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Rachel Kushner for Creation Lake
People’s Book 7014-A Westmoreland Ave., Takoma Park, MD, United StatesCreation Lake is a novel about a secret agent, a thirty-four-year-old American woman of ruthless tactics and clean beauty who is sent to do dirty work in France. “Sadie Smith” is how the narrator introduces herself to the rural commune of French subversives on whom she is keeping tabs, and to her lover, Lucien, a young and well-born Parisian she has ... Read More
Booker Book Club
People’s Book 7014-A Westmoreland Ave., Takoma Park, MD, United StatesIn the Booker Book Club, we read some of the very best literary fiction written in the English language. We select, read, and discuss shortlisted, longlisted, and winning Booker Prize novels, delving into rich narratives that challenge, inspire, and resonate with the depth and diversity of human experience. Check out http://www.peoplesbooktakoma.com/book-clubs for the current selection!
Here, Queer, and Fantastic! Book Club
People’s Book 7014-A Westmoreland Ave., Takoma Park, MD, United StatesJoin us to explore novels that challenge, subvert, or reimagine the norms of fantasy writing. Every month, we will be exploring diverse and magical worlds, where LBTQ+ characters are at the center of the action and/or written by LBTQ+ authors. Epic adventures, magical beings.
Washington Writers’ Publishing House: Capital Queer
People’s Book 7014-A Westmoreland Ave., Takoma Park, MD, United StatesJoin us in celebrating the release of Washington Writers’ Publishing House’s first pocket-sized anthology, CAPITAL QUEER: A PRIDE Celebration, a collection honoring the LGBTQ+ experience through poetry, fiction, and essay. The anthology explores themes of love, resilience, identity, and liberation. The collection features a cross section of 32 writers from DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Capital Queer is a bold statement of ... Read More
Washington Writers’ Publishing House: Capital Queer
People’s Book 7014-A Westmoreland Ave., Takoma Park, MD, United StatesJoin us in celebrating the release of Washington Writers’ Publishing House’s first pocket-sized anthology, CAPITAL QUEER: A PRIDE Celebration, a collection honoring the LGBTQ+ experience through poetry, fiction, and essay. The anthology explores themes of love, resilience, identity, and liberation. The collection features a cross section of 32 writers from DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Capital Queer is a bold statement of ... Read More
Costume Storytime: The Day the Crayons Made Friends
People’s Book 7014-A Westmoreland Ave., Takoma Park, MD, United StatesJoin bookseller Mylo (they/them) and the Red Crayon for this very special storytime! The hilarious Crayons from the #1 New York Times bestselling The Day the Crayons Quit are back for another adventure—and this time they explore Duncan’s room. Will they want to leave the crayon box for good after they make new friends? Duncan’s crayons just can’t seem to ... Read More
Zisk: Summer Tour
People’s Book 7014-A Westmoreland Ave., Takoma Park, MD, United StatesTwo longtime writers for Razorcake, America’s only nonprofit punk magazine, are on tour with their newest projects. Mike Faloon’s new book Straight Up, Without Wings chronicles the life of renowned jazz multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee. Michael T. Fournier’s novel The Impasse finds its protagonists living out their Cold War-era anxieties through roleplaying games and all-ages VFW shows. Faloon and Fournier co-edit the long-running baseball zine Zisk, ... Read More
New Lit Fic Open Book Club
People’s Book 7014-A Westmoreland Ave., Takoma Park, MD, United StatesCalling all fiction-iados, recovering English majors, and anyone interested in reading and discussing new, sometimes strange, sometimes delightful, but always lit fic! This club will focus on new literary fiction (published in the past year or so) from various sub genres and diverse points of view. Typically meets the third Friday evening of each month.
Anne Marie Chaker for Lift
People’s Book 7014-A Westmoreland Ave., Takoma Park, MD, United StatesFrom a professional bodybuilder and longtime Wall Street Journal reporter, a manifesto on how women can radically change their lives by tapping into their innate physical power When Wall Street Journal reporter Anne Marie Chaker discovered bodybuilding as a hobby in midlife, she was recovering from a series of traumas, including postpartum depression, the end of her marriage, and the sudden death of her ... Read More
Anne Marie Chaker for Lift
People’s Book 7014-A Westmoreland Ave., Takoma Park, MD, United StatesFrom a professional bodybuilder and longtime Wall Street Journal reporter, a manifesto on how women can radically change their lives by tapping into their innate physical power When Wall Street Journal reporter Anne Marie Chaker discovered bodybuilding as a hobby in midlife, she was recovering from a series of traumas, including postpartum depression, the end of her marriage, and the sudden death of her ... Read More