May 2022

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Monday, May 2, 6:00 pm
P&P Live! Gregory D. Smithers — Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America - with Kyle T. Mays
6:00 pm
 
Monday, May 2, 7:00 pm
John Waters — Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance - with Marion Winik - at Conn Ave
7:00 pm
 
Tuesday, May 3, 5:00 pm
Will Jawando — My Seven Black Fathers - with Michael Eric Dyson - at Conn Ave
5:00 pm
 
 
Tuesday, May 3, 8:00 pm
P&P Live! Mieko Kawakami — All the Lovers in the Night - with Kali Fajardo-Anstine & Meri Joyce
8:00 pm
 
Wednesday, May 4, 6:00 pm
P&P Live! Jonathan Galassi — School Days
6:00 pm
 
Wednesday, May 4, 7:00 pm
Michael Eric Dyson & Marc Favreau - UNEQUAL: A STORY OF AMERICA - at Conn Ave
7:00 pm
 
 
Friday, May 6, 7:00 pm
Don Winslow — City on Fire - with David Baldacci and Jake Tapper — at Conn Ave
7:00 pm
 
Saturday, May 7, 3:00 pm
Marisa Renee Lee — Grief Is Love: Living With Loss - with René Marsh - at Conn Ave
3:00 pm
 
Saturday, May 7, 4:00 pm
Indies UNITE! - Children's Book Week Panel: Andrea Wang, Cheryl Yau Chepusova, Michael Genhart & Raúl the Third with Kevin Noble Maillard
4:00 pm
 
Saturday, May 7, 5:00 pm
American University Annual MFA Graduates Reading
5:00 pm
 
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Monday, May 9, 5:00 pm
RESCHEDULED: Jeff Nussbaum — Undelivered — at Conn Ave
5:00 pm
 
Monday, May 9, 7:00 pm
Jonathan Martin & Alexander Burns — This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future - with Symone Sanders — at Conn Ave
7:00 pm
 
 
Tuesday, May 10, 7:00 pm
POSTPONED: Jeff Nussbaum — Undelivered - with Jonathan Karl (at Sixth & I)
7:00 pm
 
Tuesday, May 10, 7:00 pm
Dr. Deborah Birx — Silent Invasion: The Untold Story of the Trump Administration, Covid-19, and Preventing the Next Pandemic Before It's Too Late - with Sandy Thurman — at Conn Ave
7:00 pm
 
Tuesday, May 10, 8:00 pm
P&P Live! Rachel M. Harper — The Other Mother - with Kiese Laymon
8:00 pm
 
Wednesday, May 11, 6:00 pm
P&P Live! David Gergen — Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders are Made
6:00 pm
 
Wednesday, May 11, 7:00 pm
Chris Bohjalian — The Lioness - with Dolen Perkins-Valdez — at Conn Ave
7:00 pm
 
Thursday, May 12, 4:00 pm
Neal & Jarrod Shusterman | ROXY – at Takoma Park Library
4:00 pm
 
Thursday, May 12, 7:00 pm
Chloe Maxmin & Canyon Woodward — Dirt Road Revival: How to Rebuild Rural Politics and Why Our Future Depends On It — at Conn Ave
7:00 pm
 
Friday, May 13, 7:00 pm
Hernan Diaz — Trust — at Conn Ave
7:00 pm
 
 
Saturday, May 14, 1:00 pm
Jessie Sheehan — Snackable Bakes - with Olga Massov - at Union Market
1:00 pm
 
 
Saturday, May 14, 3:00 pm
Susie Dumond — Queerly Beloved - with Liz Bowery - at Union Market
3:00 pm
 
 
Saturday, May 14, 5:00 pm
Soon Wiley — When We Fell Apart - with Angie Kim - at Union Market
5:00 pm
 
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Monday, May 16, 7:00 pm
Colin Barrett — Homesickness - with Molly McCloskey - at Conn Ave
7:00 pm
 
Monday, May 16, 8:00 pm
P&P Live! Britt Wray — Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis - with Sarah Jaquette Ray
8:00 pm
 
Monday, May 16, 8:00 pm
P&P Live! Maggie Shipstead — You Have a Friend in 10A
8:00 pm
 
 
Tuesday, May 17, 7:00 pm
George Stevens, Jr. — My Place In The Sun - with Michael Beschloss - at Planet Word
7:00 pm
 
Tuesday, May 17, 7:00 pm
Craig McNamara — Because Our Fathers Lied: A Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today - with Jane Mayer — at Conn Ave
7:00 pm
 
