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Boston area author visits, week of Nov. 19

Posted by Jim Concannon  November 17, 2006 11:59 AM
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SUNDAY: Dale Peterson discusses “Jane Goodall,” at 3 p.m., at the Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord … Kitty Dukakis and Larry Tye discuss “Shock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy,” at 7 p.m., at Temple Emanuel, 7 Haggetts Pond Rd., Andover … James D. Hornfischer discusses “Ship of Ghosts,” at 1 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop, 1400 Mass. Ave., Cambridge … Children’s author Yetti Frankel reads at 1:30 p.m., at Book Ends, 559 Main St., Winchester.

MONDAY: Bill Morgan discusses “I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg,” at 6:30 p.m., at the Harvard Bookstore, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge … Tina Cassidy discusses “Birth,” at 7 p.m., at the Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St., Brookline … Charles Pierce discusses “Moving the Chains,” at 7:30 p.m., at the Newton Free Library, 339 Homer St., Newton … Poets Judith Harris and Jeffrey Harrison read at 4 p.m., at the UMass-Boston Bookstore, 100 Morrissey Blvd. … Kelly Gallagher discusses “China Shifts Gears,” at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop … Contributors to “Why I’m Still Married” speak at 7:30 p.m., at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, 333 Nahanton St., Newton; for ticket information ($7.50), call 617-965-5226.

TUESDAY: William S. McFeely discusses “Portrait: A Life of Thomas Eakins,” at 6:30 p.m., a the Harvard Book Store … Lisa Moore reads from “Alligator,” at 7:30 p.m., at Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville … Travis Bradford discusses “Solar Revolution,” at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop.

(Happy Thanksgiving.)

FRIDAY: Amir Aczel discusses “The Artist and the Mathematician,” at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop … Poet Regie Gibson reads at 7 p.m., at Jamaicaway Books, 676 Centre St., Jamaica Plain ($5).

SATURDAY: Anthony M. Sammarco discusses “South Boston Then and Now,” at 2 p.m., at the South Boston Branch Library, 646 East Broadway.

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