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SUMMARY:Paulina Bren launches her new book She-Wolves: The Untold History of Women on Wall Street
DESCRIPTION:First came the secretaries from Brooklyn and Queens—the “smart cookies” who learned on the job despite the obstacles. Then came the first Harvard Business School grads\, who\, despite their hard-earned diplomas\, often settled for less. Eventually came the yuppies of the 1980s in power suits and commuter sneakers. In She-Wolves\, award-winning historian Paulina Bren tells the story of the first generations of women who fought their way into the bad-boy culture and lavish opulence of the finance world. If the wolves of Wall Street made a show of their ferocity\, the she-wolves did so with tough-as-nails persistence. Starting at a time when “No Ladies” signs hung across the doors of Wall Street’s clubs and unapologetic sexism and racism were the norm at top firms\, Bren chronicles the remarkable women who demanded a seat at the table. She-Wolves is an engaging and enraging look at the collision of women\, finance\, and New York from the go-go years to ground zero.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/paulina-bren-launches-her-new-book-she-wolves-the-untold-history-of-women-on-wall-street/
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SUMMARY:Sarah Gronningsater in conversation about her new book The Rising Generation
DESCRIPTION:The Rising Generation chronicles the long history of emancipation in the United States through the cradle-to-grave experiences of a generation of black New Yorkers. Born into precarious freedom after the American Revolution and reaching adulthood in the lead-up to the Civil War\, this remarkable generation ultimately played an outsized role in political and legal conflicts over slavery’s future\, influencing both the nation’s path to the Civil War and changes to the US Constitution. \nSarah will be in conversation with author Matt McCarthy. Matt is the author of The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly & Odd Man Out
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/sarah-gronnigstater-in-conversation-about-her-new-book-the-rising-generation/
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SUMMARY:Stephen Bruno reads from his debut Building Material
DESCRIPTION:As an academically gifted Latino kid growing up in the Bronx\, Stephen Bruno’s family had high aspirations for his future. He attended magnet schools and selective academic programs and was on track to realize his potential. But those dreams were derailed when\, much to his Mami’s dismay\, he followed a girlfriend to Minnesota and a dead-end job. Languishing and unable to get it together\, Stephen eventually moved back home. Broke and eager to make a way for himself–and away from the oppressively religious father wreaking havoc on his love life–the affable\, easy going\, and quick-witted Stephen lands a much-coveted job as a doorman at a high-end building on Park Avenue. \nHilarity and drama soon abound as Stephen learns the dos and don’ts of being a doorman for the rich and famous and witnesses the antics going on behind the front entrance of this swanky building. In Building Material\, he shares those entertaining tales and introduces an unforgettable cast of characters–from Puerto Rican and Albanian doormen battling it out for turf to quirky one percenters to slimy sugar daddies to his peers\, both friends and frenemies. Throughout\, Stephen offers a glimpse into the unfathomable lives of the residents and a sharp portrait of an everyday man wanting more for himself. \nBoth poignant and laugh-out-loud funny\, Building Material is a captivating true tale of class\, failure\, and redemption–and how to come back swinging–from a gifted young talent.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/stephen-bruno-reads-from-his-debut-building-material/
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SUMMARY:Sadek Wahba launches his debut\, Build: Investing in America's Infrastructure
DESCRIPTION:America’s infrastructure—its essential roads\, bridges\, ports\, airports\, power grids\, and telecommunications systems—were once the pride of the nation and an example for the world. But now\, after years of neglect and oversight\, this infrastructure is crumbling and causing catastrophic changes in the US quality of life. Build seeks to explain how American infrastructure collapsed and what can be done to repair it. \nIn a series of colorful\, rarely told cases\, Build takes readers on a revealing tour behind the scenes of the successes and debacles of key infrastructure projects to show what works\, why the United States has failed in recent decades to invest in infrastructure\, and how the private sector can help revitalize the sector\, spur job growth\, and contribute to climate resilience. \nSadek Wahba examines the private origins of US infrastructure and the federally funded megaprojects that came after the New Deal\, investigating the role the private sector can and should play in building infrastructure. By drawing comparisons with systems in the United Kingdom\, France\, India\, and China\, Wahba shows that while privatization and public-private partnerships cannot solve all infrastructure challenges\, they are essential for closing funding gaps\, overcoming political paralysis\, and driving major infrastructure advances. \nBuild will appeal to readers interested in public finance\, domestic policy\, the role of the federal government\, tax policy\, and urban affairs.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/sadek-wahba-launches-his-debut-build-investing-in-americas-infrastructure/
