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SUMMARY:Celebrate the publication of Vineyard Folk with authors Amanda Benchley & Tamara Weiss
DESCRIPTION:Vineyard Folk leads us on an intimate journey into the lives and inspirational places of some of the many talented artists who have always helped make up the larger community of Martha’s Vineyard. The island\, located just seven miles off the coast of Cape Cod\, has a long history as geographic muse. Lilian Hellman and William Styron wrote overlooking the Vineyard Haven harbor\, and Thomas Hart Benton–whose influence is still felt in island painters today–depicted the stone walls and winding roads of what is known as “up-island” more than a hundred years ago. \nNow\, a new generation continues to build on these creative legacies\, inspired by the island’s diaphanous light\, endless beaches\, historic towns\, and rolling fields and vistas. Vineyard Folk features painters\, potters\, poets\, musicians\, writers\, and actors and the unique ways they work\, live\, and play here. From Tiffany Vanderhoop’s hand-beaded earrings based on original Wampanoag designs\, to Julie Taymor’s works inspired by the nature around her to Micah Thanhauser’s pottery made from the island’s natural clay and Allen Whiting’s pastoral scenes of his farm\, each page is filled with island treasures.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/celebrate-the-publication-of-vineyard-folk-with-authors-amanda-benchley-tamara-weiss/
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SUMMARY:Hannah Wunsch discusses her debut The Autumn Ghost
DESCRIPTION:Americans knew polio as the “summer plague.” In countries further North\, however\, the virus arrived later in the year\, slipping into the homes of healthy children as the summer waned and the equinox approached. It was described by one writer as “the autumn ghost.” \nIntensive care units and mechanical ventilation are the crucial foundation of modern medical care: without them\, the appalling death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic would be even higher. In The Autumn Ghost\, Dr. Hannah Wunsch traces the origins of these two innovations back to a polio epidemic in the autumn of 1952. Drawing together compelling testimony from doctors\, nurses\, medical students\, and patients\, Wunsch relates a gripping tale of an epidemic that changed the world. \nIn vivid\, captivating chapters\, Wunsch tells the dramatic true story of how insiders and iconoclasts came together in one overwhelmed hospital in Copenhagen to save the lives of many polio patients dying of respiratory failure. Their radical advances in care marked a turning point in the treatment of patients around the world–from the rise of life support and the creation of intensive care units to the evolution of rehabilitation medicine.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/hannah-wunsch-discusses-her-debut-the-autumn-ghost/
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SUMMARY:Brooke Kroeger reads from her new book Undaunted: How Women Changed Journalism
DESCRIPTION:Undaunted is a representative history of the American women who surmounted every impediment put in their way to do journalism’s most valued work. From Margaret Fuller’s improbable success to the highly paid reporters of the mid-nineteenth century to the breakthrough investigative triumphs of Nellie Bly\, Ida Tarbell\, and Ida B. Wells\, Brooke Kroeger examines the lives of the best-remembered and long-forgotten woman journalists. She explores the careers of standout woman reporters who covered the major news stories and every conflict at home and abroad since before the Civil War\, and she celebrates those exceptional careers up to the present\, including those of Martha Gellhorn\, Rachel Carson\, Janet Malcolm\, Joan Didion\, Cokie Roberts\, and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. As Kroeger chronicles the lives of journalists and newsroom leaders in every medium\, a larger story develops: the nearly two-centuries-old struggle for women’s rights. Here as well is the collective fight for equity from the gentle stirrings of the late 1800s through the legal battles of the 1970s to the #MeToo movement and today’s racial and gender disparities. Undaunted unveils the huge and singular impact women have had on a vital profession still dominated by men.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/brooke-kroeger-discusses-her-new-book-undaunted-how-women-changed-journalism/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230516T180000
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SUMMARY:Kate White reads from her latest Between Two Strangers
DESCRIPTION:Struggling artist Skyler Moore is flabbergasted when she receives a suspicious phone call from a lawyer she’s never met regarding a “private matter.” As soon as she arrives at the law firm’s office\, she learns she’s the recipient of a large inheritance\, a life-changing sum that will allow her to realize her long-held dream of becoming a mother. But who was her benefactor\, Christopher Whaley? The late man’s name means nothing to Skyler\, and she has no idea why he would leave her such an enormous bequest. \nLooking into his background\, Skyler finally realizes they met once at a hotel bar and shared a one-night stand. But they never exchanged numbers\, or even last names\, and that was over a decade ago. She wonders if the inheritance is meant to be a message of some kind\, but can’t imagine what it might be. \nChris’ family is confused and suspicious too\, and his widow accuses Skyler of having an affair with her late husband\, then threatens revenge. In order to protect herself\, Skyler has to understand the reason the money was left to her. But as she digs for the truth\, it becomes clear that Chris Whaley might have taken other secrets to the grave\, ones that could have terrifying consequences for her . . .
