As usual, another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops, a few kids and teen/YA events. Local writers reading this week include: Nancy Lynée Woo, Ruth Nolan, Arminé Iknadossian, Iris De Anda, Myriam Gurba, Teresa Mei Chuc, traci kato-kiriyama and Jeff Rogers, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 09/18/23 – 09/24/23
Diane Leslie’s Book Club: A Door in the Earth by Amy Waldman at Diesel Bookstore
Author Amy Waldman discusses and signs her new novel, A Door in the Earth at Diane Leslie’s Book Club..
This book is a about an idealistic young Afghan-American woman trapped between her ideals and the complicated truth. Galvanized by a book she reads in college by humanitarian Gideon Crane, sensitive student Parveen makes a pilgrimage to a remote village in the land of her birth to make a difference, only to find the many fabrications in the memoir and decide where her loyalties lie. The author reported form Afghanistan for the New York Times after 9/11, and has created a taut, propulsive novel about power, perspective, and idealism to reveal complicated truths in our living history.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, lower outdoor courtyard
Date: Monday the 18th
Time: 5 pm – 6 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
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