Donal Ryan reads from his new novel The Thing About December and his previous novelThe Spinning Heart.Ryan’s first novel, The Spinning Heart, won the 2013 Guardian First Book Award, Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, and was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. Ryan will also read from his new novel, The (more…)

Busboys and Poets and Teaching for Change welcome Nell Bernstein for a discussion of Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile PrisonWhen teenagers scuffle during a basketball game, they are typically benched. But when Will got into it on the court, he and his rival were sprayed in the face at close range by a (more…)

Busboys and Poets Books welcomes Dr. Cornel West to sign and discuss hisnew book, Black Prophetic Fire Celebrated intellectual and activist Cornel West offers an unflinching look at nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies. In an accessible, conversational format, Cornel West, with distinguished scholar Christa Buschendorf, provides a fresh perspective on six revolutionary (more…)