Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: 2013-2014 Season
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Black, White & Read All Over - the family book series
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 Michael Moss is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times. InSalt, Sugar, Fat, Moss investigates the processed food industry and finds out how the food giants are seducing an unwitting public with salt, sugar, and fat.
Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us Up , $28
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 Sue Grafton arrives with a much-anticipated new Alphabet Mystery featuring her iconic character, private investigator Kinsey Millhone. She'll share the personal details of her life spent in mystery and the stories behind this new best-seller.
W Is for Wasted , $26.99
More books by Jeffrey Toobin
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 Ian Frazier is one of the true humorists of literary fiction. His latest novel features the Cursing Mommy, the beleaguered wife and mother from Frazier's regular essays in the New Yorker. She's endearing, diabolical, and hilarious--and so is Ian Frazier.
The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days , $15 Available October at the lecture.
Middlesex, $26.99 Also available as an eBook $9.99
More books by Jeffrey Eugenides
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 David Nasaw brings his award-winning biography of the remarkable Joseph P. Kennedy to Literary Evenings as we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John Kennedy. A New York Times 2012 "Top Five Books" selection.
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy , $20 Available September
Andrew Carnegie , $20
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 Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, is today's most acclaimed Chinese-American novelist. Her new book, The Valley of Amazement, is her first in eight years and will be released just before her lecture. Both Tan and her novel are certain to amaze.
The Valley of Amazement , $29.99 available November
The Joy Luck Club , $16
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 George Saunders has written a slim, but grand book of short stories titled Tenth of December. The New York Times Magazine claims that it's the best book you'll read this year. Come hear this great new American story-teller and find out why.
Tenth of December: Stories , $26
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 Ayelet Waldman has proven that she's much more than Michael Chabon's wife. Her new novel, Love and Treasure is testimony to a unique literary voice as she re-frames the tragic story of WW2's Hungarian gold train, found abandoned and filled with treasure.
Love and Treasure, price and date TBD
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 Helene Cooper is White House correspondent for The New York Times, with a unique perspective on America's first African-American president. Her memoir The House At Sugar Beach, is the story of an idyllic childhood in Liberia, until it became a nightmare.
The House at Sugar Beach , $15.99
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 Colum McCann won the National Book Award for his acclaimed novel and book-club favorite, Let The Great World Spin. He celebrates Ireland with his latest work in literary fiction, Transatlantic,"emotionally charges, beautifully controlled tales..." raves Kirkus Reviews.
Transatlantic, $27
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 Ann Patchett returns for Literary Eveningwith a new collection of essays, This Is the Story of A Happy Marriage. A distinguished novelist who can match wits with Stephen Colbert, Ann Patchett is an audience favorite and here for a special reason that will be revealed.
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage , $28.99
Bel Canto , $16.99
More books by Ann Patchett
Special Events
August 23, 2012 The Moth Mainstage
Discovering Wes Moore is a young adult version of the story Moore told in The Other Wes Moore. It is aimed at audiences 12 and up and will be available Sept. 11 and at the event.
Discovering Wes Moore, $15.95 Also available as an eBook,
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, $15 Also available as an eBook, $11.99
Writer's Live @ CLP - Main
 Ron Tanner is an award-winning author who has written a memoir about his painstaking restoration of an 1897 Queen-Anne style row house in Baltimore. His book, From Animal House to Our House: A Love Story, recounts the story of buying the 4,500 sq. ft. brownstone with his girlfriend, Jill Eicher, embarking on a complex and demanding restoration, and falling more in love with the house and each other in the process.
Tanner teaches creative writing at Loyola University, Maryland, and lives in the home with his now-wife, Jill.
From Animal House to Our House, $24.95
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 Greensburg, PA resident Michael Sims appears for Writers LIVE @ CLP-Main with his latest release The Story of Charlotte’s Web, which tells the story behind one of the best-loved books in America. Starting with the childhood influence of his family’s farm in Mount Vernon, NY, where the personalities of the beloved characters Charlotte, Wilbur, and Fern were shaped, Sims traces White’s path from a writer for The New Yorker to the places in nature that inspired him to write the beloved American classic. The Los Angeles Review of Books writes, “In this lovingly rendered portrait, Sims details the life of [White’s] careful listening, insatiable curiosity, and empathy toward all living creatures.”
