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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Friends In Deed Pasadena present Katherine Seligman discusses At the Edge of the Haight
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Please register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/10cqtgvm \nMaddy Donaldo\, homeless at twenty\, has made a family of sorts in the dangerous spaces of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. She knows whom to trust\, where to eat\, when to move locations\, and how to take care of her dog. It’s the only home she has. When she unwittingly witnesses the murder of a young homeless boy and is seen by the perpetrator\, her relatively stable life is upended. Suddenly\, everyone from the police to the dead boys’ parents want to talk to Maddy about what she saw. As adults pressure her to give up her secrets and reunite with her own family before she meets a similar fate\, Maddy must decide whether she wants to stay lost or be found. Against the backdrop of a radically changing San Francisco\, a city which embraces a booming tech economy while struggling to maintain its culture of tolerance\, At the Edge of the Haight follows the lives of those who depend on makeshift homes and communities. \nAs judge Hillary Jordan says\, “This book pulled me deep into a world I knew little about\, bringing the struggles of its young\, homeless inhabitants–the kind of people we avoid eye contact with on the street–to vivid\, poignant life. The novel demands that you take a close look. If you knew\, could you still ignore\, fear\, or condemn them? And knowing\, how can you ever forget?” (Algonquin Books) \nKatherine Seligman is a journalist and author in San Francisco. As a reporter\, she’s focused on social issues\, from homelessness\, mental health and end of life issues to the city’s boom and bust cycles. But she’s also written about everything else\, from self-appointed graffiti curators\, urban coyotes and embryonic sex selection to what her kids learned growing up in Haight Ashbury. She has been a staff writer at the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine and a reporter for the San Francisco Examiner and USA Today. Her stories have appeared in Redbook\, Life\, Time\, California Magazine\, PBS Next Avenue\, CALmatters\, Al Jazeera America\, and the anthology “Fresh Takes.” She is a member of the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto and loves working in clay. \nHillary Jordan is the author of the novels Mudbound (2008) and When She Woke (2011)\, as well as the digital short “Aftermirth.” Her stories have been translated into 15 languages. When she’s not scribbling away\, Hillary teaches the occasional writing workshop and gives talks at colleges\, literary festivals\, and community libraries. She has a BA from Wellesley College and an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University. She grew up in Dallas\, TX and Muskogee\, OK and currently lives in Brooklyn\, along with half the writers in America. \nFriends in Deed is an interfaith organization that provides supportive services to meet basic human needs\, so our homeless and at-risk neighbors can rebuild their lives. “Celebrating more than 120 years of service\, we meet the needs of our clients by leveraging our small\, but dedicated staff\, with many volunteers. Friends In Deed meets people where they are\, without judgment or restrictions that deny people the help they need. We bring dignity to homelessness and poverty. Our staff’s smiling faces and helping hands ensure that individuals in need are safe and fed and find a vision of hope for their futures.” Find out more about Friends in Deed on their website.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-friends-in-deed-pasadena-present-katherine-seligman-discusses-at-the-edge-of-the-haight/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210211T180000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Andromeda Romano-Lax discusses Annie and the Wolves
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Please register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/bqz5fige \nRuth McClintock is obsessed with Annie Oakley. For nearly a decade\, she has been studying the legendary sharpshooter\, convinced that a scarring childhood event was the impetus for her crusade to arm every woman in America. This search has cost Ruth her doctorate\, a book deal\, and her fiancé–but finally it has borne fruit. She has managed to hunt down what may be a journal of Oakley’s midlife struggles\, including secret visits to a psychoanalyst and the desire for vengeance against the “Wolves\,” or those who have wronged her. \nWith the help of Reece\, a tech-savvy senior at the local high school\, Ruth attempts to establish the journal’s provenance\, but she’s begun to have jarring out-of-body episodes parallel to Annie’s own lived experiences. As she solves Annie’s mysteries\, Ruth confronts her own truths\, including the link between her teenage sister’s suicide and an impending tragedy in her Minnesota town that Ruth can still