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SUMMARY:Kate Greathead reads from her new book The Book of George
DESCRIPTION:If you haven’t had the misfortune of dating a George\, you know someone who has. He’s a young man brimming with potential but incapable of following through; sweet yet noncommittal to his long-suffering girlfriend; distant from but still reliant on his mother; charmingly funny one minute\, sullenly brooding the next. Here\, Kate Greathead paints one particular\, unforgettable George in a series of droll and surprisingly poignant snapshots of his life over two decades. \nDespite his failings\, it’s hard not to root for George at least a little. Beneath his cynicism is a reservoir of fondness for his girlfriend\, Jenny\, and her valiant willingness to put up with him. Each demonstration of his flaws is paired with a self-eviscerating comment. No one is more disappointed in him than himself (except maybe Jenny and his mother). As hilarious as it is resonant and as singular as it is universal\, The Book of George is a deft\, unexpectedly moving portrait of one man—but also countless others.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/kate-greathead-reads-from-her-new-book-the-book-of-george/
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SUMMARY:Benjamin Swett launches his new book The Picture Not Taken
DESCRIPTION:In an age when most of us carry a device seemingly capable of freeze-framing the world\, Benjamin Swett writes with refreshing clarity on the way of the true photographer. The Picture Not Taken combines cultural criticism with personal revelation to examine how the lived experience of photography can endow the mundane with meaning while bringing attention to the beauty of both the natural world and the world we build. \nHaving photographed trees of Manhattan\, Shaker dwellings\, and the landscapes of upstate New York\, award-winning photographer and writer Swett brings an ecological sensitivity to these expansive and profound meditations on how to document the world around us. Accompanied by nearly three dozen black-and-white photographs and illustrations\, the essays in The Picture Not Taken take us from the meatpacking plants of Chicago at the turn of the last century to Coney Island to early 1980s Madrid. By turns literary criticism\, art history\, and memoir\, they draw from writers such as Eric Sanderson\, Max Frisch\, and John Berger to uncover truths about a life spent in pursuit of art. \nIn essays such as “The Picture Not Taken\,” “The Beauty of the Camera\,” and “My Father’s Green Album” Swett gives us a picture of photography over generations and how we can or should relate to the mechanical devices so often fetishized by those interested in the subject. In “What I wanted to Tell You About the Wind” we understand photography’s importance in understanding our place in larger environmental and social systems; and in “VR” and “Some Observations in the Galapagos” Swett challenges us to think through problems of perception and knowing central to the experience of photography\, looking to the past and into our future for answers. \nPoignant and deftly crafted\, The Picture Not Taken brings to mind the fearless ambition of Annie Dillard and the grand scope of Rebecca Solnit’s Field Guide to Getting Lost. Swett’s writing will appeal to readers who have enjoyed Geoff Dyer’s work\, and Susan Sontag’s writing on photography.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/11014/
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SUMMARY:Richard Panek discusses his new book Pillars of Creation with Adam Gopnik
DESCRIPTION:Pillars of Creation tells the story of one of the greatest scientific achievements in the history of civilization\, a $10 billion instrument with a staggeringly ambitious goal: unlocking the secrets of the cosmos. Award-winning science writer Richard Panek stands us shoulder to shoulder with senior scientists as they conceive the mission\, meet decades-long challenges to bring it to fruition\, and\, now\, use its unprecedented technology to yield new discoveries about the origins of our solar system\, to search for life on planets around other suns\, and to trace the growth of hundreds of billions of galaxies all the way back to the birth of the first stars. The Webb telescope has captured the world’s imagination\, and Pillars of Creation shows how and why—including through sixteen pages of awe-inspiring\, full-color photos.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/richard-panek-discusses-his-new-book-pillars-of-creation-with-adam-gopnik/
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SUMMARY:Molly Peacock reads from her new collection of poetry The Widow's Crayon Box