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/kate-white-reads-from-her-latest-between-two-strangers/
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SUMMARY:Lindsay Cameron discusses her latest thriller No One Needs to Know
DESCRIPTION:UrbanMyth: It was lauded as an alternative to the performative\, show-your-best-self platforms—an anonymous discussion board grouped by zip code. The residents of Manhattan’s exclusive Upper East Side disclosed it all\, things they would never share with their friends or their spouses: secret bank accounts\, steamy affairs\, tidbits of juicy gossip. The same people who\, as parents\, go to astonishing lengths to ensure that their children gain admission to the most prestigious boarding schools and universities. So when a “hacktivist” group breaks into the forum and exposes the real identity of each poster\, the repercussions echo down Park Avenue with a force that none could have anticipated. \nAnd someone ends up dead. \nIs the murderer Heather\, the outsider who would do anything to get her daughter into the elite’s good graces and into their even better schools? Norah\, the high-powered executive failing to balance work with the emotional responsibilities of motherhood? Or Poppy\, whose perfect-on-the-outside façade conceals more than her share of secrets?\nEach of them has something to hide.\nEach of them will do anything to keep secrets hidden.\nAnd each of them just might kill to protect their own. \nLindsay Cameron will be in discussion with author Andrea Bartz\, author of The Herd\, The Lost Night and the forthcoming The Spare Room
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/lindsay-cameron-discusses-hew-latest-thriller-no-one-needs-to-know/
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230502T193000
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SUMMARY:Corie Adjmi launches her new book The Marriage Box
DESCRIPTION:Casey Cohen\, a Middle Eastern Jew\, is a sixteen-year-old in New Orleans in the 1970s when she starts hanging out with the wrong crowd. Then she gets in trouble–and her parents turn her whole world upside down by deciding to return to their roots\, the Orthodox Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn. \nIn this new and foreign world\, men pray daily\, thanking God they’re not women; parties are extravagant events at the Museum of Natural History; and the Marriage Box is a real place\, a pool deck designated for teenage girls to put themselves on display for potential husbands. Casey is at first appalled by this unfamiliar culture\, but after she meets Michael\, she’s enticed by it. Looking for love and a place to belong\, she marries him at eighteen\, believing she can adjust to Syrian ways. But she begins to question her decision when she discovers that Michael doesn’t want her to go to college–he wants her to have a baby instead. \nCan Casey integrate these two opposing worlds\, or will she have to leave one behind in order to find her way?
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/corie-adjmi-launches-her-new-book-the-marriage-box/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230426T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230426T193000
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SUMMARY:Madeline Lindvall Radman and Michael Lindvall present their debut Ashes to Ashes
DESCRIPTION:In a Manhattan brownstone that has long served as a manse for him and his predecessors\, the Rev. Seth Ludington discovers the bones of an infant…49 years dead. With his sidekick\, the acid-tonged Harriet van der Berg\, Ludington struggles to resolve the mystery of the bones long hidden in the ash pit of his home while trying to outrun a dark secret from his past. The answers he discovers set Ludington onto an ominous path from which he cannot return\, forcing him to explore haunting questions of forgiveness and time.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/madeline-lindvall-radman-and-michael-lindvall-present-their-debut-ashes-to-ashes/
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SUMMARY:Lucienne Bloch reads from Whistling in the Dark
DESCRIPTION:Lucienne S. Bloch’s beautifully written personal essays explore her world on the Upper West Side of New York City. Growing up in the 1950s as the daughter of refugees from Hitler’s Europe who longed for their former lives and culture\, these essays explore her youth\, her mother’s Viennese upbringing\, her father’s work in the diamond business and long battle with Alzheimer’s\, her typewriter\, the landscapes of New York\, her ongoing sense of alienation\, and her development as a writer. \nReaders will be swept up in the graceful prose that distinguishes Lucienne S. Bloch’s award-winning work. The universal themes of memory\, belonging\, family\, identity\, survival\, and aging are artfully woven throughout the essays in Whistling in the Dark and will resonate with readers of all ages and backgrounds.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/lucienne-bloch-reads-from-whistling-in-the-dark/
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SUMMARY:*Morning Event* Dr. Kelly Fradin launches her debut Advanced Parenting