prevent. (Soho Press) \nAndromeda Romano-Lax was born in Chicago and is now a resident of Vancouver Island\, Canada. She worked as a freelance journalist and travel writer before turning to fiction. Her first novel\, The Spanish Bow\, was translated into eleven languages and was chosen as a New York Times Editors’ Choice\, BookSense pick\, and one of Library Journal’s Best Books of the Year. Her novels reflect her diverse interest in the arts\, history\, science and technology\, as well as her love of travel and her time spent living abroad. ​​Andromeda co-founded and continues to blog for 49 Writers\, a nonprofit organization. She has taught fiction in the University of Alaska Anchorage low-residency MFA in Creative Writing program and currently works with novelists and memoirists as a freelance book coach. \nGayle Brandeis is the author of The Book of Dead Birds\, the winner of Barbara Kingsolver’s Bellwether Prize\, an award in support of a literature of social change. Reviewers have highly praised this\, her first novel\, and Toni Morrison said: It has an edgy beauty that enhances perfectly the seriousness of its contents. She is also the author. Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-andromeda-romano-lax-discusses-annie-and-the-wolves/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210206T110000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: A Special Story Time with Michelle Garcia Andersen presenting The Owl Who Asks Why
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Please register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/bcnl789m \nLittle Owl and Little Wolf have so many questions for their parents. “Why can’t we move our eyes?” “When will I no longer be a pup?” But owls don’t ask “Why?” They ask “Whooo?” And wolves don’t ask “When?” They ask “Hoooow?” Mom and Dad say it’s silly to even consider asking those sorts of questions. \nFeeling teased and misunderstood\, Little Owl and Little Wolf decide to run away from home for good. After straying too far from the path\, the pair discovers that they’re lost in the forest and begin to wonder if they’ve made the right decision by leaving the pack. Little Owl and Little Wolf realize that the only way to make it back to their families is to not be afraid to ask the right questions\, their own way. \nThis heartwarming tale of friendship from author Michelle Garcia Andersen and artist Ayesha Rubio will remind young readers that by staying true to yourself and embracing what makes you unique\, good things come to you. (Page Street Kids) \nMichelle Garcia Andersen wrote this story after being inspired by the owls that live in the trees alongside her writing studio. She is delighted to be writing picture books for children; it has been a lifelong dream of hers. When she’s not reading and writing\, she enjoys hiking\, mountain biking\, kayaking\, walking her dogs\, gardening and anything else that gets her outdoors. Michelle and her husband have three teenage kids and live in a home full of laughter.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-a-special-story-time-with-michelle-garcia-andersen-presenting-the-owl-who-asks-why/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210204T180000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Julia Gillard & Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Please register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/w2n5iya7 \nWomen make up fewer than ten per cent of national leaders worldwide\, and behind this eye-opening statistic lies a pattern of unequal access to power. Through conversations with some of the world’s most powerful and interesting women–including Jacinda Ardern\, Hillary Rodham Clinton\, Christine Lagarde\, Michelle Bachelet\, and Theresa May– Women and Leadership explores gender bias and asks why there aren’t more women in leadership roles. \nJulia Gillard was the 27th Prime Minister of Australia\, serving from 2010 to 2013. \nNgozi Okonjo-Iweala was Nigeria’s Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2006 and from 2011 to 2015\, and Foreign Minister in 2006. She was Managing Director of the World Bank from 2007 to 2011\, overseeing South Asia\, Europe\, Central Asia\, and Africa\, and is currently Board Chair of Gavi\, the Vaccine Alliance\, and Chair of the African Risk Capacity (ARC). She is the author of Reforming the Unreformable and Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-julia-gillard-ngozi-okonjo-iweala/
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Jedidiah Jenkins in conversation with Nicole Richie
