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SUMMARY:Free Tarot with Jane Prompeng
DESCRIPTION:Join Jane Prompeng for a free tarot reading! Our selection of decks and books is also available for browsing at this time. \n  \nLimit of 8 readings. Sign-up must be in-person\, and only for whomever will be receiving the reading.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/tarot-jane-01/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Book People Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Book People is a book club devoted to discussing bookish books. Whether it’s a book about an author falling in love\, a cursed bookmark\, or a mystery set at a library; if it has bookish connections\, Mack is here to talk about it. Check out http://www.peoplesbooktakoma.com/book-clubs to see this month’s selection!
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/book-people-book-club-2-2/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:Sensory Friendly Storytime with Ms. Pearl
DESCRIPTION:Neurodiversity is welcome at People’s Book! We invite all friends and families to Ms. Pearl’s inclusive book reading! We will be reading some of Ms. Pearl’s favorite children’s picture books adapted with visual supports to make storytime more accessible to children with different communication needs. Fidgets and sensory tools will also be made available to support active listening during read-aloud.\n\nPearl Hernandez is a speech language pathologist and proud Filipino-American immigrant. She earned her Master’s in Speech Language Pathology from University of South Florida\, and Master’s in Special Education from University of Maryland\, College Park. She is passionate about inclusive and neurodiversity-affirming practices in speech therapy and education.\n\nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/sensory-friendly-2026/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T180000
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SUMMARY:Nancy Garruba for The Vanishing of Rose B.
DESCRIPTION:Rose B. defied mid-century expectations of what a woman could be and do. Not only a devoted wife and mother\, and one never to be seen without gloves and a hat\, she was the family’s main breadwinner. Exemplary\, indeed—although in private\, Rose suffered her charismatic\, volatile husband’s abuse\, abuse witnessed by their twin daughters\, Claire and Frances. Frances urged Rose to divorce\, Claire played mediator\, and Rose persevered\, determined to preserve her family\, even if at cost to herself. But a violent incident one spring evening would upset Rose’s plan and propel Frances to a life far from her parents and sister. \nDecades later\, Claire’s a reclusive high school art teacher who creates beautiful photographs but never exhibits. Frances is an architect in Los Angeles. Rose has died\, and Frances has flown home to help Claire sort through their mother’s clothes. Claire\, insisting that Frances is their mother’s mirror image\, one that she must capture\, asks Frances to pose for her as Rose\, dressed in Rose’s clothes. Frances\, wanting to force a discussion of that long-ago violent spring evening\, agrees\, but on one condition: She’ll tell stories as she poses\, stories about Rose. Told in two voices—that of the dynamic\, conflicted Frances and the tender\, diffident Claire\, who has her own stories about Rose—The Vanishing of Rose B. explores the difficulties mothers and daughters encounter in defining themselves within the world and against each other. \nNancy Garruba is a writer\, artist\, and long-time DC resident. At one time a rare book conservator at the Library of Congress\, she went on to study bookmaking history\, book design\, and the making of artist’s books—her writing combined with visual images. She’s the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the DC Commission on the Arts\, and of awards from the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Her artist’s books Skin of Glass and Not Altogether True Not Altogether False are in collections including the Museum of Modern Art\, Art Institute of Chicago\, Eastman Museum\, and the International Center for Photography\, among others. The Vanishing of Rose B. is her debut novel. \nSusannah George is a Washington Post national security and foreign affairs correspondent based in Washington DC. For over a decade she has reported from some of the most consequential international stories of the day\, from the rise and fall of the Islamic State in Iraq to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and Iranian influence across the Middle East in the aftermath of the October 7 attacks. Before joining the Washington Post Ms. George was a correspondent for the Associated Press and a producer for National Public Radio. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9781947175778 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/vanishing-rose/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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SUMMARY:Bob Dover for Bridges of Washington\, D.C.