DESCRIPTION:Any parent who has ever walked out of a concerning appointment with their child’s doctor or teacher has experienced a heady mix of emotions–fear\, love\, confusion\, concern\, sadness\, and perhaps even anger. While every parent hopes for a healthy child\, the reality is that children face many common challenges\, including medical issues like ADHD\, asthma\, food allergies\, feeding issues\, learning disabilities\, anxiety and depression\, and developmental delays\, throughout their formative years. As the role of a parent becomes one of a caregiver\, it can be overwhelming for parents and children alike\, particularly if money\, time\, access\, or any combination of those are in short supply. \nAs a balm\, Dr. Kelly Fradin offers Advanced Parenting\, based on her experience as a complex-care pediatrician. In this crucial guide\, parents will find empathy and support as well as evidence-based practical guidance. Of greatest import is the need for tools with which to manage the emotional stress that comes from having a child who deviates from the norm\, as well as coping with uncertainty and navigating the business of care. Readers will discover ways to optimize the outcomes for their family and make their day-to-day life easier.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/morning-event-dr-kelly-fradin-launches-her-debut-advanced-parenting/
CATEGORIES:Receptions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T180000
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SUMMARY:Peter D. Kramer reads from his new book Death of the Great Man
DESCRIPTION:When Peter D. Kramer wrote about his work with psychiatric patients in books like Listening to Prozac and Should You Leave?\, Joyce Carol Oates said\, “To read his prose on virtually any subject is to be provoked\, enthralled\, illuminated.” When Kramer switched to fiction\, Publishers Weekly wrote\, “The depth\, quality\, and ambition of Kramer’s prose will surprise those expecting a superficial crossover effort.” \nIn his new novel\, Death of the Great Man\, Kramer uses those literary skills to introduce readers to an unforgettable character\, Henry Farber\, a well-meaning psychiatrist forced into hiding when the nation’s chief executive—a narcissistic autocrat in his disastrous second term—is found dead on the consulting room couch. From an isolated bungalow\, Farber sets out to clear his name while offering an intimate view of a flawed populist leader. What begins as comic mystery and political satire matures into a moving journey of self-exploration and a commentary on the fate of truth-telling in an era when lying has become a norm in public life.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/peter-d-kramer-reads-from-his-new-book-death-of-the-great-man/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230323T180000
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SUMMARY:Joanne Lipman discusses her new book NEXT!
DESCRIPTION:The profound disruptions of recent years have sparked a collective reckoning. We reprioritized our lives\, and reordered how we envisioned the future. Businesses were forced to pivot\, while leaders scrambled to rethink their roles. There has been an unprecedented global reset. But in truth\, almost everyone goes through this kind of reappraisal at least once in their life—and probably more often than that. Whatever the catalyst\, it prompts in us the urgent need to pivot\, to ask the question: \nWhat’s next—and how do I get there? \nIn Next!\, bestselling author and journalist Joanne Lipman distills hundreds of personal interviews along with the latest scientific research to answer just this question. Through irresistible storytelling\, she takes us inside successful career reinventions (ad executive to bestselling novelist; stay-at-home mom to CEO) and astonishing business transformations (wait until you hear what Play-Doh and Viagra have in common). From the laboratories of neuroscientists to the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies\, to the frontlines of the social justice movement\, Lipman explores how and why these transformations succeed. \nJoanne Lipman will be in discussion with former Glamour Editor-in-Chief Cindi Leive
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/joanne-lipman-discusses-her-new-book-next/
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SUMMARY:Leigh McMullan Abramson launches her debut novel A Likely Story
DESCRIPTION:Growing up in the nineties in New York City as the only child of famous parents was both a blessing and a curse for Isabelle Manning. Her beautiful society hostess mother\, Claire\, and New York Times bestselling author father\, Ward\, were the city’s intellectual It couple. Ward’s glamorous obligations often took him away from Isabelle\, but Claire made sure her childhood was always filled with magic and love. \nNow an adult\, all Isabelle wants is to be a successful writer like her father but after many false starts and the unexpected death of her mother\, she faces her upcoming thirty-fifth birthday alone and on the verge of a breakdown. Her anxiety only skyrockets when she uncovers some shocking truths about her parents and begins wondering if everything she knew about her family was all based on an elaborate lie. \nWry\, wise\, and propulsive\, A Likely Story is punctuated with fragments of a compulsively readable book-within-a-book about a woman determined to steal back the spotlight from a man who has cheated his way to the top. The characters seem eerily familiar but is the plot based on fact? And more importantly\, who is the author?
