Left Bank Books

Left Bank Books Presents Elissa Bassist- Hysterical: A Memoir

Left Bank Books presents essayist, humor writer, and editor of the "Funny Women" column on The Rumpus, Elissa Bassist, who will discuss her journey to reclaim her authentic voice in a culture that doesn't listen to women, Hysterical: A Memoir in our store on November 10th at 7pm! Join us in the store or on YouTube & Facebook Live Page. Order copies of Hysterical: A Memoir from Left Bank Books to support authors and independent bookstores! Bassist will personalize and sign copies for sale from Left Bank Books. If you are unable to make it in person, leave a personalization note in your order. Elissa Bassist is an essayist, humor writer, and editor of the "Funny Women" column on The Rumpus. As a founding contributor to The Rumpus, she's written cultural, feminist, and personal criticism since the website launched in 2009. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Marie Claire, Creative Nonfiction, NewYorker.com, Longreads, and more, including the anthology Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture, edited by Roxane Gay. Currently, she teaches writing at The New School, Catapult, 92nd Street Y, and Lighthouse Writers Workshop. She lives in Brooklyn and is probably her therapist's favorite. Writer Elissa Bassist shares her journey to reclaim her authentic voice in a culture that doesn't listen to women in this medical mystery, cultural criticism, and rallying cry.

Left Bank Books Presents Sherry Boschert- 37 Words

Left Bank Books presents award-winning journalist, Sherry Boschert, to discuss the stellar and moving tribute to Title IX's fifty years of gender equity progress in schools, 37 Words: Title IX and Fifty Years of Fighting Sex Discrimination in our store on November 3rd at 7pm! Join us in the store or on YouTube & Facebook Live Page. Order copies of 37 Words: Title IX and Fifty Years of Fighting Sex Discrimination from Left Bank Books to support authors and independent bookstores! Boschert will personalize and sign copies for sale from Left Bank Books. If you are unable to make it in person, leave a personalization note in your order. Sherry Boschert is an award-winning journalist and the author of Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars That Will Recharge America. Among her many honors, she received a Distinguished Service Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for her efforts to promote equity within the news industry. She lives in New Hampshire. A sweeping history of the federal legislation that prohibits sex discrimination in education, published on the fiftieth anniversary of Title IX

Left Bank Books Presents Matthias Göritz with Mary Jo Bang to discuss "Colonies of Paradise: Poems"

Left Bank Books presents Washington University professor, contemporary German novelist, poet, and translator, Matthias Göritz, and acclaimed poet and translator, Mary Jo Bang to discuss the first book of poetry by Matthias Göritz to be available in English Colonies of Paradise: Poems in our store on November 2nd at 7pm! Join us in the store or on YouTube & Facebook Live Page. Order copies of Colonies of Paradise: Poems from Left Bank Books to support authors and independent bookstores! Göritz & Bang will personalize and sign copies for sale from Left Bank Books. If you are unable to make it in person, leave a personalization note in your order. MATTHIAS GÖRITZ is a poet, translator, and novelist. He has written four poetry collections, Loops, Pools, Tools, and Spools; three novels, including Der kurze Traum des Jakob Voss ( The Brief Dream of Jakob Voss) and Parker; and three novellas. He has received the Hamburg Literature Prize, the Mara Cassens Prize, the Robert Gernhardt Prize, and the William Gass Award. He teaches at Washington University in St. Louis. MARY JO BANG is the author of eight books of poetry--including Elegy: Poems, which received the National Book Critics Circle Award--and the translator of Dante's Inferno, illustrated by Henrik Drescher, and Purgatorio. She has received a Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Berlin Prize Fellowship. She teaches creative writing at Washington University in St. Louis. The first book of poetry by Matthias Göritz to be available in English, in a translation by a renowned writer.

Left Bank Books Presents Buzz Bissinger - Mosquito Bowl

Left Bank Books and HEC Media welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Buzz Bissinger, who will discuss his new book that John Grisham says is "destined to become a classic", “The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II”, in person at the Ethical Society of St. Louis and virtually at 7pm CT on September 21st. Order a copy of The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II from Left Bank Books to support authors and independent bookstores! Buzz Bissinger was born in 1954. He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose books include the New York Times bestsellers “Three Nights in August” and “Friday Night Lights”. He has served as a contributing editor for Vanity Fair and as a sports columnist for the Daily Beast, and has written for the New York Times, The Washington Post, the New Republic, Time, and many other publications. He lives both in Southwestern Washington State and Philadelphia. He is married to Lisa Smith with three children. "Buzz Bissinger's “Friday Night Lights” is an American classic. With “The Mosquito Bowl”, he is back with a true story even more colorful and profound. This book too is destined to become a classic. I devoured it." -- John Grisham An extraordinary, untold story of the Second World War in the vein of “Unbroken” and “The Boys in the Boat”, from the author of “Friday Night Lights” and “Three Nights in August”. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, college football was at the height of its popularity. As the nation geared up for total war, one branch of the service dominated the aspirations of college football stars: the United States Marine Corps. Which is why, on Christmas Eve of 1944, when the 4th and 29th Marine regiments found themselves in the middle of the Pacific Ocean training for what would be the bloodiest battle of the war - the invasion of Okinawa--their ranks included one of the greatest pools of football talent ever assembled: Former All Americans, ca

LBB Presents Rinker Buck - Life on the Mississippi

Left Bank Books & St Louis Public Library welcomes historian and journalist, Rinker Buck, who will discuss the eagerly awaited return of master American storyteller for his new book “Life on the Mississippi” at the St. Louis Public Library - Schlafly Branch on August 15th at 6pm! Join us in person at the library or our YouTube & Facebook Live Page. Order a copy of “Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure” from Left Bank Books to support authors and independent bookstores! Buck will personalize and sign copies for sale from Left Bank Books. If you are unable to make it in person, leave a personalization note in your order. Rinker Buck began his career in journalism at the Berkshire Eagle and was a longtime staff writer for the Hartford Courant. He has written for Vanity Fair, New York, Life, and many other publications, and his work has won the PEN New England Award, the Eugene S. Pulliam National Journalism Writing Award, and the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award. He is the New York Times bestselling author of “The Oregon Trail”, “Flight of Passage”, and “First Job”. He lives in Tennessee.

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