DESCRIPTION:Explore the history of our nation’s capital through this history of its bridges. \nIn the late 1700s\, the first bridges\, now completely gone\, connected the new Federal City to the outside world. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries\, more and bigger crossings arose to support industry\, allow the expansion of suburbs\, commemorate cultural and civic leaders\, and enhance the aesthetics of the District’s waterfronts and parks. Although the city abandoned civic-minded\, commemorative\, and monumental constructions for utilitarian highway monoliths in the mid-twentieth century\, a recent renaissance has seen a welcome shift to walkability and beauty instead of brute utility. \nUsing the city’s bridges as an index of the times\, author and D.C. native Bob Dover tracks the growth\, decay\, and rebirth of the District from the 1750s to today. \nBob Dover is a geologist with 37 years of experience in environmental impact assessment. A Washington\, DC native\, he is a graduate of Beloit College and the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. His primary geologic interest is the role of geology and topography in influencing human settlement patterns\, architecture\, and historical events. In 2022\, he published Bridgespotting: A Guide to Bridges that Connect People\, Places\, and Times\, a book that examined uses of bridges for tourism and recreation. He is a contributor of bridge photos and documentation to the historicbridges.org website\, and an active participant in the Vermont Covered Bridge Society. Recently retired\, he lives just outside of Washington in Columbia\, Maryland. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9781467170048 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/dc-bridges/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250219T190000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Book Club with Sidney
DESCRIPTION:We will be reading poetry collections from diverse voices and publishers! The fun/naughty thing about this book club is you DON’T have to read the whole book before our meeting (just make sure you read enough of the collection to have an idea of what poems you would like to look at closer)! You don’t need to have ANY poetry reading experience\, as your host will walk you through how to talk poetry. Typically meets the third Wednesday evening of every month. \nCheck out http://www.peoplesbooktakoma.com/book-clubs for this month’s selection!
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/poetry-book-club-25/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260123T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260123T193000
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SUMMARY:Melanie D.G. Kaplan for Lab Dog
DESCRIPTION:The “remarkable” (Dr. Jane Goodall) story of a beagle’s past\, and the future of animal research  \nWhen journalist Melanie D.G. Kaplan adopted her beagle Hammy\, all she knew was that he had spent nearly four years in a research lab. Curious to know more about this gentle creature’s past\, as well as the broader world of animal research\, Kaplan—with Hammy in tow—embarks on a quest for answers. How did Hammy end up in a research facility? Why are we still using millions of animals a year in experiments? What have we learned from them? Is there another way? \nIn Lab Dog\, Kaplan investigates the breeding and use of beagles for biomedical research\, drug and product testing\, and education. She takes readers on a journey\, peeking behind laboratory doors and visiting with researchers\, activists\, ethicists\, veterinarians\, lawmakers\, and innovators. Along the way\, she finds thoughtful and caring humans on all sides of the debate\, explores promising developments in nonanimal testing\, and discovers puzzle pieces from Hammy’s past. Equal parts journalism and love story\, Lab Dog offers a nuanced view on our relationship with a species that we both love and exploit\, and a reason to hope for a better future for all. \nMelanie D. G. Kaplan is a longtime independent journalist whose travel and science writing has appeared in the Atlantic\, the Washington Post\, the Wall Street Journal\, and National Parks magazine. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School\, a 2021–2022 MIT Knight Science Journalism fellow\, and a third-generation Washington\, DC\, native. Kaplan has lived most of her life with hounds. \nMike Tidwell is a longtime Takoma Park author and climate activist. His previous six books include Bayou Farewell (2003) about the disappearing wetlands in south Louisiana. As a contributing writer for The Washington Post\, he has won four Lowell Thomas Awards\, the highest prize in American travel journalism. In 2002 he founded the Chesapeake Climate Action Network\, where he has led local and national campaigns for clean energy. He lives on Willow Avenue in Takoma Park with his wife Beth and their cat Macy Gray. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9781541604988 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/lab-dog/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260125T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260125T160000
DTSTAMP:20260320T195707Z
CREATED:20260124T172823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260320T195707Z
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SUMMARY:Messy! Sexy? Midlife. Book Club
DESCRIPTION:We will read fiction\, memoir and other types of non-fiction that explore the state of middle age in the world now: marriage\, divorce\, sex\, parenting\, reckoning with mortality\, emotional inheritance\, desire\, disappointment\, adjusting expectations. What is a grown-up\, anyway? \n  \nCheck out http://www.peoplesbooktakoma.com/book-clubs for this month’s selection!