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/leigh-mcmullan-abramson-launches-her-debut-novel-a-likely-story/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T180000
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SUMMARY:Daniel Turtel reads from his new book The Family Morfawitz
DESCRIPTION:From acclaimed author Daniel H. Turtel\, winner of the Faulkner Society Award for Best Novel\, comes The Family Morfawitz\, a gripping Jewish family saga inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses. \nWhen Hadassah Morfawitz flees Nazi Germany with her siblings and arrives in New York\, she is determined to turn the city into her own Mount Olympus–at any cost. In choosing orphaned concentration camp survivor Zev Kretinberg as her husband and accomplice–ensuring his loyalty with the promise of riches and the burial of a dark past–she begins a ruthless journey toward the upper echelons of Park Avenue synagogue society. Their combined ambition knows no limits\, and nothing will stand in the way of their realization of the American ideals of wealth and beauty\, even if it means abandoning their son\, Hezekial. \nDecades later\, through machinations worthy of his parents\, Hezekial becomes entrusted as the family’s chronicler. As he sits with his aging father\, transcribing a litany of Zev’s sins–from serving as a kapo at Gusen\, to betraying the friends who helped him\, to his blood-bound commitment to Hadassah despite numerous affairs and illegitimate children–the younger Morfawitz is faced with a choice: whitewash a lifetime of cruelty\, indifference\, and lust\, or repay his mother at last.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/daniel-turtel-reads-from-his-new-book-the-family-morfawitz/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230209T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230209T190000
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SUMMARY:Celebrate the publication of The Museum of Lost Teeth with author Elyssa Friedland
DESCRIPTION:Toothy lives in Liam’s mouth next to his best friend Fang. He’s a good tooth—sparkly and strong\, and he loves doing the floss. \nOne day\, Toothy notices that he is loose and panics! Where will he go after he leaves his comfy spot next to Fang? After a crunchy apple seals the deal\, Toothy is tucked under Liam’s pillow. When the Tooth Fairy appears\, she takes Toothy to the Museum of Lost Teeth. It’s a more incredible place than Toothy could have ever imagined. It’s filled with new friends and fun activities like Tooth or Dare! Toothy finds a new home on the Firsts Floor\, where first baby teeth are proudly displayed. \nIn the tradition of School’s First Day of School\, The Museum of Lost Teeth answers the question “Where do all the lost teeth go?” in this unexpected and hilarious picture book.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/celebrate-the-publication-of-the-museum-of-lost-teeth-with-author-elyssa-friedland/
CATEGORIES:Receptions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230110T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230110T193000
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SUMMARY:Celebrate the publication of The Fifth Hero with Bill Doyle
DESCRIPTION:The Calamity Corporation is determined to end life on Earth as we know it. The company has built hotels that orbit Earth and small cities on the moon and has plans to move the human population to Mars. The sinister corporation is determined to ruin Earth so that people have no choice but to leave it. \nNot so fast! Four kids who secretly possess the powers of land\, air\, sea\, and creatures are about to change the course of history. These kids may not be the likeliest of heroes\, but they are determined to stop Calamity Corporation from destroying Earth. And they have a secret weapon: a fifth hero. YOU! \nThroughout the book\, there are three chances for you to help change the course of the story alongside our fearless team. Choose incorrectly and it’s game over. But choose wisely and you might save the planet!
