LitNuts is kicking off the month of August with links to an assortment of interesting online literary events and a selection of great indie books for your reading pleasure. Read on for more information, and enjoy!
The Music of Hidden Lives. Authors Jennifer Steil and Marjorie Sandor discuss two award-winning novels about musicians. Presented by A Novel Idea, a South Philly bookstore. August 2, 6:00 pm CDT.
Virtual Book Launch: Ladyparts. The Greenlight Bookstore of Brooklyn welcomes bestselling author Deborah Copaken for the launch of her honest and unflinching memoir. August 2, 7:30 pm ET.
Rain Taxi presents Rita Dove. The author will read from and discuss Playlist for the Apocalypse, her first book of new poems in twelve years. Presented by the Rain Taxi Review of Book, an award-winning quarterly print journal. August 3, 5:30 pm CDT.
Virtual Book Launch: When the Reckoning Comes. LaTanya McQueen, author of the essay collection And it Begins Like This, launches her haunting debut novel. Presented by Greenlight Bookstore. August 3, 7:30 pm ET.
“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” ~Anna Quindlen