DESCRIPTION:After her husband’s death\, Molly Peacock realized she was not living the received idea of a widow’s mauve existence but instead was experiencing life in all colors. These gorgeous poems—joyful\, furious\, mournful\, bewildered\, sexy\, devastated\, whimsical and above all\, moving—composed in sonnet sequences and in open forms\, designed in four movements (After\, Before\, When\, and Afterglow)—illuminate both the role of the caregiver and the crystalline emotions one can experience after the death of a cherished partner. With her characteristic virtuosity\, her fearless willingness to confront even the most difficult emotions\, and always with buoyancy and zest\, Peacock charts widowhood in the twenty-first century.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/molly-peacock-reads-from-her-new-collection-of-poetry-the-widows-crayon-box/
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SUMMARY:Peter Wortsman and Aurélie Bernard Wortsman present Odd Birds & Fat Cats
DESCRIPTION:Odd Birds & Fat Cats (An Urban Bestiary) is an illustrated collection of brief observations on city creatures. Inspired by the tradition of the medieval bestiary\, bestiarum vocabulum\, a 12th-century bestselling genre that chronicled animals and beings both real and fantastical\, the book features pithy impressions of birds and animals that delight\, confound\, and edify\, written by Peter Wortsman\, coupled with detailed naturalist artwork by his daughter\, Aurélie Bernard Wortsman.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/peter-wortsman-and-aurelie-bernard-wortsman-present-odd-birds-fat-cats/
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SUMMARY:Lily Tuck signs copy of her new novel The Rest is Memory
DESCRIPTION:First glimpsed riding on the back of a boy’s motorcycle\, fourteen-year-old Czeslawa comes to life in this mesmerizing novel by Lily Tuck\, who imagines her upbringing in a small Polish village before her world imploded in late 1942. Stripped of her modest belongings\, shorn\, and tattooed number 26947 on arriving at Auschwitz\, Czeslawa is then photographed. Three months later\, she is dead. \nHow did this happen to an ordinary Polish citizen? This is the question that Tuck grapples with in this haunting novel\, which frames Czeslawa’s story within the epic tragedy of six million Poles who perished during the German occupation. A decade prior to writing The Rest Is Memory\, Tuck read an obituary of the photographer Wilhelm Brasse\, who took more than 40\,000 pictures of the Auschwitz prisoners. Included were three of Czeslawa Kwoka\, a Catholic girl from rural southeastern Poland. Tuck cut out the photos and kept them\, determined to learn more about Czeslawa\, but she was only able to glean the barest facts: the village she came from\, the transport she was on\, that she was accompanied by her mother and her neighbors\, her tattoo number\, and the date of her death. From this scant evidence\, Tuck’s novel becomes a remarkable kaleidoscopic feat of imagination\, something only our greatest novelists can do.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/lily-tucks-signs-copy-of-her-new-novel-the-rest-is-memory/
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SUMMARY:Andy Corren discusses his debut memoir Dirtbag Queen with actor Ryan Eggold
DESCRIPTION:“Because she was my mother\, the death of zaftig good-time gal Renay Corren is newsworthy to me\, and I treat it with the same respect and reverence she had for\, well\, nothing. A more disrespectful\, trash talking woman was not to be found.” \nSo began Andy Corren’s unforgettable obituary for his mother\, Renay Mandel Corren\, a tribute that went on to touch the hearts of millions around the globe. In his brief telling of the life and legend that was Renay\, a “loud\, filthy‑minded (and filthy‑mouthed) Jewish lady redneck who birthed six kids\,” Andy captured only a slice of his loving and fabulously unconventional mother. \nIn this uproariously funny\, deeply moving family portrait\, readers meet the rest of his absurd clan: his brothers\, affectionately nicknamed Asshole\, Twin\, and Rabbi; his one-eyed pirate queen of a sister\, Cathy Sue; and then there’s Bonus\, who Andy isn’t aware of until later in life since this mysterious oldest brother grew up at the Green Valley School for Emotionally Disturbed and Delinquent Children.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/andy-corren-discusses-his-debut-memoir-dirtbag-queen/
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SUMMARY:Michael Cannell reads from his new book Blood and the Badge
DESCRIPTION:No episode in NYPD history surpasses the depravities of Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa\, two decorated detectives who covertly acted as mafia informants and paid assassins in the Scorsese world of 1980s Brooklyn. \nFor more than ten years\, Eppolito and Caracappa moonlighted as the mob’s early warning alert system\, leaking names of mobsters secretly cooperating with the government and crippling investigations by sharing details of surveillance\, phone taps and impending arrests. The Lucchese boss called the two detectives his crystal ball: Whatever detectives knew\, the mafia soon learned. Most grievously\, Eppolito and Caracappa earned bonuses by staging eight mob hits\, pulling the trigger themselves at least once. \nIncredibly\, when evidence of their wrongdoing arose in 1994\, FBI officials failed to muster an indictment. The allegations lay dormant for a decade and were only revisited due to relentless follow up by Tommy Dades\, a cop determined to break the cold case before his retirement. Eppolito and Caracappa were finally tried and then sentenced to life in prison in 2009\, nearly thirty years after their crimes took place. \nCannell’s Blood and the Badge is based on entirely new research and never-before-released interviews with mobsters themselves\, including Sammy “the Bull” Gravano. Eppolito and Caracappa’s story is more relevant than ever as police conduct comes under ever-increasing scrutiny.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/michael-cannell-reads-from-his-new-book-blood-the-badge/