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/celebrate-the-publication-of-the-fifth-hero-with-bill-doyle/
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SUMMARY:Elinor Lipman reads from her latest novel Ms. Demeanor
DESCRIPTION:Ms. Demeanor\nA Novel \nElinor Lipman \nHardcover \nList Price: 27.99*\n* Individual store prices may vary.\n\nJane Morgan is a valued member of her law firm—or was\, until a prudish neighbor\, binoculars poised\, observes her having sex on the roof of her NYC apartment building.  Police are summoned\, and a punishing judge sentences her to six months of home confinement. With Jane now jobless and rootless\, trapped at home\, life looks bleak. Yes\, her twin sister provides support and advice\, but mostly of the unwelcome kind. When a doorman lets slip that Jane isn’t the only resident wearing an ankle monitor\, she strikes up a friendship with fellow white-collar felon Perry Salisbury. As she tries to adapt to life within her apartment walls\, she discovers she hasn’t heard the end of that tattletale neighbor—whose past isn’t as decorous as her 9-1-1 snitching would suggest. Why are police knocking on Jane’s door again? Can her house arrest have a silver lining? Can two wrongs make a right? In the hands of “an inspired alchemist who converts serious subject into humor” (New York Times Book Review)—yes\, delightfully.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/elinor-lipman-reads-from-her-latest-ms-demeanor/
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SUMMARY:Willie Mae Brown reads from her debut My Selma
DESCRIPTION:As the civil rights movement and the fight for voter rights unfold in Selma\, Alabama\, many things happen inside and outside the Brown family’s home that do not have anything to do with the landmark 1965 march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Yet the famous outrages which unfold on that span form an inescapable backdrop in this collection of stories. In one\, Willie Mae takes it upon herself to offer summer babysitting services to a glamorous single white mother—a secret she keeps from her parents that unravels with shocking results. In another\, Willie Mae reluctantly joins her mother at a church rally\, and is forever changed after hearing Martin Luther King Jr. deliver a defiant speech in spite of a court injunction. Infused with the vernacular of her Southern upbringing\, My Selma captures the voice and vision of a fascinating young person—perspicacious\, impetuous\, resourceful\, and even mystical in her ways of seeing the world around her—who gifts us with a loving portrayal of her hometown while also delivering a no-holds-barred indictment of the time and place.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/willie-mae-brown-reads-from-her-debut-my-selma/
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SUMMARY:Suzette Sheft celebrates the publication of her debut Running for Shelter
DESCRIPTION:Running for Shelter is written by Inge’s 15-year-old granddaughter\, Suzatte Sheft. The gripping\, true story offers a window through which young adult readers can witness the challenges of growing up during the Holocaust. As this important chapter of history fades from living memory\, Inge’s tale offers hope to a new generation who must also cultivate courage and determination in the face of personal and political challenges.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/suzette-sheft-celebrates-the-publication-of-her-debut-running-for-shelter/
CATEGORIES:Receptions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221108T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221108T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T144728
CREATED:20220811T183949Z
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SUMMARY:Maya Popa reads from her new collection of poems Wound is the Origin of Wonder
DESCRIPTION:“This book is an astonishment. In ravishing\, formally exploratory poems\, Maya C. Popa wields the lyric like a reparative scalpel\, evoking wonder and woundedness in equal measure: ‘It’s plain we didn’t see / the future coming\,’ she announces. Searching for a spring that brings renewal\, lamenting ‘snow / that vanishes with touch\,’ her poems register a unique combination of imperilment and possibility\, with imagistic precision one can’t forget: ‘A faint hiss—that is / your own life now\, hurrying / from one light to another.’ Wound Is the Origin of Wonder reflects to us our own historical moment with unusual clarity\, even as its lyric exploration of psychic and social landscapes stand outside of time. This is a book I will return to.” —Meghan O’Rourke
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/maya-popa-reads-from-her-new-collection-of-poems-wound-is-the-origin-of-wonder/
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221103T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221103T193000
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CREATED:20220901T153118Z
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SUMMARY:Molly Peacock reads from her new book A Friend Sails in on a Poem
DESCRIPTION:For the last forty-five years\, the distinguished poets Molly Peacock and Phillis Levin have read and discussed nearly every poem they have written–an unparalleled friendship in poetry. Here Peacock collects her most important essays on poetic form and traces the development of her formalist aesthetic across their lifelong back-and-forth.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/molly-peacock-reads-from-her-new-book-a-friend-sails-in-on-a-poem/
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221101T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221101T193000
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CREATED:20220811T183404Z
