Book It: Book Events September 6–12

Even if you can't make some of the interesting events this week, be sure to check out the Bookish Ball in Harvard Square on Saturday for some literary fun.

Tuesday, September 8

7:00 pm, First Parish Church Meetinghouse, $5
*Howard Dean, Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform: How We Can Achieve Affordable Medical Care for Every American and Make Our Jobs Safer

7:00 pm, Harvard Coop
Christopher Klein, The Die-Hard Sports Fan’s Guide to Boston

7:00 pm, Brookline Booksmith
Josh Neufeld, A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge

Wednesday, September 9

7:00 pm, Harvard Book Store
*Tom Vanderbilt, Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (And What It Says About Us)

7:00 pm, Harvard Coop
Krysten Sinema, Unite and Conquer

7:00 pm, Porter Square Books
An Evening of Poetry with Doug Holder and Elizabeth Kirschner

Thursday, September 10

7:00 pm, Harvard Book Store
Nick McDonell, An Expensive Education: A Novel

7:00 pm, Porter Square Books
James Wood, How Fiction Works

7:00 pm, Brookline Booksmith
Clea Simon, Shades of Grey
Hank Phillippi Ryan, Air Time

Saturday, September 12

The Second Annual Bookish Ball, Harvard Square
Bookstore Stroll from 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Music, Dancing, Remarks and Cake 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.

3:00 pm, Harvard Coop
David Updike, Old Girlfriends

4:00 pm, Harvard Book Store
*Werner Sollors, A New Literary History of America

4:30 pm, Harvard Coop
Mo Lotman, Harvard Square