The Story of Charlotte's Web , $16 Also available as an eBook, $11.99
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Other books by Michael Sims
Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 6 pm Nora Zelevansky
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 Nora Zelevansky is a “lifestyle journalist“ for publications including ELLE and SELF Magazine, and online journals including Style.com and Salon.com. She lives a bi-coastal life between Brooklyn and Los Angeles and frequently visits Pittsburgh to see her parents, Paul and Lynn Zelevansky, Director of the Carnegie Museum of Art. Nora’s debut novel,Semi-Charmed Life, is the first of a two-book deal with St. Martin’s Press and due for publication on July 3, 2012.
Semi-Charmed Life is a comedic, quirky, pop culture-packed, coming-of-age story about Beatrice Bernstein, a directionless college senior from an offbeat Upper West Side New York family, including a famous curator mother. Sound familiar? Nora Zelevansky has her tongue firmly in her cheek in describing the novel as “an extremely commercial romantic social satire with magic realism.”
Please note! This program will be held in the Carnegie Museum of Art Theatre. A book signing will follow Nora Zelevansky’s talk and reading.
Semi-Charmed Life, $14.99 Also available as an eBook both available July 3.
September 13, 2012 Wes Moore at Hill House
Discovering Wes Moore , $15.99 available Sept. 11.
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates , $15 Also available as an eBook, $11.99
November 20, 2012 Beth Bosworth
The Source of Life and Other Stories, $24.95
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Andrew Clements wrote the book Frindle, which is a kid favorite. Clements is a well-published writer who has more than 9 million copies of his books in print. He's coming to talk about his brand new book, About Average, which tells the story of Jordan, a girl who's determined to be extraordinary. This new book is way above average! Come let Jordan's story inspire you to be extraordinary.
About Average, $16.99, available July 24.
Frindle, $16.99
Other books by Andrew Clements
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Tom Angleberger is the creator of the wacky, popular "Origami Yoda" series, based on the adventures of kids at McQuarrie Middle School and their Star Wars-inspired finger puppets. His books are a "hybrid" of pictures and words that kids really love. Each book contains simple instructions for making a Star Wars character finger puppet. Tom comes to share the latest episode in the Origami Yoda series, The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee, which features Star Wars character Chewbacca. Tom will share his origami talents and teach you how to fold Origami Yoda & Chewbacca, so don't miss your chance to learn to fold your very own!
The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee , $12.95 Available Aug. 7
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda , $12.95
Other books by Tom Angleburger
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Sharon Creech is a Newbery-Award winning author for her book, Walk Two Moons, and she is the author of many other children's books. Her newest book, The Great Unexpected, is set in Ireland and tells the enchanted tale of two orphans, Naomi and Lizzie. Naomi is a romantic. Lizzie is a singer. But when a mysterious boy named Finn falls out of a tree, he changes everything. Sharon Creech's books are full of magic and exemplify the ultimate in finely crafted children's literature. (Ages 8 and up).
The Great Unexpected , $16.99 Available Sept. 4
Walk Two Moons , $6.99 Also available as an eBook
Other books by Sharon Creech
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Christopher Paul Curtis is famous for his book, Bud, Not Buddy, which won two important awards, the Newbery Award and the Coretta Scott King Award. Mr. Curtis comes to celebrate Black History Month with his latest book, The Mighty Miss Malone. The main character in this book is Deza Malone. Deza is a dynamic little girl who is determined to keep hope alive, even when her father loses his job in the middle of the Great Depression. Deza Malone's motto is, "We are a family on a journey to a place called Wonderful!" Come along and find out how to get there yourself! (Ages 8 and Up)
The Mighty Miss Malone , $7.99 Available Dec. 26
Bud, Not Buddy, $6.99 Also available as an eBook, $6.99
Other books by Christopher Paul Curtis
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BWR Teen event
Sarah Dessen is one of today's most popular young adult and teen writers. She says her best-selling books are inspired by the large group of girlfriends she had in high school. She'll be talking about her life and her journey to becoming a writer, and about her latest book, What Happened to Goodbye.
What Happened to Goodbye, $19.99. Also available as an eBook, $16.99
Other books by Sarah Dessen
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