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UID:8245-1667325600-1667331000@cornerbookstorenyc.com
SUMMARY:Kate Manning reads from her new book Gilded Mountain
DESCRIPTION:In a voice full of questions and sly humor\, Sylvie recounts the story of leaving her family’s snowbound mountain cabin to work in the local manor house for the Padgetts\, owners of the marble mining company that employs her father and dominates the town. Sharp-eyed Sylvie is awed by the luxury around her\, fascinated by her employer\, the charming “Countess” Inge\, and confused by the erratic affections of Jasper\, the bookish heir to the family fortune. When she learns that a European King will soon arrive for a hunting party\, her fairy-tale ideas of glamour and romance take a dark turn\, as she realizes the Padgetts’ lofty philosophical talk is at odds with the unfair labor practices that have enriched them. Their servants\, the Gradys\, descendants of formerly enslaved people have long known this to be true—and are making plans to form a utopian community on the Colorado prairie. \nDrawn from true stories of Colorado history\, Gilded Mountain is an unforgettable saga of a bygone American West seized by robber barons and settled by immigrants; a novel about resilience in the midst of hardship\, and a story infused with longing—for family and equality\, beauty and joy.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/kate-manning-reads-from-her-new-book-gilded-mountain/
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221027T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221027T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T144728
CREATED:20220822T152014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220822T152952Z
UID:8284-1666893600-1666899000@cornerbookstorenyc.com
SUMMARY:Celebrate the publication of I Love (ish) New York with author Ali Solomon
DESCRIPTION:There is no city quite like New York City\, for better or worse. I Love(ish) New York is a hilarious relatable collection of essays\, illustrations\, and cartoons about the always interesting\, sometimes frustrating\, and endlessly entertaining quirks of living in the Big Apple. \nDespite the notorious six-floor walk-ups and unrequited love found in all the wrong dive bars\, the city’s unique charm and irresistible allure keeps millions of residents—and starry-eyed millions more on their way—walking fast and talking faster. New Yorker magazine contributor Ali Solomon offers an absurdist’s eye and a satirist’s pen\, crafting a love letter to the greatest (or great-ish?) city in the world. I Love(ish) New York is the perfect gift for anyone who lives\, left\, loved\, or dreamed of living in New York City.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/celebrate-the-publication-of-i-love-ish-new-york-with-author-ali-solomon/
CATEGORIES:Receptions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221026T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221026T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T144728
CREATED:20220919T154449Z
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UID:8354-1666807200-1666812600@cornerbookstorenyc.com
SUMMARY:Caroline Coleman launches her debut If I Were A Tiger
DESCRIPTION:Meet Tim Bone. He has a big imagination\, and when it roams wild\, he’s afraid of a lot of things. He’s scared of the moon and the wailing typhoon\, and he won’t wear his sneakers because he fears hidden creatures. Tim’s nervous at home\, at school\, and at play! \nFed up with being frightened\, Tim comes up with a bold solution: He’s going to become a tiger so he can be fiercer than his fears! There’s just one problem: If he’s a tiger\, he can’t be Tim. Could there be a better solution? What if Tim puts his trust in God—who made both boys and tigers—instead? \nIf I Were a Tiger invites kids of all ages to live in the comforting truth that no one has to carry their fears alone\, and offers the reminder that God is only a prayer away.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/caroline-coleman-launches-her-debut-if-i-were-a-tiger/
CATEGORIES:Receptions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221025T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221025T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T144728
CREATED:20220919T153957Z
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UID:8346-1666720800-1666726200@cornerbookstorenyc.com
SUMMARY:Christin Brecher launches her new book Photo Finished
DESCRIPTION:While some people escape into books or music\, Liv Spyers escapes through her camera’s lens\, which inspires her to jump into things she might otherwise have no business tackling—like moving to New York City. Hustling to make her dreams come true as a portrait photographer\, she runs a pocket-sized studio below her grandparents’ West Village brownstone and key shop\, where she also lives and works part-time. All of which still has her down to the end of her savings as the holidays approach. Everything changes in a flash\, however\, when elite events photographer\, Regina Montague\, invites Liv to shoot with her at New York City’s most exclusive socialite event of the year—the Holiday Debutante Ball! Liv snaps at the opportunity\, convinced that a job with Regina will launch her career. But when her fabulous new gig ends with the murder of billionaire Charlie Archibald\, her dream job may never develop with Regina framed for murder. Once Liv begins to focus on her photos from the ball\, she’s convinced they reveal Charlie Archibald’s real killer. Now\, between cracking the world of high society—and the attentions of a handsome stranger—Liv must hustle once again to expose the killer…before she gets cropped from the picture!
