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SUMMARY:Bonnie Garmus discusses and signs "Peck & Peck"
DESCRIPTION:Writers Bloc and Diesel Bookstore present Bonnie Garmus\, aut
 hor of Lessons in Chemistry\, and David Ulin. This event will be held at
 : Writers Guild Theater -- 135 South Doheny Drive Beverly Hills\, CA 902
 11 Bonnie Garmus Event Reservation The #1 New York Times bestselling aut
 hor of global sensation Lessons in Chemistry returns with an irresistibl
 e\, delightful\, and tender literary novel set in the publishing world o
 f 1980s New York City about a young man whose life turns upside down whe
 n he is hired by the most prestigious\, secretive\, and dysfunctional po
 etry journal in the world: the renowned Peck & Peck. Find originality. R
 eward creativity. Burn the rest. It’s 1982\, New York City. Crime is on 
 the rise\, muggings are in the streets\, and Batter Gray\, recent colleg
 e graduate with a skill that no one wants—an “ear” for poetry—is worried
  about his future. While all of his friends have real jobs\, he’s foldin
 g T-shirts at the Gap. As for love? No. Not unless you count Sallie Mae\
 , the student loan tyrant. He hears from Sallie all the time. But when B
 atter gets a dream job at Peck & Peck\, the most prestigious poetry quar
 terly in the world\, his life moves into the literary fast lane. Soon Ba
 tter is knee-deep in the secret war between the two Editors in Chief\, t
 he famous Peck brothers—twins and enemies—as well as being privy to the 
 private affairs of their thirty-nine editors\, whose professed mission i
 s the same: Find originality. Reward creativity. Burn the rest. And by b
 urn\, they mean incinerate. Because at Peck & Peck\, “good” isn’t good e
 nough\, “interesting” doesn’t cut it\, plagiarists aren’t tolerated\, an
 d parolees run the mailroom. Still want to submit your poem? Go with God
 . Welcome to another dazzling and unforgettable novel from Bonnie Garmus
 . If you loved Lessons in Chemistry\, you will love Peck & Peck. Bonnie 
 Garmus is a coffee-dependent American novelist. Her debut novel\, Lesson
 s in Chemistry\, was a Good Morning America Book Club Pick\, a Goodreads
  Choice Best Book of the Year\, spent nearly two years on the New York T
 imes bestseller list and was named by Times readers as one of the top 10
 0 books of the 21st century. Translated into over forty languages\, Less
 ons in Chemistry was honored with sixteen international literary awards 
 and made into an Apple TV limited series. Peck & Peck is her second nove
 l. While Bonnie Garmus is one of our favorite novelists\, David Ulin is 
 one of our favorite moderators. David L. Ulin is the author or editor of
  twenty books\, including the novel\, Thirteen Question Method\, and Sid
 ewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles\, shortlisted for the PEN/Dia
 monstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. The recipient of fel
 lowships from the Guggenheim Foundation\, the Lannan Foundation\, and Uc
 ross Foundation\, as well as a COLA Individual Master Artist Grant from 
 the City of Los Angeles\, he is a Professor of English at the University
  of Southern California\, where he co-directs the Los Angeles Institute 
 for the Humanities and edits the journal Air/Light. Limited third-party 
 paid parking structure available next door. We recommend rideshares and 
 carpooling. Please allow time to find parking and to leave the parking s
 tructure.\n\nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/writers-bloc-and-dies
 el-bookstore-present-bonnie-garmus-and-david-ulin-tickets-1996361515032?
 aff=oddtdtcreator\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/fa25090e-7048-4f2
 5-a0a6-73960e29790e
LOCATION:Diesel\, A Bookstore\, 225 26th St.\, Suite 33\, Santa Monica\, 
 CA
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/fa25090e-7048-4f25-a0a6-73960e29790
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