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event  ticketed event and will take place on Crowdcast. Tickets available below. \nThe New York Times bestselling author of To Shake the Sleeping Self delivers a moving reflection on the hidden\, sometimes difficult topics we must consider in order to live an authentic life–ego\, love\, family\, work–for anyone seeking a companion on the road to understanding. \nWe wake up atop the dirt of our childhoods with a shovel in our hands. In our pocket is a crumpled note with conspicuously familiar handwriting. It says\, “Good luck.” \nWe aren’t born into a self. It is created without our consent\, built out of our childhoods\, our circumstances\, and chance. But in the busyness of adult life\, we rarely have time to think clearly about the questions that matter most: Who am I? What am I made of? How much of how I act boils down to avoiding the things that make me feel small? We bury these questions\, but they drive our behavior far more than we give them credit for. They are our puppet masters. \nWriting with the passion and clarity that made his debut\, To Shake the Sleeping Self\, a national bestseller\, Jedidiah Jenkins brings together new and old writings to explore the eight themes all of us face as we find our way in life: ego\, family\, home\, friendship\, love\, work\, death\, the soul. \nAs he examines the experiences that shape us into who we are\, Jenkins leads readers in a wide-ranging conversation about finding fulfillment in the people and places around us and discovering the courage to show our deepest selves to the world. (Convergent Books) \nThis event ticket includes a hardcover copy of Like Streams to the Ocean\, mailed to you after the event\, as well as online access to the event for your household. You will receive a link and password to attend the Crowdcast event on the afternoon of Monday\, February 1st. \nPlease note: The shipping amount included in the ticket price is for domestic shipping only. There is an additional $17.00 charge required if shipping internationally.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-jedidiah-jenkins-in-conversation-with-nicole-richie/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210130T110000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Special Story time with Doyin Richards and illustrator Joe Cepeda
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Please register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/uqm0mded \nJoe came to America from Africa when he was young. He worked hard in school\, made friends\, and embraced his new home. Like so many immigrants before and after him\, Joe succeeded when many thought he would fail. \nIn telling the story of how his father came to America\, Doyin Richards tells the story of many immigrants\, and opens the experience up to readers of all backgrounds. Here is a moving and empowering story of how many different people\, from different places\, make us great. Acclaimed artist Joe Cepeda brings the story to life with beautiful paintings\, full of heart. (Feiwel & Friends)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-special-story-time-with-doyin-richards-and-illustrator-joe-cepeda/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210126T180000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Eliza Jane Brazier in conversation with Kiersten White
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Please register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/p3x8axdc \nWhen her favorite true crime podcast host goes missing\, an adrift young woman sets out to investigate and plunges headfirst into the wild backcountry of Northern California and her own dangerous obsession. \nSera loves true crime podcasts. They give her a sense of control in a world where women just like her disappear daily. She’s sure they are preparing her for something. So when Rachel\, her favorite podcast host\, goes missing\, Sera knows it’s time to act. Rachel has always taught her to trust her instincts. \nSera follows the clues hidden in the episodes to an isolated ranch outside Rachel’s small hometown to begin her search. She’s convinced her investigation will make Rachel so proud. But the more Sera digs into this unfamiliar world\, the more off things start to feel. Because Rachel is not the first woman to vanish from the ranch\, and she won’t be the last… Rachel did try to warn her. (Berkley Books) \nEliza Jane Brazier is an author\, screenwriter and journalist. This is her adult debut. She currently lives in Los Angeles where she is developing If I Disappear for television. \nKiersten White is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of many books\, including the And I Darken trilogy\, the Camelot Rising trilogy\, the Slayer series\, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein\, and her upcoming adult debut\, HIDE.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-eliza-jane-brazier-in-conversation-with-kiersten-white/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T180000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Matt Coyle discusses Blind Vigil