Tuesday, May 17, 8:00 pm
P&P Live! Phil Klay — Uncertain Ground - with Kori Schake
8:00 pm
 
Wednesday, May 18, 6:00 pm
P&P Live! Toni Bentley — Serenade - with Christopher D'Amboise
6:00 pm
 
Wednesday, May 18, 7:00 pm
Sanaa Seif - in support of Alaa Abd el-Fattah's —You Have Not Yet Been Defeated: Selected Works 2011-2021— with Jackson Diehl at Conn Ave
7:00 pm
 
Wednesday, May 18, 7:00 pm
P&P Live! Dana Suskind, M.D.—Parent Nation - in conversation with Katherine Goldstein
7:00 pm
 
 
Thursday, May 19, 7:00 pm
Emma Straub — This Time Tomorrow - with Jennifer Close- at Union Market
7:00 pm
 
Thursday, May 19, 7:00 pm
Ira Shapiro — The Betrayal: How Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans Abandoned America - with John Podesta - at Conn Ave
7:00 pm
 
Friday, May 20, 1:00 pm
P&P Live! Elise Broach - Duet
1:00 pm
 
Friday, May 20, 6:00 pm
P&P Live! Putsata Reang — Ma and Me - with Charles Yu
6:00 pm
 
Friday, May 20, 6:00 pm
Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa — His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice - with Eugene Robinson — at Conn Ave
6:00 pm
 
 
Friday, May 20, 7:00 pm
Hasanthika Sirisena and Madhushree Ghosh — Dark Tourist: Essays & Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory, and Family — at Union Market
7:00 pm
 
Saturday, May 21, 1:00 pm
Victoria Pratt — The Power of Dignity - at Conn Ave
1:00 pm
 
Saturday, May 21, 3:00 pm
Kathryn Miles — Trailed - with Carolyn Forché - at Conn Ave
3:00 pm
 
Saturday, May 21, 5:00 pm
Francis Fukuyama — Liberalism and Its Discontents - at Conn Ave
5:00 pm
 
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Sunday, May 22, 3:00 pm
Reyna Grande — A Ballad of Love and Glory - with Lauren Francis-Sharma - at Conn Ave
3:00 pm
 
Sunday, May 22, 5:00 pm
Frederick Joseph — Patriarchy Blues - with Danté Stewart - at Conn Ave
5:00 pm
 
Monday, May 23, 6:00 pm
P&P Live!: Panel discussion - Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands
6:00 pm
 
Monday, May 23, 7:00 pm
Jacinda Townsend — Mother Country - with Melissa Scholes Young — at Conn Ave
7:00 pm
 
Tuesday, May 24, 7:00 pm
P&P Live! Tsering Yangzom Lama — We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies - with Maaza Mengiste
7:00 pm
 
 
Tuesday, May 24, 7:00 pm
D. Watkins - Black Boy Smile - at Union Market
7:00 pm
 
Tuesday, May 24, 7:00 pm
P&P Live! Sayantani Dasgupta — Debating Darcy - with Chelsea Clinton
7:00 pm
 
Wednesday, May 25, 11:00 am
P&P Live! Alex Boersma & Nick Pyenson - The Whale Who Swam Through Time
11:00 am
 
Wednesday, May 25, 6:00 pm
P&P Live! Nell Zink — Avalon - with Jonathan Franzen
6:00 pm
 
Wednesday, May 25, 7:00 pm
Dan Chaon — Sleepwalk - with Sarah Blake - at Conn Ave
7:00 pm
 
Thursday, May 26, 7:00 pm
P&P Live! Marie Myung-Ok Lee — The Evening Hero - with John Darnielle
7:00 pm
 
 
Thursday, May 26, 7:00 pm
Jhumpa Lahiri — Translating Myself and Others - with Nicoletta Pireddu (at Sixth & I)
7:00 pm
 
Friday, May 27, 7:00 pm
Priyanka Champaneri — The City of Good Death - with Rion Amilcar Scott - at Conn Ave
7:00 pm
 
Saturday, May 28, 3:00 pm
Meenakshi Ahamed — A Matter of Trust - with Edward Luce - at Conn Ave
3:00 pm
 
Saturday, May 28, 5:00 pm
[Rescheduled] Kim Kelly — Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor - with Sara Nelson (at Conn Ave)
5:00 pm
 
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Tuesday, May 31, 7:00 pm
Nandana Dev Sen — Acrobat — at Conn Ave
7:00 pm
 
Tuesday, May 31, 7:00 pm
P&P Live! Lyla Lee—Flip the Script - with Amélie Wen Zhao
7:00 pm