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/messy-sexy-midlife-book-club-2/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260201T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260201T100000
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SUMMARY:Storytime: Lisa Galioto for Owen the Busy Groundhog
DESCRIPTION:In Owen the Busy Groundhog\, you can join this lovable furry friend on a bustling adventure! Endlessly curious\, Owen is always on the go\, digging burrows\, munching on delicious peaches or figs\, or diving into the creek. But when winter arrives\, he knows it’s time to hibernate. He curls up in his cozy burrow until the first signs of spirng. When the warmer weather awakens Owen\, he peeks his head out\, ready to start a new round of adventures–and perhaps get into some mischief! \nDr. Lisa Crim Galioto is a pediatrician who has been taking care of children and adolescents for over thirty-five years. She and her husband of thirty-one years split their time between Potomac\, MD and their creek house at Colton’s Point\, MD (where Stella\, Henry\, and Owen live). Lisa enjoys spending time with family and friends\, as well as traveling\, cooking\, playing piano\, and knitting. After publishing Stella the Mama Osprey in 2023\, she decided to continue the series based on the animals in her own yard by sharing Owen the groundhog’s story with the world! \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9781964934846 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/groundhog-storytime/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events,Children's Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260201T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260201T180000
DTSTAMP:20260122T152204Z
CREATED:20260122T152204Z
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SUMMARY:Sugar & Spice Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Calling hopeless romantics and book-ish flirts: this club will explore different sub-sections of the vast romance genre each month\, one happily-ever-after at a time. We will celebrate love stories as diverse as the readers that enjoy them\, from mainstream to the magnificently unconventional. Expect laughter\, lively debates\, and plenty of blushing over our favorite tropes. \nJoin Alexzandra on the first Sunday of every month and check out http://www.peoplesbooktakoma.com/book-clubs for the current selection!
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/sugar-spice-book-club/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260201T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260201T193000
DTSTAMP:20260122T163629Z
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SUMMARY:Memento Mori Book Club with Ali
DESCRIPTION:Interested in creating community around our shared mortality? Join us every other month for casual chats\, guided by our readings\, about death\, dying\, grief\, and ultimately\, life. Check out http://www.peoplesbooktakoma.com/book-clubs for each month’s selection!
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/memento-mori-2/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T200000
DTSTAMP:20260201T193755Z
CREATED:20260201T193755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260201T193755Z
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SUMMARY:Free Tarot with Jane Prompeng
DESCRIPTION:Join Jane Prompeng for a free tarot reading! Our selection of decks and books is also available for browsing at this time. \n  \nLimit of 8 readings. Sign-up must be in-person\, and only for whomever will be receiving the reading.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/free-tarot-feb/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260208T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260208T100000
DTSTAMP:20260121T192909Z
CREATED:20260121T192909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260121T192909Z
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SUMMARY:Valentine's ASL Storytime with Dr. Alice Kreisle and Kathy Pongor
DESCRIPTION:Join us for American Sign Language storytime\, with audiologist extraordinaire\, Alice Kreisle and ASL interpreter Kathy Prongor! All ages welcome\, no registration required. See you there! \n  \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/valentines-asl-storytime/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260221T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260221T190000
DTSTAMP:20260122T001827Z
CREATED:20260122T001826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260122T001827Z
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SUMMARY:History Book Club
DESCRIPTION:The History book club is dedicated to learning about and discussing the history of the world at large. Each month we will talk about a book that informs us about a country’s politics\, society\, and culture over the last 250 years or more. Check out http://www.peoplesbooktakoma.com/book-clubs for the current selection!
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/history-book-club-2/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T220136Z
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SUMMARY:History Book Club
DESCRIPTION:The History book club is dedicated to learning about and discussing the history of the world at large. Each month we will talk about a book that informs us about a country’s politics\, society\, and culture over the last 250 years or more. Check out http://www.peoplesbooktakoma.com/book-clubs for the current selection!
