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        December 3, 2023 · 11:00 am—12:30 pm         · Princeton Public Library    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            LLL Presents Mihret Sibhat & Wendy Belcher – “The History of a Difficult Child: a Novel”        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 29, 2023 · 6:00 pm—7:30 pm         · Labyrinth Books    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            “Of Rule and Office: Plato’s Ideas of the Political”        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 28, 2023 · 6:00 pm—7:30 pm         · Labyrinth Books    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            “Prickly Moses: Poems” & “Aurora Americana: Poems”        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 16, 2023 · 6:00 pm—7:30 pm         · Labyrinth Books    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            “Marcel Proust”        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 15, 2023 · 6:00 pm—7:30 pm         · Labyrinth Books    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            “The State”        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 9, 2023 · 7:00 pm—8:30 pm         · Princeton Public Library    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            LLL Presents Melvin Rogers & Eddie Glaude – “The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought”        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 8, 2023 · 6:00 pm         · Labyrinth Books    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            LLL Presents Angus Deaton & Matthew Desmond: “Economics in America”        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 2, 2023 · 7:00 pm         · McCarter Theater    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            An Evening with Jhumpa Lahiri & Zahid Chaudhary        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 1, 2023 · 6:00 pm—7:30 pm         · Labyrinth Books    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Ukrainian Poetry in Translation with Ilya Kaminsky, Katie Farris, Maya Chabra, Andrew Janco & Olga Livshin        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 24, 2023 · 6:00 pm—7:30 pm         · Labyrinth Books    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            “Political Disappointment: A Cultural History from Reconstruction to the AIDS Crisis”        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 12, 2023 · 4:30 pm         · Labyrinth Books    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            LLL Presents – “Necessary Trouble: Growing up at Mid-Century”        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 10, 2023 · 7:00 pm—8:30 pm         · Princeton Public Library    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            LLL Presents Boo Trundle & Christie Henry – “The Daughter Ship: A Novel”        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 5, 2023 · 6:00 pm—7:30 pm         · Labyrinth Books    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            LLL Presents – “48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister & Zero-Sum: Stories”        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 4, 2023 · 6:00 pm—7:30 pm         · Labyrinth Books    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            LLL Presents – “Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History”        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        September 28, 2023 · 12:00 pm         · Labyrinth Books    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            “Animal Spirits: The American Pursuit of Vitality from Camp Meetings to Wall Street” with Jackson Lears & Graham Burnett        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        September 27, 2023 · 6:00 pm         · Labyrinth Books    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Civic Storytelling: The Rise of Short Forms and the Agency of Literature with Florian Fuchs & Daniel Heller Roazen        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        September 21, 2023 · 7:00 pm         · Princeton Public Library    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            LLL Presents – Wednesday’s Child: Short Stories        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        May 2, 2023 · 6:00 pm—7:30 pm         · Labyrinth Books    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            The Arc of Interference: Medical Anthropology for Worlds on Edge        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                            
    

                    
    
            
    
        
    
    
    

    


    
    
    
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