun-at-harvard-book-store/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T200000
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SUMMARY:Nicholas Reynolds and Katie Sanders at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Book Store welcomes Nicholas Reynolds—author\, military historian\, and retired  Colonel USMC veteran—and Katie Sanders—award-winning journalist who has written for National Geographic\, The New York Times\, and other publications—for a discussion of their new book\, Ortiz’s War: The Allies’ Secret Weapon Against the Nazis in France. \nAbout Ortiz’s War\nThe untold story of the Allies’ secret weapon in occupied France. \nPeter J. Ortiz’s path to becoming the most battle-decorated member of America’s first spy agency—and one of the most decorated Marines of World War II—was unlike any other. Born in New York and raised between California and France\, he would have stints as a merchant seaman\, dude ranch manager\, race car driver\, lion tamer\, circus performer\, and Hollywood stuntman and actor. As a teenager\, Ortiz ran away from boarding school in France to join the French Foreign Legion. He first experienced combat in North Africa against tribesmen in the Sahara. Fighting on the front lines against the Germans in 1940\, he was badly wounded and captured. He repeatedly escaped\, one time fleeing a hospital train after assuming the identity of a dead soldier.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/nicholas-reynolds-and-katie-sanders-at-harvard-book-store/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260826T190000
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SUMMARY:Richard Schweid at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Book Store welcomes Richard Schweid—veteran journalist with decades of experience writing on science\, politics\, natural history and culture\, and author of a dozen books—for a discussion of his new book\, Life on the Octopus Farm: The Ethics and Future of Growing the World’s Most Intelligent Invertebrate. He will be joined in conversation by Steve Yarbrough—professor in the Department of Writing\, Literature and Publishing at Emerson College\, and author of twelve books\, including the Massachusetts Book Award-winner The Unmade World. \nAbout Life on the Octopus Farm\nA provocative investigation of the race to farm octopus and the controversy it sparked worldwide. \nIn 2021\, the London School of Economics found that octopuses are sentient beings\, capable of experiencing pain\, distress\, and happiness\, and that high-welfare farming of them would therefore be impossible. But the enormous international demand for octopus meat continues to grow even as wild octopus populations decline\, prompting a race to bring the first farm-raised product to market. At the same time\, firestorms of protest in Europe and the United States over the ethics of farming such an intelligent creature are pressuring lawmakers to ban the practice altogether.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/richard-schweid-at-harvard-book-store/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260830T180000
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SUMMARY:August Harvard Square Book Circle
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our August Harvard Square Book Circle meeting!\nThis month we’re discussing Chain Gang All Stars: A Novel by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. \nDon’t forget each book we discuss is part of our featured Select 70 for frequent buyer members. \nThe Book Circle is Harvard Book Store’s monthly book club open for members of the community to meet and discuss a thoughtfully selected book. We’ll meet in the third room of the store from 6–7:30 PM. Registration is not required and no commitment is necessary. We love new participants! If you are interested in joining the Book Circle’s email list\, sign up through this form.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/august-harvard-square-book-circle/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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