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/history-book-club-2-2/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260222T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260222T100000
DTSTAMP:20260211T171655Z
CREATED:20260211T171655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T171655Z
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SUMMARY:Storytime with Sara Yessenow
DESCRIPTION:Join us with Sara Yessenow for a Sunday morning storytime! \nSara Yessenow is an early childhood education specialist and behavior analyst. She is a former kindergarten and first grade teacher\, and adjunct professor from Boston University’s early childhood department. Reading great books to young children is one of her most favorite things to do! She lives in DC with her partner and one cat\, loves to travel all over the world\, and went to the University of Maryland! Go terps! \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/sara-storytime-feb/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260222T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260222T163000
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SUMMARY:Book Signing: Alisa Kriegel for From Sexless Marriage to Sex Goddess
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Messy! Sexy? Midlife. Book Club at 3pm\, where we will be discussing From Sexless Marriage to Sex Goddess by psychologist Alisa Kriegel\, or come afterwards for the book signing with the author. \nFrom Sexless Marriage to Sex Goddess recounts a therapist’s midlife sexual awakening\, as she bravely explores relationships\, sex\, and pleasure—and learns that it’s never too late to desire and be desired. At forty-eight years old\, after her husband announced he was in love with someone else\, Alisa Kriegel was determined to finally figure out this essential part of herself. As a psychologist\, she had the tools to help others; now\, it was time to help herself. Letting go of decades of shame and giving herself permission for pleasure was just the beginning of jumping into a series of adventures in online dating\, sex\, and romance. From sex clubs in New York City to a canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness\, this memoir offers readers an insight-filled journey into one woman’s mid-life discoveries about sex\, love\, and relationships—and a behind-the-scenes\, in-depth analysis of women’s sexuality.\n\nAlisa Kriegel is a psychologist with a thriving private practice in New York City working with adults and couples. She is on a mission to give people permission to seek pleasure and believes everyone deserves to experience incredible\, mind-blowing sex. This is her first memoir. Her podcast\, Let’s Talk About Sex\, Really\, is on all platforms. She lives in New York\, NY.\n\n\nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/98269/9798896360063\n\nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/signing-kriegel/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events,Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260223T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260223T190000
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SUMMARY:Jason G. Green for Too Precious to Lose
DESCRIPTION:A moving and inspiring memoir from a former Obama White House staffer\, about his rural Maryland family’s untold history\, the merger of three churches—one Black\, two white—and how a radical embrace of community became their salvation\, and his. \nJason Green was raised on fellowship—literally. Fellowship Lane\, the once unpaved road he grew up on\, served as a spiritual metaphor throughout his coming of age. A precocious preacher’s kid\, Green felt a call to the ministry but ultimately devoted himself to the people in a different way—through public service. After working on Barack Obama’s presidential campaign\, he spent four and a half years working in the White House as special assistant to President Obama. \nHowever\, Green’s government career was cut short by a devastating call that it appeared his ninety-five-year-old grandmother was on her presumptive deathbed. At her side\, he listened while she detailed her life story dating back to her 1918 birth in Quince Orchard\, a town that no longer exists. He was preoccupied with disbelief; how could he have never known the true legacy of his tiny community? How could a whole town’s existence be erased but for the memory of a few surviving elders? Green’s historical research uncovered a surprising trove of tales about the determination of his newly freed ancestors to build an African American house of worship\, and how generations later\, on the eve of Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.’s assassination\, their progeny would be at the center of a brave decision to create an integrated church. Quince Orchard’s lost story is part of what Green calls the texture in the American fabric: the moral leadership of the Black church\, the longstanding resilience of the Black community\, and the transformative love of the Black family. \nFueled by a new understanding of where he comes from\, Green traces one family through a century of life in a single community\, asking deeply personal questions about belonging and finding answers from the compassionate\, communal-led lives of his forebears. \nJason G. Green is a Maryland-born community organizer\, attorney\, storyteller and entrepreneur. Green served as special assistant to the president\, and associate White House Counsel to President Obama\, advising on economic and domestic policy matters. Green co-founded SkillSmart\, a company that reshapes how communities measure economic impact\, and is CEO of EverGreen Labs\, where he supports visionary organizations working to expand economic opportunity and strengthen community. Green serves as trustee to the Pleasant View Historic Association and supports its efforts to preserve the historic site. His award-winning documentary\, Finding Fellowship\, explores the rich history of Quince Orchard and the fight to preserve its legacy. A graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and Yale Law School\, Green remains rooted in the work of truth and justice\, investing in stories that remind us who we are. He currently spends time between Maryland and Dallas\, Texas\, with his wife Ritu and son Aidan. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/98269/9780593731710 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/too-precious/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T193000
