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Tuesday, October 11 • 7:00pm - 8:30pm
One City One Book: Carey Perloff

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An evening celebrating San Francisco Public Library's 12th Annual One City One Book selection, the memoir Beautiful Chaos: A Life in the Theater, by A.C.T. Artistic Director Carey Perloff. The author discusses her personal and professional journey—her life as a woman in a male-dominated profession, as a wife and mother, a playwright, director, producer, arts advocate, and citizen in a city erupting with enormous change. With author Joshua Mohr. FREE
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Joshua Mohr

Author
Joshua Mohr is the author of the memoir "Sirens" (2017), as well as five novels including "Damascus", which The New York Times called "Beat-poet cool." He’s also written "Fight Song" and "Some Things that Meant the World to Me," one of O Magazine’s Top 10 reads of 2009 and a San... Read More →

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Carey Perloff

Carey Perloff is a playwright and current artistic director of American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) in San Francisco. Perloff writes and lectures regularly about the American theater and about issues in culture and contemporary life that are close to her heart. She and her husband... Read More →

Tuesday October 11, 2016 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers
  Nonfiction   Type: Book Sales & Signing   Venue: Free Event

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