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Please register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/zkw0xxxy \nA friend arrested for murder. A vicious killer lurking in the shadows. A world of darkness. \nBlinded by a gunshot wound to the face while working as a private investigator nine months ago\, Rick Cahill is now sure of only one thing: he has to start a new life and leave his old one behind. \nHe’s still trying to figure out what that life is when his onetime partner\, Moira MacFarlane\, asks for his help on a case she’s taken for Rick’s former best friend. The case is simple and Moira only needs Rick for one interview\, but Rick is wary of waking sleeping demons. \nUltimately\, he goes against his gut and takes the case which quickly turns deadly. Rick’s old compulsion of finding the truth no matter the cost–the same compulsion that cost him his eyesight and almost his life–battles against his desire to escape his past. \nThe stakes are raised when Rick’s friend is implicated in murder and needs his help. Can he help the friend he no longer trusts while questioning his own lessened capabilities? His life depends on the answer as a shadowy killer lurks in the darkness. (Oceanview Publishing) \nMatt Coyle is the award-winning author of the best-selling Rick Cahill crime novels. He knew he wanted to be a crime writer when he was fourteen and his father gave him the simple art of murder by Raymond Chandler. But his foray into crime fiction was delayed for thirty years as he spent time managing a restaurant\, selling golf clubs for various golf companies\, and in national sales for a sports licensing company. Matt lives in San Diego with his yellow Lab\, Angus\, where he is writing his eighth crime novel. \nEditor Gary Phillips is a critically acclaimed author of mystery and graphic novels (The Darker Mask\, Bangers\, Violent Spring). Raised in South Central Los Angeles\, Phillips draws on his experiences from anti-police abuse community organizing and anti-apartheid activism in his work. He was the chair of the Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color committee\, and was president of the Private Eye Writers of America.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-matt-coyle-discusses-blind-vigil/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210116T110000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: A Special Story Time with Deanna Kizis & Sam Boughton
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Please register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/v9qdaumb \nIn this laugh-out-loud book that begs readers to break the rules\, silliness and hilarity reign supreme! Perfect for fans of The Book with No Pictures. \nWait–are you reading this book? Even though the cover asked you not to? \nWell\, if you’re going to read it\, then you’ll have to follow the rules\, or you’re going to have WAY too much fun. And you don’t want to have FUN\, do you? DO YOU?! \nThat’s what I thought. So definitely\, positively\, DO NOT read this book! \nJoin along for zany antics\, silly sounds\, and endless fun in this breaks-the-fourth-wall book that will have readers coming back time and time again–regardless of what the title says. (Philomel Books) \nDeanna Kizis is very silly and would definitely read a book that said she shouldn’t. Her favorite things include pretending her daughter’s toothbrush can talk\, dipping warm chocolate cookies in cold milk\, and throwing dance parties with the dog. Deanna is so silly\, in fact\, that she once went to the grocery story wearing two different shoes by mistake\, and she always makes up silly songs that her kid thinks are kinda weird — but funny! So definitely DO NOT write to Deanna Kizis at hello@deannakizis.com so she can send you something kinda silly. And absolutely DO NOT follow her on Instagram\, @dkizis\, where you can see more of the silly stuff she does. And no matter what — please don’t read her book! \nSam Boughton (samboughton.co.uk) is an award-winning British artist and illustrator with degrees in illustration from Bristol UWE and the Cambridge School of Art. She is the author/illustrator ofHello\, Dinosaurs!andThe Extraordinary Gardener.Sam lives in Teignmouth\, UK. Follow her on Twitter @samillustrates and on Instagram @samboughton.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-a-special-story-time-with-deanna-kizis-sam-boughton/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T180000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Alexi Pappas in conversation with Tara Schuster\,
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Please register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/q9peqfci \nWhen “Renaissance runner” ( New York Times) Alexi Pappas–Olympic athlete\, actress\, filmmaker\, and writer–was four years old\, her mother died by suicide\, drastically altering the course of Pappas’s life and setting her on a search for female role models. When her father signed his bereaved daughter up for sports teams as a way to keep her busy\, female athletes became the first women Pappas looked up to\, and her Olympic dream was born. At the same time\, Pappas had big creative dreams\, too: She wanted to make movies\, write\, and act. Despite setbacks and hardships\, Pappas refused to pick just one lane. She put in a tremendous amount of hard work and wouldn’t let anything stand in her way until she achieved all of her dreams\, however unrelated they may seem to outsiders. In a single year\, 2016\, she made her Olympic debut as a distance runner and wrote\, directed\, and