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SUMMARY:Stephanie Shonekan for Fela Anikulapo-Kuti's Sorrow Tears and Blood
DESCRIPTION:Sorrow Tears and Blood offers a glimpse into the complicated social\, cultural\, and political phenomenon that is Nigeria.\n\nThough Nigeria is the most populous African country\, and sometimes called the “Giant of Africa\,” Fela’s album sheds a sharp light on the reasons why Nigeria has not lived up to its potential. While the text primarily hovers over 1977 (the year of the album’s release) as a critical cultural moment in Nigerian history\, it also explores the album in the context of a wider look at how colonialism and its aftermath impacted the social\, political\, and economic environment in Nigeria\, and how Western imperialism continues to affect Nigerian identity and life. As we reflect on Nigeria’s turbulent post-independent political and social history\, Sorrow Tears and Blood offers a rich sonic and lyrical landscape in which to interrogate the potency of Fela’s message for generations to come. \nStephanie Shonekan is Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities and professor of ethnomusicology  at the University of Maryland. Previously she was a faculty member and administrator at the University of Missouri and the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst. Shonekan earned a doctorate in ethnomusicology and folklore with a minor in African American studies in 2003 from Indiana University. She has published articles and book chapters on afrobeat\, Fela Kuti\, Nigerian and African American hip-hop\, soul music and country music. Her publications explore the nexus where identity\, history\, culture and music meet. Her books include The Life of Camilla Williams: African American Classical Singer and Opera Diva (2011)\, Soul\, Country\, and the USA: Race and Identity in American Music Culture (2015)\, Black Lives Matter & Music (2018)\, Black Resistance in the Americas (2018)\, Dear Department Chair: Letters from Black Women Leaders to the Next Generation (2023)\, and Sorrow\, Tears and Blood (2025). \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/98269/9798765113097 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/sorrow-tears/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T190000
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SUMMARY:Max Huffman for Dogtangle
DESCRIPTION:A satirical comedy about an ambitious power couple in a bleak corporate landscape who defy God and nature to create a modern Cerberus for their time.\n\nDogtangle opens with a town hall meeting in a Taco Bell nestled in the bland corporate environment of Business Park. A man\, bleating to anyone who will listen about the evils of current zoning laws\, meets a woman who works in pharmaceutical marketing. They begin a relationship. They get married. From their union springs the idea of the Hypermutt: a many-headed mass of dogs that absorbs each new dog it encounters.This debut graphic novel from Chicago cartoonist Max Huffman\, about an awful power couple who defy God and nature in creating a hound of hell for our times\, is at turns a rich satirical fable\, a white-collar black comedy\, and a stylistic tour de force blending elements of abstraction\, cubism\, mid-century modernism\, and visual sight gags. One of the most visually distinctive and funny graphic novels in recent memory\, Dogtangle is also underpinned with a deep mistrust of corporate and cultural hegemony\, cementing its relevance in our increasingly oligarchal times. \nMax Huffman is a Chicago-based cartoonist whose work synthesizes absurd comedy\, retro illustration and geometric abstraction into a frenzied\, writhing mass. His comics Them-Shaped Clouds and Cover Not Final have been nominated for Small Press Expo’s Ignatz Awards. As an illustrator\, his commercial clients include Doughboys\, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard\, and The New York Times. Dogtangle is his first graphic novel. \nAdam Griffiths is a cartoonist and arts administrator based in the Washington\, DC area.  Between exhibiting his art at various DMV region galleries and tabling his comics around the country\, he authored “Washington White\,” a surrealistic graphic novel reimagining his grandmother’s landmark Civil Rights case as a science-fiction spy thriller. In 2022\, Griffiths opened DwightMess\, a comics ‘compound’ in his Silver Spring\, MD home that includes several  gallery spaces\, screen-printing workshop\, Riso studio\, and an extensive library of comics\, zines and periodicals. DwightMess has mounted over 25 exhibitions since opening\, sponsors an annual artist residency program\, hosts a regularly-convening comic book readers’ club\, organizes an artists’ summer retreat program in West Virginia and has thrice hosted the StoryBox Comics Fair\, a 2-day mini-convention for area creators to showcase their artwork to the general public. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \n\nhttps://bookshop.org/a/98269/9798875001291 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/dogtangle/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T190000
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SUMMARY:Dr. Suzan Song for Why We Suffer and How We Heal