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SUMMARY:Henry Alford launches his new book I Dream of Joni
DESCRIPTION:Joni Mitchell’s life\, psyche\, and evolving legacy are explored here in vivid technicolor—from her childhood in Saskatoon\, Canada\, to her arrival in Laurel Canyon that turned her into\, as Alford puts it\, “the bard of heartbreak and longing.” Each period of Mitchell’s life is observed via the artists\, friends\, family\, and lovers she encountered along the way\, including James Taylor\, Leonard Cohen\, Georgia O’Keefe\, Prince\, and\, most significantly\, Kilauren\, the daughter Mitchell gave up for adoption at birth but then reconnected with decades later.\nPresented in the impressionistic vein of Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret\, I Dream of Joni explores in fifty-three essays\, with the author’s trademark wit and verve\, the life of the legendary singer-songwriter.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/henry-alford-launches-his-new-book-i-dream-of-joni/
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SUMMARY:Cynthia Weiner discusses her new book A Gorgeous Excitement with editor Amy Einhorn
DESCRIPTION:There are two things Nina Jacobs is determined to do over the summer of 1986: avoid her mother’s depression-fueled rages\, and lose her virginity before she starts college in the fall. Both are seemingly impossible—when her mother isn’t lying in bed for days\, she’s lashing out at Nina over any perceived slight. And after a blowjob gone spectacularly wrong\, Nina is the talk of Flanagan’s\, the Upper East Side bar where young Manhattan society congregates. It doesn’t help that she’s Jewish\, an outsider among the blue-eyed blondes who populate this rarified world. She can fit in\, kind of\, with enough alcohol and prescription drugs stolen from her parents’ medicine cabinet. \nFlanagan’s is where she pines for the handsome\, preppy\, and charismatic Gardner Reed. Every girl wants to sleep with him and every guy wants to be him. After she’s introduced to cocaine\, Nina plunges headlong into her pursuit of Gardner\, oblivious to the warning signs. When a new medication seemingly frees her mother from darkness\, and Nina and Gardner grow closer\, it seems like Nina might finally get what she wants. But at what cost? \nAmy Einhorn is SVP\, Publisher of Fiction at Crown Publishing Group
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/cynthia-weiner-launches-her-new-book-a-gorgeous-excitement/
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SUMMARY:Todd Almond launches his debut Slow Train Coming
DESCRIPTION:Bob Dylan and Conor McPherson’s musical Girl from the North Country weaves two dozen songs from the legendary catalog of Bob Dylan into a story of Duluth during the Great Depression\, to create a future American classic. Despite historic\, seemingly insurmountable setbacks of four openings\, the musical was hailed as an experience “as close as mortals come to heaven on earth\,” by The New York Times.Opening on Broadway in the middle of an unprecedented moment\, Slow Train Coming is a book about pressing on in the face of extreme adversity. Todd Almond’s behind-the-scenes oral history weaves his personal first-hand account of starring in the show with exclusive interviews and reflections from fellow cast members and the creative team.Told through personal stories\, anecdotes from the cast\, production shots\, behind-the-scenes photos\, and insights from the creators\, this book is both an inside look at a perilous moment of one of America’s proudest institutions\, Broadway\, and a true story of American grit and determination lived by the company of this quirky musical-that-could.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/todd-almond-launches-his-debut-slow-train-coming/
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SUMMARY:Diane Kiesel launches her latest book When Charlie Met Joan
DESCRIPTION:Charlie Chaplin\, the silent screen’s “Little Tramp\,” was beloved by millions of movie fans until he starred in a series of salacious\, real-life federal courtroom dramas. The 1944 trial was described by ace New York Daily News reporter Florabel Muir as “the best show in town.” The leading lady was a woman under contract to his studio—red-haired ingénue Joan Barry\, Chaplin’s protégée and former mistress. Although he beat the federal criminal trial\, Chaplin lost a paternity case and had to pay child support despite blood type evidence that proved he was not the child’s father. \nA decade later during the Cold War\, the U.S. government used the Barry trials as an excuse to bar the left-leaning\, sexually adventurous\, British-born comic from the country he had called home for forty years. Not only did these trials have a lasting impact on law; they also raise concerns about the power of celebrity\, Cold War politics\, the media frenzy surrounding high-profile court proceedings\, and the sorry history of the casting couch. When Charlie Met Joan examines these trials from the perspective of both parties\, asking whether Chaplin was unfairly persecuted by the government because of his left-leaning political beliefs\, or if he should have been held more accountable for his cavalier treatment of Barry and other women in his life. \nDiane Kiesel is a retired judge of the New York Supreme Court. Her other books include She Can Bring Us Home: Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee\, Civil Rights Pioneer\, and Domestic Violence: Law\, Policy\, and Practice.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/diane-kiesel-launches-her-latest-book-when-charlie-met-joan/
