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Here’s your chance to chat with other film fans and director Peter Bogdanovich at a member-only reception before he introduces his 1972 screwball comedy What’s Up, Doc? at 7 PM. Tickets to Bogdanovich's presentation are on sale to Wexner Center members from December 1 to 13, 2009 to January 3, 2010.

One of America’s most beloved writers, Jayne Anne Phillips is the author of the huge bestseller, Machine Dreams. Her latest novel, Lark & Termite, was a New York Times bestseller, and a nominee for the National Book Award in Fiction. In Lark & Termite, Phillips has created a rich, wonderfully moving ... (more)story of loss and love. Lark, a teenage girl, spends her days caring for her younger brother, Termite, a child unable to walk and talk, but who seems blessed with the gifts of sight and feeling. The novel links past, present and future, as the characters’ stories reveal family secrets and dreams, and the love that unites them. Phillips is currently Professor of English and Director of the MFA Program at Rutgers-Newark, the State University of New Jersey. Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door, with discounts for students and seniors. Call (614) 464-1032 or visit www.thurberhouse.org to order.

During our Shakespeare Saturday Sonnet Slam, meet local poet and special guest sonnet judge Jason Gray! He'll be available to discuss poetry and sign copies of his most recent book, Photographing Eden.

We cap off Shakespeare Saturday with a visit from local author Lisa Klein. Ms. Klein will sign her teen novels Ophelia and Lady Macbeth's Daughter. Meet her and learn how she draws inspiration from the famous plays of Shakespeare.

Hear Percival Everett read from and talk about his writing, including his most recent novel, I Am Not Sidney Poitier.

Lisa See is the author of five previous bestsellers, including the critically acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Peony in Love, and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. She is also the author of the highly praised memoir, On Gold Mountain. Shanghai Girls is her first novel to take place in America. It is ... (more)a richly woven tale about two sisters who, through arranged marriages, leave Shanghai in 1937 for Los Angeles. The conflicts to reconcile different cultures; the struggles of two women to find a new life in a strange land weave a dramatic tapestry about family, duty and loyalty. Lisa See lives in Los Angeles. Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door, with discounts for students and seniors. Call (614) 464-1032 or visit www.thurberhouse.org to order.

Adriana Trigiani’s last five novels were instant New York Times bestsellers. There are more than three million copies of her books in print in the United States. Brava, Valentine is the sequel that continues the story started in Very Valentine about the life of shoemaker Valentine Roncallli. A unique ... (more)business opportunity takes Valentine from New York City to Buenes Aires where she comes face-to-face with a family scandal and long-buried secrets that place her between a past love that nurtured her and a new one that promises to sustain her. Trigiani lives in New York City with her husband and daughter. Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door, with discounts for students and seniors. Call (614) 464-1032 or visit www.thurberhouse.org to order.

Rikki Santer has worked as a journalist, a magazine and book editor, co-founder and managing editor of an alternative city newspaper, a poet-in-the schools, and her all-time favorite job--bagel street vendor. She earned a M.A. degree in journalism from Kent State University and a M.F.A. degree in creative ... (more)writing from The Ohio State University. Her work has won honors from The Poetry Forum (the William Redding Memorial Contest), Black Lawrence Press (the St. Lawrence Book Award Competition), the Ohio Poetry Association, and the Best of Ohio Writer Contest sponsored by the Poets' & Writers' League of Greater Cleveland. She currently lives in Columbus where she teaches literature, writing, and film studies at Upper Arlington High School. Her first poetry collection, Front Nine: A Biography of Place, which explores the mysteries of the Newark, Ohio Earthworks, was published by Kulupi Press.

Carol Goodman is the award-winning author of five novels, including the bestselling, The Lake of Dead Languages, and The Night Villa. Her latest novel is Arcadia Falls, a riveting tale of psychological suspense and eerie secrets about a mother and daughter who move to an isolated boarding school where ... (more)everything is far more sinister than anyone can imagine. Her work has been translated into eight languages, and she is regarded as that rare combination of a writer with both style and substance. She teaches writing at the New School University in New York City, and lives on Long Island. Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door, with discounts for students and seniors. Call (614) 464-1032 or visit www.thurberhouse.org to order.

Ohio native Christopher Moore is the author of 12 novels including the international bestsellers, Lamb, A Dirty Job and You Suck. He will read from his latest novel, Bite Me: A Love Story, the third in his zany trilogy about vampires in love. True to form, the story encapsulates Moore’s satirical wit, ... (more)sharp insights and wry storytelling. Carl Hiaasen calls Moore, “a very sick man, in the very best sense of the word.” He divides his time between Hawaii and San Francisco. Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door, with discounts for students and seniors. Call (614) 464-1032 or visit www.thurberhouse.org to order.

Laurie Notaro was the 2009 Finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor for her hilarious collection of essays, The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death. She is back with a novel, Spooky Little Girl, a wickedly funny revenge tale about a girl who has been wronged by many people and so she ... (more)comes back from the beyond to exact her wrath. Whatever Notaro writes will have the reader laughing out loud! She is the author of several books, including The Idiot Girls’ Action-Adventure Club, I Love Everyone (And other Atrocious Lies), and There’s a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell, among others. She and her husband live in Eugene, Oregon. Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door, with discounts for students and seniors. Call (614) 464-1032 or visit www.thurberhouse.org to order.

* PUBLISHED AUTHORS and ASPIRING WRITERS can attend over 100 workshops to learn how to write and get published, how to network, how to promote and how to increase sales. * READERS will enjoy a special three-day program with games, giveaways, prizes and lots of FREE BOOKS as well as attend bestselling ... (more)author lectures in an intimate setting. Authors are at the ready to answer all your book-related questions. * BOOKSELLERS will value a special three-day program that will take you into the future of bookselling with tips on how to increase sales and revenues and how to compete with the chains. You will also learn how to use the internet to supplement your income. * BREAK AWAY from your designated track and check out any other workshop that appeal to you.

* PUBLISHED AUTHORS and ASPIRING WRITERS can attend over 100 workshops to learn how to write and get published, how to network, how to promote and how to increase sales. * READERS will enjoy a special three-day program with games, giveaways, prizes and lots of FREE BOOKS as well as attend bestselling ... (more)author lectures in an intimate setting. Authors are at the ready to answer all your book-related questions. * BOOKSELLERS will value a special three-day program that will take you into the future of bookselling with tips on how to increase sales and revenues and how to compete with the chains. You will also learn how to use the internet to supplement your income. * BREAK AWAY from your designated track and check out any other workshop that appeal to you.