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A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | A National Bestseller | Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize | One of The Washington Post’s Best Books of 2024 | An NPR Best Book of 2024 | An Elle Best Book of 2024 | A Boston Globe Best Book of 2024 | An NAACP Image Award Nominee.

Combining fiction, poetry, and theater, this hybrid trilogy begins as Maia, a writer from the borderlands, finally committing to her life’s work, suddenly beholds the vision of Ondine, a child she had desired yet reluctantly aborted 23 years earlier. 

In THE EINSTEIN OF SEX, Brooks reinvigorates Hirschfeld’s story, recovering one of the great visionaries of the twentieth century. As an advocate for trans acceptance and the decriminalization of homosexuality, Hirschfeld served as intellectual impresario to Weimar Berlin’s libertine cabaret culture. Driven from his homeland by fascists, he embarked on a global survey of human sexuality and witnessed the diversity of gay life, as well as the impacts of imperialism and racism firsthand. Hirschfeld spent his final years in exile, working to debunk Nazi race science and warn the world of the genocidal dangers of racism.

Please join us for an evening of reading and solidarity for mutual aid for Gaza

THE LAST GREAT DREAM is a history of everything that led to the 1960s counterculture, when long-simmering resistance to American mainstream values birthed the hippie, from the legendary author and Grateful Dead associate Dennis McNally.

 Please join Alfredo Paredes, The Brownstone Boys, Studio DB, and Steve Cordony in Conversation with Architectural Digest’s Sam Cochran for a discussion and book signing with four renowned design studios as they lend a closer look into the making of their new titles.

This seminal 1929 surrealist novel by the painter Giorgio de Chirico merges the realms of dream and reality.

A shocking, on-the-ground investigation of the Chinese government’s brutal oppression of its Muslim citizens — the Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, and others — from Xinjiang to the streets of New York and Washington, DC . . .

From the acclaimed novelist, a first-of-its-kind, deeply personal, and moving oral history of a generation of trans and gender nonconforming elders of color—from leading activists to artists to ordinary citizens—who tell their own stories of breathtaking courage, cultural innovations, and acts of resistance.

From the pioneer of translation AIs like Google, Yahoo, and Bing translate, an accessible and authoritative guide to AI—as well as a framework of empowerment for a future with our artificial children.

A timely work of singular reportage and a damning indictment of the private equity industry told through the stories of four American workers whose lives and communities were upended by the ruinous effects of private equity takeovers.

From the acclaimed author of Yes, Daddy; It’s Not the End of the World is a terrifying climate thriller, a vicious takedown of the uber-wealthy, and a queer family saga that isn’t afraid to punch back.

Join Emily Skillings and Lara Mimosa Montes as they each read from their new books, followed by a brief conversation.

This is the first book to tell the full story of the Grateful Dead’s unprecedented speaker system that was as tall as a school bus and more than a hundred feet wide, the “Wall of Sound.” Anderson interviewed hundreds of people associated with the band and the construction of the Wall itself, including band members, roadies, tech wizards, fans and many more.

On the 50th anniversary of Talking Heads, acclaimed music biographer Jonathan Gould presents the long-overdue, definitive story of this singular band, capturing the gritty energy of 1970s New York City and showing how a group of art students brought fringe culture to rock’s mainstream, forever changing the look and sound of popular music. 

Deep Listening is a powerful and proven approach to establish a relationship of trust and an authentic understanding of people from different perspectives, whether in your family, your work or in your community.