DESCRIPTION:A psychiatrist who has dedicated her life to treating global survivors of unspeakable horrors shares the three keys to resilience that we can use to weather stress\, loss\, and trauma in our own lives. \nSome survivors are unflappable\, yet it’s not their optimism or grit or mindfulness that carries them forward – it’s that they acknowledge and internalize the inherent instability in their lives. They are using the three tools that allow us to weather life’s stormiest seasons: narrative\, ritual\, and purpose. In her debut book\, Harvard- and Stanford-trained child and adult psychiatrist Suzan Song draws from her clinical practice\, patient stories\, research\, and public health work to help readers release their unrealistic longing for stability\, and open them up to a new\, heathier mindset. \nWhile most of us will not experience the horrors of torture or being held hostage\, there are countless uncertainties and dangers that are common in everyday life. From the challenges of tumultuous relationships\, work\, parenting and personal finances\, to upheavals like the pandemic and climate disasters\, we find ourselves lost and confused each time our lives are upended. How we cope is shaped by an intricate daisy chain of choices and experiences. \nFrom her clinical practice in the United States to her global work over two decades with survivors of human rights violations\, Dr. Song has uncovered three keys to resilience: Narrative\, Ritual\, and Purpose. Whatever you’re going through\, these three tools can help you weather the winters of life. \nProfoundly insightful and beautifully written\, Why We Suffer and How We Heal offers a groundbreaking new path to deep healing and finally feeling alive again. \nDr. Suzan Song is a Harvard- and Stanford-trained psychiatrist\, humanitarian researcher and adviser. For more than two decades\, she has dedicated her work to building resilience in individuals and communities affected by adversity. Dr. Song has advised the United Nations\, multiple U.S. federal agencies and Ministries of Health\, shaping systems of care for children and families in crisis to bridge clinical innovation with systems reform. She has a private practice in Washington D.C.\, is a professor of psychiatry at George Washington University\, and is a sought-after speaker on the science of healing. \nNadia Hashimi is a pediatrician turned internationally bestselling author. Her novels for adults and children are inspired by the people and history of Afghanistan\, and have been translated into 18 languages. She serves on the boards of Sahar Education for Girl\, Aschiana Foundation\, as an advisory board member to the Afghan-American Foundation\, and is a member of the US Afghan Women’s Council. Originally from New York\, she lives with her husband and four children in Potomac\, Maryland. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9780593581537 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/how-we-heal/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260302T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260302T200000
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SUMMARY:Rachel Hartigan for Lost: Amelia Earhart's Three Mysterious Deaths and One Extraordinary Life
DESCRIPTION:Unravel one of history’s greatest mysteries in this spellbinding narrative exploring three leading theories of Amelia Earhart’s tragic disappearance. \nWhen Amelia Earhart’s plane disappeared in 1937\, the clues poured in\, attracting wild conspiracies about her tragic fate. \nIn Lost\, former National Geographic reporter Rachel Hartigan delves into Earhart’s disappearance\, introducing a host of eccentric characters who have become obsessed with finding the truth. Did the great aviator crash land near the Marshall Islands\, only to be captured by Japanese soldiers? Did she manage to land on Nikumaroro Island but die of injury or starvation? Or did she run out of fuel and crash into the ocean? \nInterspersed with the search for Earhart is the story of her extraordinary life: her unstable childhood\, her itinerant early career\, and how a PR-savvy publisher transformed her into an aviation icon and became her husband in an unconventional marriage. \nIn the spirit of nonfiction blockbusters like The Lost City of Z\, Hartigan draws us into the world of Earhart’s devotees and unspools a beguiling tale. The theories lead Hartigan from the pilot’s birthplace of Atchison\, Kansas to an expedition on a remote Pacific Island\, where forensic dogs attempt to recover a potential sample of Earhart’s DNA. \nAs tantilizing new evidence mounts\, Hartigan and her fellow investigators descend deeper into a world of conspiracy and obsession. Through its irresistible characters and prodigious research\, Lost reveals not just why we remember Amelia Earhart as a trailblazer and adventurer\, but why unsolved mysteries keep us forever searching for answers. \n  \nRachel Hartigan has written about everything from the genetics of persimmon trees to the long road to women’s suffrage for National Geographic\, where she worked as a writer\, reporter\, and editor from 2012 to 2024. A former editor of the Washington Post’s Book World\, she also covered education and culture for U.S. News & World Report. Her stories about the 2017 and 2019 National Geographic–funded expeditions to Nikumaroro Island each generated more than a million unique views. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/98269/9781426222542 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/lost-earhart/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260304T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260304T210000
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SUMMARY:Marian Mitchell Donahue for Backstitch
