Alice Walker | The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way  (A)
When: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 8:15PM
Where: Central Library
Cost: $15 General Admission, $7 Students
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Alice Walker’s esteemed literary career spans over >>

Jonathan Goldstein | I’ll Seize the Day Tomorrow  (A)
When: Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 7:30PM
Where: Central Library
Cost: FREE
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As host of CBC’s radio show WireTap, Jonathan >>

Walter Mosley | Little Green: An Easy Rawlins Mystery  (A)
When: Monday, June 3, 2013 at 7:30PM
Where: Central Library
Cost: FREE
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Walter Mosley is the bestselling author of more >>

Jessica Wapner | The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Mutant Gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level  (A)
When: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 7:30PM
Where: Central Library
Cost: FREE
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In The Philadelphia Chromosome, science journalist >>

Gordon Campbell | The Hermit in the Garden: From Imperial Rome to Ornamental Gnome  (A)
When: Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 7:30PM
Where: Central Library
Cost: FREE
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Distinguished historian Gordon Campbell is the author of >>

Rick Atkinson | The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945  (A)
When: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 7:30PM
Where: Central Library
Cost: FREE
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Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and military historian Rick >>

Gene Robinson | God Believes in Love: Straight Talk About Gay Marriage  (A)
When: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 12:00PM
Where: Central Library
Cost: FREE
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The first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church, Gene >>

Jill McCorkle | Life After Life with Jami Attenberg | The Middlesteins  (A)
When: Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 7:30PM
Where: Central Library
Cost: FREE
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Jill McCorkle’s eight books include the New >>

Joseph Ellis | Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence  (A)
When: Monday, June 17, 2013 at 7:30PM
Where: Central Library
Cost: FREE
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Award-winning author Joseph J. Ellis’s shrewd >>

George Packer | The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America  (A)
When: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 7:30PM
Where: Central Library
Cost: FREE
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With a “far more coherent worldview than most >>