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UPCOMING EVENTS
Kevin Fedarko w/ Stephen Harrigan: A Walk in the Park
Kirkshop 2025–2026: A Reading Celebration
Deb Olin Unferth w/ Jennifer Chang: Earth 7
Josh Weil w/ James Wade: What Came West
Summer Shorts: Lucia Berlin
Lauren Hough w/ Lucas Schaefer and Greg Marshall: Monster of a Land
Ben Fountain w/ Sarah Bird: Rasputin Swims the Potomac
Lucas Schaefer: The Slip Paperback Release
Summer Shorts: James Salter
Amanda Eyre Ward w/ Mary Helen Specht: Arrivals and Departures
Annie Hartnett: The Road to Tender Hearts
Mary Pauline Lowry w/ Maurice Chammah: Last Night Was Killer
Summer Shorts: Sigrid Nunez
Joseph L. Locke: One State Under God
Summer Shorts: Marie-Helene Bertino
Jason Stone: The Beauty of Days Gone By
Summer Shorts: Haruki Murakami
Summer Shorts: J.D. Salinger
SHOP PROGRAMMING
Littles Storytime
Wednesdays @ 10 AM in the children's section
Sam's Bookshop Trivia Night
Thursday, June 4th @ 6:00 PM
HAPPY HOUR
Monday–Friday, 4–6 PM
Chess Club
Wednesdays @ 5 PM
PAST EVENTS
Anna Konkle: The Sane One
Tom Junod: In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man
Yann Martel: Son of Nobody
Katie Parla: Rome
James K.A. Smith: Make Your Home in This Luminous Dark
Rebecca Bendheim: When You're Brave Enough
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