DESCRIPTION:Two sisters\, Violet and Marigold\, reunite at a retrospective of their troubled mother’s art. Together they must confront the consequences of her ambition and the difficult\, private reality of the family’s public narrative. Moving through the gallery’s rooms and through time to arrive at the truth of her life and death\, the daughters unravel their family ties\, the gift and cost of artistic talent\, and the legacy that they must carry. \nMarian Mitchell Donahue is a writer and teacher in Brooklyn\, NY. She graduated from Stony Brook University with an M.F.A in Creative Writing and Literature\, where she was awarded the Deborah Hecht Memorial Prize in Fiction. Her debut novel\, Backstitch\, is forthcoming from Galiot Press in March\, 2026. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/98269/9798998954764 \nThis is an in-person\, after hours event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/backstitch/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T200000
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SUMMARY:Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney for Lake Effect
DESCRIPTION:From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nest and Good Company comes a wry and tender portrait of two families forever changed by one lovestruck decision that will reverberate for decades. \nIt’s 1977 and an air of restlessness has settled on the residents of Cambridge Road in Rochester\, New York\, a place long fueled by the booming fortunes of Kodak and Xerox and\, for some\, the mores of the Catholic church. When Nina Larkin is given a copy of The Joy of Sex by her newly divorced friend\, she can no longer dismiss the nearly nonexistent intimacy of her marriage. Just as her oldest child\, Clara\, is falling in love for the first time\, Nina finds herself longing for the forbidden: a midlife awakening. An intoxicating fling with a prominent neighbor brings Nina a freedom she never thought possible—but also risks the reputations of both families and unravels Clara’s world\, just as she stands on the threshold of adulthood. \nYears later\, Clara\, now a successful food stylist in New York City\, has never been able to move past the long-ago scandal. Drawn back home by the pull of a family wedding and wrestling with her own demons\, she makes a pivotal decision that turns her life upside down. Written with Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s signature humor and insight\, Lake Effect is a wise and probing look at love and desire\, mothers and daughters\, loss and grief\, and what we owe the people we love most. \nCynthia D’Aprix Sweeney is the author of the instant New York Times bestselling novels The Nest (named a best book of the year by People\, the Washington Post\, and NPR) and Good Company (a Read with Jenna selection). She has been a guest on Today\, Late Night with Seth Meyers and NPR’s All Things Considered. Her work has been translated into more than twenty-eight languages\, and The Nest is in development as a limited series with AMC Studios. Sweeney holds an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars. She and her husband live in New York City. \nDan Kois is the author of the novels Hampton Heights and Vintage Contemporaries\, as well as five nonfiction books\, including a collection of essays forthcoming in 2027. He co-hosts the Martin Chronicles\, a podcast about Martin Amis. Dan lives in Arlington\, Virginia with his family. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/98269/9780063377684 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/lake-effect/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T200000
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SUMMARY:Free Tarot with Jane Prompeng
DESCRIPTION:Join Jane Prompeng for a free tarot reading! Our selection of decks and books is also available for browsing at this time. \n  \nLimit of 8 readings. Sign-up must be in-person\, and only for whomever will be receiving the reading.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/jane-free-tarot/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260308T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260308T100000
DTSTAMP:20260115T182359Z
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SUMMARY:Storytime: Joan Waites for The Night Artists
DESCRIPTION:The lush collage art and lyrical text of this picture book liken the sights and sounds of nocturnal animals and insects to a creative nighttime performance. \nWhen sun’s pink paint blends into inky blue\,\nThe night artists gather to perform. \nSpiders pull back lace curtains.\nMoon’s light floods the stage.\n\nInspired by nature\, this creative nonfiction picture book invites children to discover various animals and insects that are active at night in a woodland environment. Likening the nocturnal creatures to artists in an enchanting performance that takes place while we’re asleep\, this lyrical story engages young readers to learn about and explore nature in a fun and creative way. Educational back matter further encourages readers to explore and learn more about the creatures referenced in the story. \nJoan Waites is an award-winning author-illustrator of numerous titles for the children’s trade and educational markets. She is a former adjunct faculty member of the Corcoran Museum School of Art and Design’s aspiring artists programs\, and continues to teach art enrichment for children and adults. She served for many years as the Mid-Atlantic SCBWI Illustrator Coordinator\, is a member of the Children’s Book Guild of Washington D.C.\, and volunteers with An Open Book Foundation. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/98269/9780764370724 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/waites-storytime/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260311T190000
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SUMMARY:Eric Goldstein for Taught
