April 22: "Tuesday: An Art Project"
April 23: Open Mic with Lloyd Schwartz
April 30: Quil Lawrence
May 5: Samantha Power
May 18: Henri Cole
July 1: Alison Bass

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News & Events:

All events are free and hosted at Back Pages Books unless otherwise noted.

Launch Party, Tuesday: An Art Project
Featuring Poets Danielle Legros Georges
& Jonathan Weinert
Tuesday, April 22, @ 7:30 PM

Many visitors to the store have seen our singular love for the Arlington-based poetry and arts collection "Tuesday". Now you can join us for an evening with some of the exraordinary poets who have contributed to the newest volume of "Tuesday". Poets Danielle Legros Georges and Jonathan Weinert will read from their writings from "Tuesday" and beyond. This event is free and will be held in our central upstairs gallery space located directly above our store.

5th Annual Studio Writing National Poetry Month Open Mic Featuring
Lloyd Schwartz
Wednedsay, April 23, @ 7:30 PM

*This Event Will Be Held at the Waltham Public Library

Join us for an evening at the Waltham Public Library for open mic poetry and a reading by esteemed poet Lloyd Schwartz. Spearheaded by Poet Elisabeth Carter's StudioWriting program, this will be an evening of all things poetry converging in Waltham with support from Back Pages Books and the Waltham Public Library. This event is free.

Quil Lawrence
Wednesday, April 30, @ 7:30 PM

"Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East "

25 million Kurds comprise the largest unrecognized nation in the world, spanning the borders of Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Syria. Join us for an evening with Quil Lawrence, as he discusses the Kurdish fight for a state of their own in the midst of an uncertain war in an uncertain time. Lawrence is a reporter for the BBC's "The World" and has traveled widely, reporting for the Christian Science Monitor, The Los Angeles Times, and NPR. This event is free and open to the public.

Blood to Remember: American Poets Remember the Holocaust
Thursday, May 1, @ 7:00 PM

Join us for a Holocaust Remembrance reading at the BU CDIA located across the street from Back Pages at 274 Moody Street.

Featuring anthology editor Charles Adés Fishman and contributors Wendy Drexler, Rachel Goldstein, Richard Michelson, Mark Pawlak, Jennifer Rose and Kirtland Snyder will read from their own and others' work.

Samantha Power
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Monday, May 5, @ 7:30 PM

"Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira De Mello and the Fight to Save the World"

Samantha Power has become one of the most prominent human rights activists in the world through years of reportage, scholarly work, activism. Her previous book "A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide" won a number of major awards including the Pulitzer Prize. In "Chasing the Flame", Power tracks the life and work of Sergio Vieira De Mello, the popular United Nations humanitarian aid worker who was killed in Iraq's first major suicide attack in 2003. Power is a contributor to The New Yorker and Time and has been active in the presidential campaign of Barack Obama. She currently serves as the Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. This event is free.

Henri Cole
Sunday, May 18, @3:00 PM

"Blackbird and Wolf: Poems"

Henri Cole is a singular poet in America today. The former head of the Academy of American Poets, Cole's writing is intimate and emotionally riveting as it rolls across the landscapes of love, life, death, and war. Join us as he reads from his new collection of poems "Blackbird and Wolf".

Alison Bass
Tuesday, July 1, @ 7:30 PM

"Side Effects: A Bestselling Drug on Trial"

Side Effects tracks the thrilling story of everyday people who brought the makers of Paxil, a widely-used anti-depressant, to trial for consumer fraud. Bass lays bare the unhealthy ties between the medical establishment, big pharmaceutical companies, and the FDA that put children and adults in grave danger. Bass, a longtime medicine and science reporter has written for The Boston Globe, Miami Herald, and Psychology Today. She has received many awards for her investigative reporting and was shotlisted for the Pulitzer Prize. She has taught journalism at Boston Universtiy and Brandeis University.