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SUMMARY:Laura Robson launches her debut A Curse for the Homesick
DESCRIPTION:On Stenland\, there comes a time known as skeld season: one day\, any woman on the island can wake with three black lines on her forehead\, the mark of a skeld. Skeld season comes around without warning\, and while each window of time lasts only three months\, anyone a skeld turns to stone is very much dead. \nThat’s how Tess’s mother killed Soren’s parents. Maybe for this reason alone\, Tess and Soren should not have fallen in love. Since the time her mother was a skeld\, Tess has wanted to leave Stenland\, to run from the windswept island\, from her family and friends. She is unwilling to bear the responsibility of one day killing anyone\, let alone someone she loves. Soren has been determined to stay\, to live out his life in the place he knows as home\, even if that life could be cut short during the latest skeld season. They cannot see eye to eye—and yet they cannot stay apart. She tries to come back for him. He tries to leave for her. But can your love for one person outweigh everything else combined? And how do you decide how much you’re willing to risk\, if it might mean destroying someone else in the process?
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/laura-robson-launches-her-debut-a-curse-for-the-homesick/
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SUMMARY:Emma Otheguy launches her latest book Cousins in the Time of Magic
DESCRIPTION:History is alive with magic. That’s what zany Tía Xia is always telling cousins Jorge\, Camila\, and Siggy. Daredevil Jorge couldn’t be more different than his cousins: Camila is a dreamer who adores animals and Siggy is an aspiring influencer who has an exclusive party to attend. And their aunt has many secrets\, including a mysterious diamond-encrusted sword that Jorge definitely wasn’t supposed to see. \nBut when the three stumble upon a time portal in their aunt’s yard\, they are transported back to 1862\, a past filled with wonders—and dangers. To return to the present\, they must race to deliver the sword to General Ignacio Zaragoza in time for the historic Battle of Puebla in Mexico: the foundation of the holiday Cinco de Mayo. \nAs their journey to Mexico takes them through the Civil War–era United States\, the cousins see just how much US history has been shaped by Latin communities. They must find the power within themselves to make sure things happen as they’re supposed to\, without altering the past.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/emma-otheguy-launches-her-latest-book-cousins-in-the-time-of-magic/
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SUMMARY:Lauren Willig launches her latest novel The Girl from Greenwich Street
DESCRIPTION:At the start of a new century\, a shocking murder transfixes Manhattan\, forcing bitter rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr to work together to save a man from the gallows. \nJust before Christmas 1799\, Elma Sands slips out of her Quaker cousin’s boarding house—and doesn’t come home. Has she eloped? Run away? No one knows—until her body appears in the Manhattan Well. \nHer family insists they know who killed her. Handbills circulate around the city accusing a carpenter named Levi Weeks of seducing and murdering Elma. \nBut privately\, quietly\, Levi’s wealthy brother calls in a special favor…. \nAaron Burr’s legal practice can’t finance both his expensive tastes and his ambition to win the 1800 New York elections. To defend Levi Weeks is a double win: a hefty fee plus a chance to grab headlines. \nAlexander Hamilton has his own political aspirations; he isn’t going to let Burr monopolize the public’s attention. If Burr is defending Levi Weeks\, then Hamilton will too. As the trial and the election draw near\, Burr and Hamilton race against time to save a man’s life—and destroy each other. \nPart murder mystery\, part thriller\, part true crime\, The Girl From Greenwich Street revisits a dark corner of history—with a surprising twist ending that reveals the true story of the woman at the center of the tale.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/lauren-willig-launches-her-latest-novel-the-girl-from-greenwich-street/
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SUMMARY:Dr.'s Robert Jaffe\, Alexander Kolevzon\, & Pillar Trelles launch their debut  A Parent's Guide to Psychiatric Medication for Kids