DESCRIPTION:Rescheduled from the January 28th date! \nAs protests flare across Washington\, DC\, veteran teacher Jerry Brown is running out of faith—in his classroom\, his marriage\, and himself. When a viral video surfaces showing police brutality against his former student\, Malik Drummond\, their uneasy reunion sparks an impulsive road trip through Appalachia. From the streets of Southeast DC to the civil rights landmarks of Harpers Ferry and the forests of the Appalachian Trail\, their uneasy journey becomes a reckoning\, each mile revealing new fault lines between past and present\, teacher and student\, guilt and grace in a provocative story about redemption within a divided nation. \nAs a middle and high school teacher\, Eric Goldstein founded the Washington\, DC-based nonprofit organization\, One World Education. Through programs that teach writing skills through social justice\, the organization has transformed more than 65\,000 students into writers with voice\, knowledge\, and purpose. Inspired by two decades of listening to students tell their stories\, Eric’s debut novel\, TAUGHT\, will be released in January 2026. \nDr. Michaele C. Samuel is a psychotherapist\, educator\, and author whose work bridges mindfulness\, mental health\, and education. She is the author of The Art of You: Cultivating Confidence and Self-Esteem for Girls and Harmony Within: A Guided Journey Through Empowering Affirmations\, both designed to nurture emotional wellness\, confidence\, and self-awareness through reflection and mindfulness. \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/88548/9798218813017 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/taught/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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SUMMARY:Paper Bag Princess Storytime
DESCRIPTION:Join us for one of our booksellers in celebrating nearly 50 years of Robert Munsch’s classic tale! \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/paperbag-princess/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Events
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SUMMARY:Very Hungry Caterpillar Storytime
DESCRIPTION:March 20th was Very Hungry Caterpillar Day\, and we waited to celebrate it with you! Join one of our booksellers for a reading of the classic story and fun activities. \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/caterpillar-storytime/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Events
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SUMMARY:Hoangmai Pham for Bridge from Saigon
DESCRIPTION:As a young Vietnamese refugee\, Hoangmai Pham suddenly lost her sense of safety and belonging when her family fled Saigon at the end of the war. But her later success in navigating life in America as a physician and health policy leader at the top of her profession paradoxically triggered a psychological unraveling during middle age. \nBridge from Saigon depicts Hoangmai’s struggle in confronting her hidden multiple personalities to heal\, luring the reader into parallel slipstreams of discovery—one of family secrets and epic history before and during the Vietnam War\, the other of traumas masked behind a child’s vivid imagination. Hoangmai’s final triumph crystallizes the immense price that immigrants pay for a chance at a better life\, and their resilience in achieving every sense of integration. \nStories of ghostly ancestors\, a fraught return to Vietnam as an adult\, and her kaleidoscopic inner characters unfurl in a voice that is at once dreamlike and brutally honest in a memoir that incisively depicts an immigrant story like no other. \nHoangmai (Mai) Pham is a Vietnamese American refugee\, physician\, artist\, mother\, and debut memoirist. Bridge from Saigon\, her first memoir\, was shortlisted for Black Spring Press’ International Beverly Prize for Literature. \nAt six\, Mai fled with her family from Saigon on a cargo plane at the end of the war to the United States. She went on to earn degrees from Harvard and Johns Hopkins. She pursued answers to mysteries about her family and her own psychological journey with interviews\, voyages back to Vietnam\, and a scientific healer’s eye on her traumas. \nMai was the first Chief Innovation Officer for Medicare and Medicaid. When not making changes in American healthcare\, she hosts a baking club and relishes in her “Zoomagogue” Jewish community. She lives and works in Washington\, D.C. \nLawrence Macdonald began his career as a reporter in Asia\, where he saw first-hand how U.S. policies affected poor people in the developing world. Expelled from China for reporting on the student democracy movement\, he became an expert in public policy communications\, with a focus on poverty reduction and the environment\, working at the World Bank\, and serving as vice president of the Center for Global Development and the World Resources Institute\, a global environmental think-and-do tank. \nHe is now a writer\, public speaker\, and volunteer climate organizer who has been arrested several times in non-violent direct action to call attention to the climate emergency. In addition to supporting CCAN’s work\, he is active in Th!rdAct\, experienced Americans working to protect democracy and a livable planet; Dayenu\, a Jewish call to climate action; and ClimateDefiance\, a youth-led group that stages surprise actions disrupting powerful people who are slowing the transition to a low-carbon economy. You can follow Lawrence on Twitter (X) @ClimateBoomer and read new articles at Medium.com/@ClimateBoomer His new website is: www.ClimateBoomer.org \nIf you’d like to purchase this title online and still support People’s Book\, follow the link below: \nhttps://bookshop.org/a/98269/9781476698496 \nThis is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People’s Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come\, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.
URL:https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/donotuse/bridge-from-saigon/
LOCATION:People’s Book\, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave.\, Takoma Park\, MD\, 20912\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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