starred in her first feature film. \nBut great highs are often accompanied by deep lows; with joy comes sorrow. In Bravey\, Pappas fearlessly and honestly shares her battle with post-Olympic depression and describes how she emerged on the other side as a thriving and self-actualized woman. Unflinching\, exuberant\, and always entertaining\, Bravey showcases Pappas’s signature\, charming voice as she reflects upon the touchstone moments in her life and the lessons that have powered her career as both an athlete and an artist–foremost among them\, how to be brave. \nPappas’s experiences reveal how we can all overcome hardship\, befriend pain\, celebrate victory\, relish the loyalty found in teammates\, and claim joy. In short: how every one of us can become a bravey. (Dial Press) \nAlexi Pappas is an award-winning writer\, filmmaker\, and Olympic athlete. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times\, Runner’s World\, Women’s Running\, Sports Illustrated\, The Atlantic\, and Outside\, among other publications\, and she has been profiled in The New York Times\, Sports Illustrated\, New York\, and Rolling Stone. Pappas co-wrote\, co-directed\, and starred in the feature film Tracktown with Rachel Dratch and Andy Buckley. Most recently\, she co-wrote and starred alongside Nick Kroll in Olympic Dreams\, the first non-documentary-style movie to ever be filmed at the Olympic Games. A Greek American\, Pappas holds the Greek national record in the 10\,000-meters and competed for Greece in the 2016 Olympics. She lives in Los Angeles\, California. \nTara Schuster served as Vice President of Talent and Development at Comedy Central where she was the Executive in Charge of the Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning Key & Peele\, the Emmy® Award winning @Midnight\, and Lights Out with David Spade. For her work on Key & Peele\, Jordan Peele remarked that Schuster is “ahead of her time…she sees the future a little bit.” Her book\, Buy Yourself The F*cking Lilies\, debuted as the #1 New Release in Humor Essays and Self-Help on both Audible and Kindle. InStyle\, People Magazine\, Cosmopolitan\, Goodreads\, BuzzFeed\, Goop\, and many others have chosen Buy Yourself The F*cking Lilies as one of the best new books of 2020.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-alexi-pappas-in-conversation-with-tara-schuster/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210112T180000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Kwei Quartey discusses Sleep Well\, My Lady
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Please register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/cy9m3ttc \nIn the follow-up to the acclaimed series debut The Missing American\, PI Emma Djan investigates the death of a Ghanaian fashion icon and social media celebrity\, Lady Araba. \nHard-hitting talk show host Augustus Seeza has become a household name in Ghana\, though notorious for his lavish overspending\, alcoholism\, and womanizing. He’s dating the imposing\, beautiful Lady Araba\, who leads a self-made fashion empire. Fearing Augustus is only after her money; Araba’s religious family intervenes to break them up. A few days later\, just before a major runway show\, Araba is found murdered in her bed. Her driver is arrested after a hasty investigation\, but Araba’s favorite aunt\, Dele\, suspects Augustus Seeza was the real killer. \nAlmost a year later\, Dele approaches Emma Djan\, who has finally started to settle in as the only female PI at her agency. To solve Lady Araba’s murder\, Emma must not only go on an undercover mission that dredges up trauma from her past\, but navigate a long list of suspects with strong motives. Emma quickly discovers that they are all willing to lie for each other–and that one may still be willing to kill. (Soho Crime) \nKwei Quartey is a crime fiction writer and physician living in Pasadena\, California. Having practiced medicine for more than 20 years while simultaneously working as a writer\, he has attained noteworthy achievements in both fields. Dr. Quartey is a member of the Los Angeles chapter of Sisters in Crime\, and made the Los Angeles Times Bestseller List in 2009. He was awarded the title of Best Male Author by G.O.G. National Book Club the following year. His books include the Inspector Darko Dawson series\, and the Emma Djan Investigations series.The Missing American\, the first book in that series\, has been optioned for film. \nNaomi Hirahara is the Edgar Award–winning author of the Mas Arai mystery series. Also nominated for the Macavity and Anthony awards\, the series includes Summer of the Big Bachi\, Gasa-Gasa Girl\, Snakeskin Shamisen\, Blood Hina\, Strawberry Yellow\, and Sayonara Slam. She is also the author of the  Ellie Rush series (Berkley) and the new Life After Manzanar (Heyday Books). A graduate of Stanford University\, Naomi has also written many books about gardening and Japanese American history and culture and has contributed to several anthologies and collaborative books\, including Los Angeles Noir\, Santa Cruz Noir and Prospect Park’s Hometown Pasadena.