DESCRIPTION:For parents and caregivers\, considering psychiatric medications for your child can be scary and overwhelming as they weigh the risks and benefits. A Parent’s Guide to Starting Psychiatric Medications for Kids boils down the process of evaluating children and deciding whether to use medication\, and then explores different classes of medications in detail\, from the side effects to ongoing monitoring. Three child psychiatrists from New York’s Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai\, Alexander Kolevzon\, MD; Robert Jaffe\, MD; and Pilar Trelles\, MD\, combine their years of research and experience to deliver a straightforward\, accessible Q&A guidebook for parents and caregivers. \nWhether you are considering medications for ADHD\, anxiety\, depression\, or autism\, this guide empowers you to ask your provider all the tough questions to ensure you are comfortable and confident in your journey of exploring psychiatric medications for your child.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/dr-s-robert-jaffe-alexander-kolevzon-pillar-trelles-launch-their-debut-a-parents-guide-to-psychiatric-medication-for-kids/
CATEGORIES:Receptions
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SUMMARY:Claudia Lebenthal launches her new book Surfer Stories: 12 Untold Stories By 12 Writers About 12 of the World's Greatest Surfers
DESCRIPTION:From the monstrous walls of water at Teahupoo\, to the reef-scraping barrels of Pipeline\, to the endless peeling break of Jeffreys Bay\, legendary surfers have made their mark on surf history\, distinguished by the fearlessness\, grace\, and artistry displayed while riding the most exalted waves. \nEach surfer’s story is told by a different writer—fellow surfers\, famed authors\, celebrities\, musicians\, and surf journalists—who shares a passion for surfing. Surfer Stories offers an insightful perspective on the life of each surfer\, both in and out of the water\, as could only be told by the writer with whom they are paired: \nShaun Tomson on Kelly Slater\nSam George on Laird Hamilton\nHolly Peterson on Robert “Wingnut” Weaver\nGerry Lopez on Garrett McNamara\nChris Carter on Shaun Tomson\nLiza Monroy on Keala Kennelly\nChris Shiflett on Tom Curren\nJamie Brisick on Derek Hynd\nBrett Crozier on Bethany Hamilton\nJim Kempton on Gerry Lopez\nKaren Rinaldi on Rell Sunn\nSelema Masekela on Michael February \nThe sport of surfing has a mystique and allure that has transformed many of these icons into mythical figures. Surfer Stories brings them together in one definitive collection that will appeal to those who surf and those who don’t!
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/claudia-lebenthal-launches-her-new-book-surfer-stories/
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SUMMARY:Joshua Hammer discusses his latest The Mesopotamian Riddle
DESCRIPTION:It was one of history’s great vanishing acts. \nAround 3\,400 BCE—as humans were gathering in complex urban settlements—a scribe in the mud-walled city-state of Uruk picked up a reed stylus to press tiny symbols into clay. For three millennia\, wedge shape cuneiform script would record the military conquests\, scientific discoveries\, and epic literature of the great Mesopotamian kingdoms of Sumer\, Assyria\, and Babylon and of Persia’s mighty Achaemenid Empire\, along with precious minutiae about everyday life in the cradle of civilization. And then…the meaning of the characters was lost. \nLondon\, 1857. In an era obsessed with human progress\, mysterious palaces emerging from the desert sands had captured the Victorian public’s imagination. Yet Europe’s best philologists struggled to decipher the bizarre inscriptions excavators were digging up. \nEnter a swashbuckling archaeologist\, a suave British military officer turned diplomat\, and a cloistered Irish rector\, all vying for glory in a race to decipher this script that would enable them to peek farther back into human history than ever before. \nFrom the ruins of Persepolis to lawless outposts of the crumbling Ottoman Empire\, The Mesopotamian Riddle whisks you on a wild adventure through the golden age of archaeology in an epic quest to understand our past.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/josh-hammer-discusses-his-latest-the-mesopotamian-riddle/
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SUMMARY:Angela Denker in conversation about her new book Disciples of White Jesus
DESCRIPTION:Disciples of White Jesus is a comprehensive look at the rise in radicalization among young white men in America\, especially focused on the role of right-wing Christianity in the increase of religious-based hatred and violence. Denker goes deep into the online rabbit holes of right-wing Christian influencers and conservative Christian ideology to understand how the preaching of “traditional gender roles” and “submission of women” has led to anger\, outrage\, loneliness\, depression\, and limiting identities for young white Christian men across America. \nCasting her journalist’s eye across the US\, Denker retraces the steps of a racist South Carolina mass shooter and a Phoenix skinhead turned Evangelical pastor\, interviews middle school teachers and coaches in the Midwest\, and introduces us to young men across the country who will both confirm and confound our ideas about American boyhood–stories about boys and men who are forging new identities grounded in kindness\, grace\, respect\, and even joy. A must-read for parents\, grandparents\, educators\, coaches\, faith leaders\, researchers\, and all who care about the state of American families\, boys themselves\, and the safety of American society at large. \n\nAngela Denker will be in conversation with Anne Nelson.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/angela-denker-reads-from-her-new-book-disciples-of-white-jesus/