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/christin-brecher-launches-her-new-book-photo-finished/
CATEGORIES:Receptions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T190000
DTSTAMP:20260428T144728
CREATED:20220901T153943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220930T190420Z
UID:8301-1666114200-1666119600@cornerbookstorenyc.com
SUMMARY:Cynthia Weill and Amy Hest launch their new children's books
DESCRIPTION:Best friends Billy and Rose\, an industrious sheep and a laid-back pig\, sometimes see things differently. When they play catch\, Rose insists that Billy throws too high\, and he counters that she throws too low. While Rose thinks washing clothes is the world’s biggest chore\, Billy contends that playing the cello holds that distinction. Still\, these endearing friends always find a way to work things out: What if Billy plays a cello serenade for Rose while she does her laundry? After all\, what they really want is to be together. These four sweet stories by beloved children’s author Amy Hest are filled with gentle wit and enhanced by Kady MacDonald Denton’s delightfully expressive illustrations. \n \nYoung readers will enjoy this fun and vibrant bilingual introduction to different forms of transportation. This installment in author Cynthia Weill’s acclaimed Mexican Folk Art series is a colorful adventure in English and Spanish\, illustrated with handmade painted sculptures. You’re invited on a trip to a special place and there are many ways to get there. You could take a bike\, a bus\, or even a boat! Featuring beautiful artwork handmade by local artisans in Oaxaca\, Mexico\, Vámonos will spark a lifelong love of languages and libraries in young readers. Grab your favorite person to read with and let’s go!
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/cynthia-weill-and-amy-hest-launch-their-new-childrens-books/
CATEGORIES:Receptions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T144728
CREATED:20220901T153450Z
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UID:8298-1665684000-1665689400@cornerbookstorenyc.com
SUMMARY:Sabeeha Rehman reads from her new book It's Not What You Think
DESCRIPTION:It’s Not What You Think is a wry\, incisive account of working in Saudi Arabia that offers insight into that insular patriarchal society\, what is so attractive to expatriates living there\, and what was contradictory or confining about it for a naturalized American who is a woman and a Muslim. A hospital executive in New Jersey\, Sabeeha relocated with her oncologist husband to Riyadh\, the most conservative city in the country\, intending to remain two years. They ended up staying for six. Her book takes the reader on a journey of discovery that mirrors her own.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/sabeeha-rehman-reads-from-her-new-book-its-not-what-you-think/
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T144728
CREATED:20220922T154958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220922T154958Z
UID:8357-1665511200-1665516600@cornerbookstorenyc.com
SUMMARY:William Miller reads from his book Steel City
DESCRIPTION:*PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS CO-SPONSORED BY CARNEGIE HILL NEIGHBORS AND WILL HAPPEN OFFSITE AT WETHERBY-PEMBRIDGE SCHOOL 7 EAST 96th STREET* \nRSVP to: events@chneighbors.org \nSteel City is the story of the 1890’s golden age of Pittsburgh when its technological innovations and wealth creation made it the Silicon Valley of its day. Pittsburgh was first in steel\, food processing and electricity\, and the leaders of those industries – Carnegie\, Frick\, Heinz and Westinghouse -are names we still know today. Amid this fevered atmosphere Jamie Dalton\, a recent Yale graduate and son of a corporate lawyer\, must decide whether to accede to his father’s wishes and pursue a career in law or the steel business\, or follow his own instincts and become a newspaperman. The greatest natural disaster of the 19th century\, the Johnstown Flood\, confirms his choice to be a journalist\, and Jamie goes on to cover Pittsburgh’s business titans\, labor strikes and assassination attempts. While reporting on the unions of the era\, he is exposed to a very different world\, symbolized by his infatuation with a mysterious woman under the sway of an Eastern European anarchist. Jamie struggles with balancing the access he has to Pittsburgh’s business elite while maintaining the objectivity to tell the hard truths about those same people. Ultimately\, he must thwart a terrorist plot that could disrupt the massive corporate merger that would restructure the nation’s largest industry: steel.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/william-miller-reads-from-his-book-steel-city/
LOCATION:Wetherby-Pembrisge\, 7 East 96th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10128
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T144728
CREATED:20220719T181542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220721T165925Z
UID:8207-1664301600-1664307000@cornerbookstorenyc.com
SUMMARY:Daniel Medwed reads from Barred: Why the Innocent Can't Get Of Prison