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore:A Special Story time with LeUyen Pham
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Please register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot. \nEVENT LINK: www.crowdcast.io/e/outside-inside \nFrom Caldecott honoree LeUyen Pham\, Outside\, Inside is a moving picture book celebrating essential workers and the community coming together to face the challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic. \nSomething strange happened on an unremarkable day just before the season changed. \nEverybody who was outside . . . \n. . . went inside. \nOutside\, it was quieter\, wilder\, and different. Inside\, we laughed\, we cried\, and we grew. \nWe remembered to protect the ones we love and love the ones who protect us. \nWhile the world changed outside\, we became stronger on the inside and believed that someday soon spring would come again. (Roaring Brook Press) \nLeUyen Pham worked in animation before turning to children’s books. She wrote and illustrated Big Sister\, Little Sister and The Bear Who Wasn’t There\, and is the illustrator of numerous other picture books. Ms. Pham lives in Los Angeles\, California\, with her husband.
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Dana L. Davis discusses Roman and Jewel
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Please register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/ifwl6pqh \nIf Romeo and Juliet got the Hamilton treatment…who would play the leads? This vividly funny\, honest\, and charming romantic novel by Dana L. Davis is the story of a girl who thinks she has what it takes…and the world thinks so\, too. \nJerzie Jhames will do anything to land the lead role in Broadway’s hottest new show\, Roman and Jewel\, a Romeo and Juliet inspired hip-hopera featuring a diverse cast and modern twists on the play. But her hopes are crushed when she learns mega-star Cinny won the lead…and Jerzie is her understudy. \nFalling for male lead Zeppelin Reid is a terrible idea–especially once Jerzie learns Cinny wants him for herself. Star-crossed love always ends badly. But when a video of Jerzie and Zepp practicing goes viral and the entire world weighs in on who should play Jewel\, Jerzie learns that while the price of fame is high\, friendship\, family\, and love are priceless. (Inkyard Press) \nDana L. Davis is a novelist and Hollywood actress with previous series regular roles as: Carmen Phillips on TNT’s Franklin and Bash and modern day mimic Monica Dawson on NBC’s cult series Heroes. She currently stars on the animated series Star Vs. the Forces of Evil\, Craig of the Creek\, and She-Ra. She made her film debut in Coach Carter with Samuel Jackson. In addition to her work on screen\, Dana has become a motivational speaker for teens. Her stirring assemblies empower and encourage youth\, helping them to redefine what it means to win and lose. She volunteers for nonprofits like Empowering Lives International\, an organization which provides training\, resources\, and encouragement to underprivileged East African children. Dana also created her own nonprofit organization Culture For Kids\, LA\, an organization which gifts inner city children tickets and transportation to see performing arts shows around the Los Angeles area. \nDr. Gregory Schwartz grew up in southern California\, the son of two former Nebraska farmers. He received his degree in Geography\, graduating near the top of his class from UC Berkeley and his Masters of Science in Geography and Sociology from the University of Wisconsin\, Madison. He eventually returned to graduate school and completed his PhD in Geography (political ecology) at the University of Texas\, Austin. His research focused on “payment for ecosystem services”  in Costa Rica where he consulted President Luis Solis and his cabinet about national-level environmental policies. Having taught for three years at California State University\, Northridge\, and currently at Laney College\, Greg is also a frequent podcast contributor and appears in the Netflix original series\, Last Chance U\, Season 5. Greg\, a.k.a. the planet doctor\, is an environmental activist\, a competitive track and field athlete\, and he eats a vegan\, organic diet. One of his true joys is zipping around town with his wife and two sons in their electric car.
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