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Christina Li: The Manor of Dreams

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In this Politics and Prose bookstore event, Christina Li, author of The Manor of Dreams (Avid Reader Press, 2025), talks about her decision to write a family saga with gothic sensibilities and how the Mandarin and Cantonese languages affected her writing process in a conversation with Martha Anne Toll.

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Poetry Night Panel: Brandel France de Bravo and Julie Choffel

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In this Poetry Night Panel event at Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., Brandel France de Bravo, author of Locomotive Cathedral (The Backwaters Press, 2025), and Julie Choffel, author of Dear Wallace (The Backwaters Press, 2024), read a selection of poems and join María Fernanda for a conversation about how literature helps one grapple with the challenges of life.

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Lauren Francis-Sharma on Casualties of Truth

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In this Politics and Prose Bookstore event, Lauren Francis-Sharma reads from and speaks about her third novel, Casualties of Truth (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2025), in a conversation with Kwame Alexander. The novel is featured in Page One in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Patricia Coral: Women Surrounded by Water

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In this Politics and Prose Bookstore event, Patricia Coral reads from her debut memoir, Women Surrounded by Water (Mad Creek Books, 2024), and talks about the experimental nature of her book in a conversation with Susan Coll. Women Surrounded by Water is featured in Page One in the November/December issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

André Aciman: Roman Year

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In this Politics and Prose Bookstore event, André Aciman reads from his memoir Roman Year (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024) and talks about the loss he experienced during his adolescence in Rome and how writing has helped him come to terms with his identity in a conversation with Marie Arana. Roman Year is featured in Page One in the November/December issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Rumaan Alam on Entitlement

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In this Politics and Prose Bookstore event, Rumaan Alam reads from his fourth novel, Entitlement (Riverhead Books, 2024), and discusses how writing about race, class, and age encourages readers to interrogate these identities in a conversation with Jason Reynolds. Entitlement is featured in Page One in the September/October issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Evan Friss: The Bookshop

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“It’s not, I don’t think, hyperbolic to say that books can and have changed people’s lives, and how we find books matters a great deal.” In this conversation with Politics and Prose Bookstore co-owner Bradley Graham, author Evan Friss talks about his book The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore (Viking, 2024) and how bookstores serve as important spaces that foster community and culture in America.

Kevin Barry: The Heart in Winter

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“I’m very interested in taking away a lot of the traditional furniture of a novel and making it a shorter experience and a more intense experience.” In this Politics and Prose Bookstore event, Kevin Barry reads from his new novel, The Heart in Winter (Doubleday, 2024), and talks about Irish labor history, his time spent with Irish communities in Montana, and his experiences writing in different forms.

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