This week in the literary world allows plenty of wiggle room for opinion and perspective by way of book discussions, a workshop designed to play up intricate self-details, and a memoir chronicling what the public eye doesn’t always see.
- Book Discussion | Wednesday, June 11, 2008 | 7:00 pm | Free | Santa Monica Public Library - Map | Author Lauren Weisberger discusses her new book, Chasing Harry Winston. If you got as much of a kick out of The Devil Wears Prada as I did (as satirical and charming as it is), then you might it worth attending just to ask Ms. Weisberger how she grew the cajones to avoid lowering her female subjects to unrealistic, uncharacteristic lows. For more info, call (310) 458-8600.
- Great Literature Group | Thursday June 12, 2008 | 8:00 pm | Free | Barnes & Noble Bookstore; Encino - Map | Shakespeare, Wilde, Tolstoy, Frost, Poe, Hugo - all classics, or so you’ve been told. Do you really believe so? Care to verbally duke it out? What makes an author’s writings reach the status of “classic” to you? This group would love to know. For more info, call (818) 380-1836.
- Writers’ Workshop | The Process of Writing a Solo Show | Saturday, June 14, 2008 | 10:15 am | Free | The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (National Center Conference Room) - Map | Solo performer Esther Friedman shares her experiences in developing a one-woman show with humor, charisma, and moxie against a backdrop of growing up bi-racial in America as part of the 1st Annual Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival.
- Book Signing | Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 7:30 pm | Free | Barnes & Noble Book Store; The Grove - Map | Oscar De La Hoya signs copies of his memoir, American Son, chronicling his life from young child and competitive athlete, to family man and Olympic gold medalist onward. “The Golden Boy” in the flesh. How else can you summarize a living legend? For more info, call (323) 525-0270.
Photo by ButterflySha via Flickr
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