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SUMMARY:Kate Swenson\, Adrian Wood and Carrie Cariello celebrate the publication of Autism Out Loud
DESCRIPTION:Kate Swenson\, Adrian Wood and Carrie Cariello are from different parts of the country and backgrounds\, but they were brought together by a singular experience: they are each a mother to a child with autism. Together they have shared laughter\, tears\, victories and the unconditional love that molds their lives. \nKate\, Adrian and Carrie have children with very different autism profiles\, and in Autism Out Loud they write about their unique experiences on a variety of topics\, from diagnosis to caregiving\, schooling and aging. Through their varied stories and lessons they’ve learned\, these incredible women provide a glimpse of what to expect on the autism journey and show parents that they are not alone.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/kate-swenson-adrian-wood-and-carrie-cariello-celebrate-the-publication-of-autism-out-loud/
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SUMMARY:Jillian Berman presents her debut Sunk Cost: Who's to Blame for the Nation's Broken Student Loan System and How to Fix It
DESCRIPTION:Student-loan horror stories are a dime a dozen. But students today are faced with a seemingly insurmountable paradox: Research consistently shows that the clearest viable option to financial stability is a college degree. But if and when Americans decide to pursue diplomas\, student loan payments quickly follow\, and even after securing full-time employment\, many borrowers struggle to make ends meet for years. In Sunk Cost\, journalist Jillian Berman explores how the nation’s student loan program went from a well-intentioned initiative aimed at helping low- and middle-income students afford college to one that traps borrowers in long-term debt.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/jillian-berman-presents-her-debut-sunk-cost-whos-to-blame-for-the-nations-broken-student-loan-system-and-how-to-fix-it/
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SUMMARY:Amanda Eisenberg launches her debut People Are Talking
DESCRIPTION:Mallory Shepard has her back against the wall. Her girlfriend dumped her\, her landlord wants to evict her and her literary agent is about to drop her—unless she can come up with a compelling follow-up to her debut novel. A book deal would solve her problems\, which is why she agrees to attend an estranged college friend’s wedding in Texas. It’ll be the first time she’s seen that friend group since an incident tore them apart nine years earlier\, and Mal intends to secretly squeeze her ex-friends for information. The plan is nearly foolproof\, except that her still-raw hurt and righteous anger threatens to expose her agenda\, as does her weakness for her college nemesis: Andrew Rosen. \nDanit Leibowitz is—was Mal’s best friend. Together they transformed the Newts\, a secret society\, into a group that tracks alleged rapists long after they graduated from the prestigious halls of Weston College. Now a rising lefty political star\, Dani is asked to come up with another plan to reinvent the Newts\, which Gen Z deems out of touch amid ever-changing gender and sex politics. When she learns Mal will be there\, Dani hatches a plan to appease the Newts and win back her friend\, all in 72 hours. \nCrammed into an Austin rental for the weekend\, the six friends seek to settle old scores and win back ex-friends and lovers. But when the Newts infiltrate the wedding\, with deadly consequences\, Mal and Dani are forced to consider whether they’re willing to separate the personal from the political—even at the expense of protecting the people they love.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/amanda-eisenberg-launches-her-debut-people-are-talking/
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SUMMARY:Colum McCann reads from his new novel Twist
DESCRIPTION:Anthony Fennell\, an Irish journalist and playwright\, is assigned to cover the underwater cables that carry the world’s information. The sum of human existence—words\, images\, transactions\, memes\, voices\, viruses—travels through the tiny fiber-optic tubes. But sometimes the tubes break\, at an unfathomable depth. \nFennell’s journey brings him to the west coast of Africa\, where he uncovers a story about the raw human labor behind the dazzling veneer of the technological world. He meets a fellow Irishman\, John Conway\, the chief of mission on a cable repair ship. The mysterious Conway is a skilled engineer and a freediver capable of reaching extraordinary depths. He is also in love with a South African actress\, Zanele\, who must leave to go on her own literary adventure to London. \nWhen the ship is sent up the coast to repair a series of major underwater breaks\, both men learn that the very cables they seek to fix carry the news that may cause their lives to unravel. At sea\, they are forced to confront the most elemental questions of life\, love\, absence\, belonging\, and the perils of our severed connections. Can we\, in our fractured world\, reweave ourselves out of the thin\, broken threads of our pasts? Can the ruptured things awaken us from our despair?
