LBB Presents: Christi Furnas - Crazy Like a Fox Left Bank Books presents Christi Furnas, queer cartoonist, to celebrate her debut graphic memoir "Crazy Like a Fox: Adventures in Schizophrenia." Furnas will be in conversation with celebrated St. Louis memoirist Gabe Montesanti. Furnas will personalize and sign copies after the presentation! Join us Monday, May 6, at 7pm at Left Bank Books, 399 N Euclid Ave, or watch the livestream on Left Bank Books' YouTube channel. This autobiographically-inspired graphic novel explores mental health and schizophrenia in a surprising and emotionally honest story with a fantastical cast of animal characters.
LBB Presents: Leigh Goodmark - Imperfect Victims Left Bank Books and St. Louis University Women and Gender Studies presents Leigh Goodmark to discuss her new book "Imperfect Victims: Criminalized Survivors and the Promise of Abolition Feminism" on Friday, April 26, 6pm CT. "Imperfect Victims" was named one of the Best Books of 2023 by Progressive Magazine!
Left Bank Books Presents: Raven Maragh-Lloyd- Black Networked Resistance Left Bank Books presents Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Film and Media Studies at Washington University in St. Louis Dr. Raven Maragh-Lloyd to discuss her new book Black Networked Resistance: Strategic Rearticulations in the Digital Age which explores the creative range of Black digital users and their responses to varying forms of oppression, utilizing cultural, communicative, political, and technological threads both on and offline. Ralina Joseph says Black Networked Resistance is a "unique and timely contribution to a growing treasure trove of scholarship on Black everyday online life."
Left Bank Books Presents: Calvin Riley - Black St. Louis Black St. Louis explores the rich and inspiring history of African Americans in St. Louis from the city's founding as a French fur trading post during the Spanish colonial era to the new millennium. Riley will personalize and sign copies after the presentation!
LBB Presents: Stephanie Land - Class LBB PRESENTS STEPHANIE LAND, WHO INSPIRED THE HIT NETFLIX SERIES "MAID." SHE WILL DISCUSS HER UPCOMING RELEASE "CLASS: A MEMOIR OF MOTHERHOOD, HUNGER, AND HIGHER EDUCATION," AT THE ETHICAL SOCIETY ON NOVEMBER 15TH @ 7PM!
BELFAST — New York Times best-selling authors Tess Gerritsen and Kate Miles will be in conversation at Left Bank Books, 109 Church St., Thursday, Nov. 2, to celebrate the release
LBB Presents: Celebrity Storytime with Ellen Mayer On Saturday, October 21st, Left Bank Books presents Celebrity Storytime with Ellen Mayer, award-winning author of lively children's books that help build language and math skills. Join us for a book reading and singalong of songs to celebrate Gift & Box!
LBB Presents: Michael MacCambridge - The Big Time On Wednesday, October 11 at 7pm, Left Bank Books presents acclaimed author, journalist and TV commentator Michael MacCambridge in conversation with Gerald Early, award-winning essayist, author, and professor at Washington University in St. Louis. Join us for discussion of "The Big Time: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America." Joe Posnanski calls it "a book brimming with nostalgia and fun, filled with all the marvelous names that shaped my life as a sports fan."
On consecutive upcoming Sunday afternoons, Left Bank Books, 109 Church St., Belfast, invites the public to meet two novelists, both of whom are celebrating the recent release of their books: