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Bookstore boasts stellar lineup for June By Arroyo Staff
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he bookstore Vroman’s is hosting virtual and in-person programs throughout
publisher without her name. To register, visit crowdcast. io/e/alex-segura-and-ed-2.
copy of “Happy-Go-Lucky.” Visit eventbrite.com. Masks must be worn.
In-person events
Nina LaCour discusses “Yerba Buena” 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 7 When Sara Foster runs away from home at 16, she leaves behind the girl she once was, capable of trust and intimacy. Years later, in Los Angeles, she is a sought-after bartender. Across the city, Emilie Dubois is yearning for the community her Creole grandparents cultivated but unable to commit. On a whim, she takes a job arranging flowers at the restaurant Yerba Buena and embarks on an affair with the married owner. The morning Dubois and Foster meet at Yerba Buena, it’s clear the damage they carry pulls them apart repeatedly.
June. Register through vromansbookstore.com. Anyone with questions is asked to contact email@vromansbookstore.com. Vroman’s Virtual events will be presented through Crowdcast.
Most in-person events are free and held at Vroman’s, 695 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, unless otherwise noted. Register at vromansbookstore.com.
Alex Segura and Ed Brubaker present “Secret Identity” and “The Ghost in You: A Reckless Book” 6 p.m. Thursday, June 16 “Secret Identity”: It’s 1975 and the comic book industry is struggling, but Carmen Valdez doesn’t care. She’s an assistant at Triumph Comics. Valdez is close to fulfilling her dream of writing a superhero book. That dream is nearly a reality when one of the Triumph writers enlists her help to create a new character, “The Lethal Lynx,” Triumph’s first female hero. When her colleague is found dead, all of their scripts are turned in to the
David Sedaris presents “Happy-Go-Lucky” 6 p.m. Monday, June 6 As “Happy-Go-Lucky” opens, David Sedaris is learning to shoot guns with his sister, visiting muddy flea markets in Serbia, buying gummy worms to feed to ants, and telling his nonagenarian father wheelchair jokes. But then the pandemic hits and he’s unable to tour and read for audiences. As the world gradually settles into a new reality, Sedaris is changed. The opening act is essayist and author of “Mother Noise: A Memoir” Cindy House. Tickets start at $29, and they include one
Carter Bays discusses “The Mutual Friend” 7 p.m. Wednesday June 8 In the summer of 2015, Alice
Quick needs to get to work. She’s 28 years old, grieving her mother, barely scraping by as a nanny, and freshly kicked out of her apartment. If she can just get her act together and sign up for the MCAT, she can start chasing her dream of becoming a doctor. She has a number of distractions, however, including love. Brigid Kemmerer discusses “Forging Silver into Stars” 7 p.m. Friday, June 10 Magic has been banished in the land of Syhl Shallow for as long as best friends Jax and Callyn can remember. They’ve learned that magic killed Callyn’s parents, leaving her to raise her younger sister. Meanwhile, Jax and Callyn learn magic has returned to Syhl Shallow — in the form of a magesmith who’s now married to their queen. Now, the people of Syhl Shallow are expected to allow dangerous magic in their midst, and no one is happy about it.
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