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/colum-mccann-reads-from-his-new-novel-twist/
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SUMMARY:Susan Shapiro Barash in conversation about her new book  Estranged
DESCRIPTION:When life gets hard\, we turn to our female friends. Husbands\, partners\, and jobs come and go\, but close friendships are our bedrock. Until they’re not. \nWhat happens when these bonds sabotage instead of support? Who among us has the courage to walk away? And how can we protect ourselves from further heartbreak? \nIn her provocative new book\, Estranged: How Strained Female Friendships are Mended or Ended (Meridian Editions; April 1\, 2025)\, Susan Shapiro Barash takes a deep dive into the complexities of female friendships. By peeling back the societal narrative that our friendships are meant to last forever\, she uncovers a more nuanced reality: the closest bonds do falter. Through groundbreaking research and 150 interviews with women ranging in age from 20-80\, Barash reveals an emerging trend — estrangement among female friends. \nEstranged is an eye-opening investigation/practical guide for women navigating murky waters of suboptimal friendships. The book sheds light on unspoken pain of estrangement—both for the “estranger” who walks away and the “estrangee” who is left behind. Amid candid confessions of betrayal and grief\, Barash challenges women to reimagine their friendships and take the bold step of letting go when necessary. \nSusan will be in conversation with Meryl Moss\, President of Meryl Moss Media Group and Founder of BookTrib.com
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/susan-shapiro-barash-in-conversation-about-her-new-book-estranged/
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SUMMARY:Lisa Greenwald signs copies of her new book The Summer of the Fortune Tellers
DESCRIPTION:Is the magic really back? \nWhen Mille\, Nora\, and Bea found fortune tellers popping up in unexpected places—with eerily accurate fortunes—they reunited as best friends. Now that they’re back to being besties\, they’re excited to spend the summer together outside the city. Recruited into babysitting eight-year-old triplets and staying with Millie’s family\, the girls are hoping this will be their own private summer camp\, one where they’re in charge\, away from annoying siblings and toxic frenemies. \nBut nothing perfect can last. When everything from homesickness and boy craziness to real estate developers threaten their summer\, Millie\, Nora\, and Bea start stumbling upon fortune tellers in the strangest places. And once again it feels like these fortune tellers are speaking to them: Sometimes in life you just have to jump in. Speak your mind and stand up for what you believe in! You are here for a reason. If they speak up\, can Millie\, Nora\, and Bea really save the summer—and the community—before it’s too late?
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/lisa-greenwald-signs-copies-of-her-new-book-the-summer-of-the-fortune-tellers/
CATEGORIES:Receptions
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SUMMARY:Jill Bialosky in conversation about her new book  The End is the Beginning
DESCRIPTION:When Iris Yvonne Bialosky died in an assisted care facility on March 29\, 2020\, it unleashed a torrent of emotions in her daughter\, Jill Bialosky. Grief\, of course\, but also guilt\, confusion\, and doubt\, all of which were compounded by the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic which made it impossible for Jill to be with her mother as she was dying and to attend her mother’s funeral. \nNow\, with a poet’s eye for detail and a novelist’s flair for storytelling\, Jill presents a profoundly moving elegy unlike any other. Starting with her mother’s end and the physical/cognitive decline that led her to a care home\, The End Is the Beginning explores Iris’s battle with depression\, the tragedy of a daughter’s suicide\, a failed second marriage\, the death of her beloved first husband only five years into their young marriage\, her joyful teenage years\, and the trauma of losing her own mother at just eight years old. Compounding her challenges of raising four daughters without a livelihood or partner\, Iris’s life coincided with an age of unstoppable social change and reinvention\, when the roles of wife and mother she was raised to inhabit ceased to be the guarantors of stability and happiness. \n  \nJill Bialosky will be in conversation with Roxana Robinson\, author–most recently– of Leaving
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/jill-bialosky-in-conversation-about-her-new-book-the-end-is-the-beginning/
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