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My Funny Valentine

February 12, 2009 | By Julie Riggott | Category: Books and Lectures

Christopher Moore, on tour with his latest novel, “Fool,” appears at the Borders in Northridge on Sat., Feb. 14, at 2 pm. “Fool” is a bawdy (the author says there’s plenty of “shagging”) and humorous retelling of Shakespeare’s “King Lear” from the point of view of the king’s fool, Pocket. An American author of incredible [...]

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Fun With Words

February 3, 2009 | By Julie Riggott | Category: Books and Lectures

Larry Wilmore, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning “Senior Black Correspondent” from “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” discusses and signs “I’d Rather We Got the Casinos: And Other Black Thoughts” at Vroman’s Bookstore on Feb. 10 at 7 pm. Through letters, op-eds, graduation speeches and more, Wilmore takes a comic look at race in America. Vroman’s [...]

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