DESCRIPTION:Thousands of innocent people are behind bars in the United States. But proving their innocence and winning their release is nearly impossible. \nIn Barred\, legal scholar Daniel S. Medwed argues that our justice system’s stringent procedural rules are largely to blame for the ongoing punishment of the innocent. Those rules guarantee criminal defendants just one opportunity to appeal their convictions directly to a higher court. Afterward\, the wrongfully convicted can pursue only a few narrow remedies. Even when there is strong evidence of a miscarriage of justice\, rigid guidelines\, bias\, and deference toward lower courts all too often prevent exoneration. \nOffering clear explanations of legal procedures alongside heart-wrenching stories of their devastating impact\, Barred exposes how the system is stacked against the innocent and makes a powerful call for change.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/daniel-medwed-reads-from-his-debut-barred-why-the-innocent-cant-get-of-prison/
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220913T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220913T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T144728
CREATED:20220719T181229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220822T151311Z
UID:8203-1663092000-1663097400@cornerbookstorenyc.com
SUMMARY:Melissa Dassori & Caroline Gertler celebrate the publication of their new middle grade novels
DESCRIPTION:What if you could write your dreams into reality with the stroke of a pen?\nSixth grade is off to a difficult start for Josephine Rose Silver. Her best friend\, Violet\, returns from camp with a new best friend; her parents refuse to grant her more independence; and her homeroom teacher\, Ms. Kline\, is full of secrets. When Ms. Kline unveils a collection of old Gothamite magazines and tells her students to build their writing skills by crafting short stories inspired by the iconic covers\, J.R. discovers a peculiar power: The stories she writes come true. Soon J.R. is getting a cell phone\, scoring game-winning goals\, and triggering school cancellations. But it’s not long before she realizes that each new story creates as many conflicts as it does solutions. And when J.R. tries to write about her fallout with Violet\, all of her problems converge.\nWith a pinch of magic\, mystery\, art history\, and language arts woven into a journey of growth and self-confidence\, this promising debut is a heartfelt and satisfying tribute to the power of words. \n \nNolie’s sister\, Linden\, may be only fourteen months older than she is\, but suddenly that feels longer than it ever has before. Linden is growing up. She cuts short their Cousins Week at Grandma’s beach cottage to focus on excelling in her ballet auditions\, and she throws away the seashell necklace Grandma gave each of them—though Nolie secretly saves it. Even Nolie’s best friend\, Jessa\, is suddenly trying to act older and cooler\, and she wants Nolie to be someone different\, too.\n\nWith everything and everyone changing around her\, Nolie starts to feel adrift. Should she be changing\, too? Who does she want to be? One impulsive decision leads to another and another . . . until Nolie has a secret collection of things that don’t belong to her. Now\, Nolie must face the fact that she may have ended up on the wrong path so she can start to find her way back.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/melissa-dassori-caroline-gertler-celebrate-the-publication-of-their-new-middle-grade-novels/
CATEGORIES:Receptions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220906T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220906T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T144728
CREATED:20220719T180811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220719T180858Z
UID:8196-1662487200-1662492600@cornerbookstorenyc.com
SUMMARY:Brian McDonald reads from his new book Five Floors Up
DESCRIPTION:Seen through the eyes of four generations of a firefighter family\, Five Floors Up the story of the modern New York City Fire Department. From the days just after the horse-drawn firetruck\, to the devastation of the 1970s when the Bronx was Burning\, to the unspeakable tragedy of 9/11\, to the culture-busting department of today\, a Feehan has worn the shoulder patch of the FDNY. The tale shines the spotlight on the career of William M. Feehan. “Chief” Feehan is the only person to have held every rank in the FDNY including New York City’s 28th Fire Commissioner. He died in the September 11\, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. But Five Floors Up is at root an intimate look at a firefighter clan\, the selflessness and bravery of not only those who face the flames\, but the family members who stand by their sides. Alternately humorous and harrowing\, rich with anecdotes and meticulously researched and reported\, Five Floors Up takes us inside a world few truly understand\, documenting an era that is quickly passing us by.\n 
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/brian-mcdonald-reads-from-his-new-book-five-floors-up/
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