September 3, 2019
We were delighted to host an intimate evening with Salman Rushdie on the night of the release of Quichotte! Ayad Akhtar, Joan Allen and Aasif Mandvi joined Rushdie on stage to perform excerpts from the novel.
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Radical Translations: Maria Dahvana Headley, Emily Wilson, and Madeline Miller
Maria Dahvana Headley’s Beowulf: A New Translation, published August 25 by MCD Books, is a feminist... -
All of Us, Everywhere: An International Response to the Pandemic
In partnership with Restless Books, a panel of authors and artists shared their perspectives on our changing reality from outside... -
Walking and Talking with Myself: Alden Jones and Cheryl Strayed on Memoir Writing
The Wanting Was a Wilderness by Alden Jones is a surprisingly moving, intertextual blend of criticism... -
The New Gen! Rising African Poets with Kwame Dawes & Chris Abani
Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani started the New-Generation African Poet limited edition... -
International Launch Party! The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante
The Lying Life of Adults is the first novel in five years from Elena Ferrante, author... -
BINC All-Star Fundraiser Reading with The Antibody
In solidarity with our fellow indie booksellers, we hosted a fundraiser for the Book Industry Charitable Foundation’s COVID-19... -
The Long View: New Fiction from Edmund White and Yiyun Li
Authors Yiyun Li and Edmund White discussed their new novels, which detail their characters’... -
Brazilian Literature in Translation: Padma Viswanathan with Miguel Conde
Writer and translator Padma Viswanathan discusse her translation from the Portuguese of Graciliano Ramos’s... -
Dublin 1918 and Now: Emma Donoghue in Conversation with Roddy Doyle
Acclaimed writer Emma Donoghue’s latest novel, The Pull of the Stars, takes readers to Dublin in... -
Story Time
Ann Dowd Reads There's a Bug on My Arm That Won't Let Go by David Mackintosh
The extraordinary Ann Dowd joins us once more for children’s story time! Today she’s reading There’s a Bug... -
DW Gibson on 14 Miles: Building the Border Wall with Luis Alberto Urrea
Journalist DW Gibson discussed his book 14 Miles: Building the Border Wall, which... -
Story Time
Ann Dowd Reads Story Boat by Kyo Maclear
Luminous, award-winning actor Ann Dowd joins us once again to share Kyo Maclear’s Story Boat, an imaginative and... -
American Horror: Stephen Graham Jones on The Only Good Indians with Victor LaValle
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones is a blend of classic horror and a dramatic... -
Sheila Kohler on Open Secrets with Sheridan Hay
We gathered online to celebrate the paperback release of Sheila Kohler’s suspense thriller... -
Story Time
Ann Dowd Reads Miss Nelson Is Missing! by Harry G. Allard
Emmy-winning actress Ann Dowd joins us to share Harry G. Allard’s 1977 classic Miss Nelson Is Missing!