BOOKISH: Gung-ho about writing (and reading!)

Each Wednesday Critical Mass puts together a rundown of book-centric events that'll keep you "lit" all week long. Wednesday: World-renowned neurologist Oliver Sacks discusses In The Mind's Eye, his latest book on interplay of sight and mind. Tickets to see the live dialogue between Sacks and Drexel English Professor Paula Marantz Cohen are sold out, but simulcast tickets are still fair game. Wed., Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., $6, Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine St., 215-686-5322. Thursday: Missed Her is Ivan Coyote's fifth short story collection and Butch is a Noun is S. Bear Bergman's debut essay collection. Both writers draw on their homosexual experiences to talk about the pleasures and dangers of a life "outside the gender binary." Thurs., Nov. 11, 8-9:30 p.m., $20, Wiliam Way Community Center, 1315 Spruce St., 215-732-2220 Friday: Award-winning Philadelphia Daily News columnist and black literary activist Solomon Jones recently came out with The Last Confession, a crime novel starring Philadelphia homicide detective Michael Coletti. A cut of the event proceeds will go to Art Sanctuary, a non-profit dedicated to youth and the power of black art. Fri., Nov. 12, 6 p.m., free, Barnes & Noble, Rittenhouse Square,1805 Walnut St., 215-665-0716. Saturday: First Person Arts and the Painted Bride are hosting The Moth and This American Life contributor Elna Baker, who will lead a workshop on how to tell great stories using humor and personal revelation. Sat., Nov. 13, 1-3 p.m., $28-$35, Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St., 267-402-2055 Sunday: Those of you in the "sandwich generation" caring for young children and old parents will find empathy in 13 Is the New 18 ... And Other Things My Children Taught Me While I Was Having A Nervous Breakdown Being Their Mother, the latest book by award-winning Associated Press writer Beth Harpaz; and Special Exits, a graphic novel by Joyce Farmer chronicling her parents' decline. If you're gung-ho about writing, sign up for the 1:30 p.m. memoir workshop with Harpaz. Sun., Nov. 14, 1:30 p.m., $28-$35, Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St., 267-402-2055 Monday: NBC News Political Analyst Howard Fineman has a resume so thick only a chainsaw could penetrate it. In addition to his gig at NBC, Fineman is also a senior political editor at Huff Post, former Deputy Washington Bureau Chief at Newsweek Magazine and has had face time with every major presidential candidate since 1984. Name a talk show; he's probably been a guest. His 2008 book on American debate? A bestseller. Catch his talk on Election '10: Did the (New) Media Help or Harm American Democracy? Mon., Nov. 15, 5:30 p.m., free, Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Wk, 215-573-9748 Tuesday: Between 1960 and 1962, Operation Pedro Pan airlifted upwards of 14,000 children from revolutionary Cuba in response to rumors of possible abduction. Among these children was Carlos Eire, Yale professor and National Book Award winner whose new memoir Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy delves deep into his adolescent refugee experience. Tues., Nov. 16, 7:30pm, $7-$15, Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine St., 215-686-5322.

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BOOKISH: Gung-ho about writing (and reading!)

POSTED: Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 3:00 PM

Each Wednesday Critical Mass puts together a rundown of book-centric events that'll keep you "lit" all week long. Wednesday: World-renowned neurologist Oliver Sacks discusses In The Mind's Eye, his latest book on interplay of sight and mind. Tickets to see the live dialogue between Sacks and Drexel English Professor Paula Marantz Cohen are sold out, but simulcast tickets are still fair game. Wed., Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., $6, Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine St., 215-686-5322. Thursday: Missed Her is Ivan Coyote's fifth short story collection and Butch is a Noun is S. Bear Bergman's debut essay collection. Both writers draw on their homosexual experiences to talk about the pleasures and dangers of a life "outside the gender binary." Thurs., Nov. 11, 8-9:30 p.m., $20, Wiliam Way Community Center, 1315 Spruce St., 215-732-2220 Friday: Award-winning Philadelphia Daily News columnist and black literary activist Solomon Jones recently came out with The Last Confession, a crime novel starring Philadelphia homicide detective Michael Coletti. A cut of the event proceeds will go to Art Sanctuary, a non-profit dedicated to youth and the power of black art. Fri., Nov. 12, 6 p.m., free, Barnes & Noble, Rittenhouse Square,1805 Walnut St., 215-665-0716. Saturday: First Person Arts and the Painted Bride are hosting The Moth and This American Life contributor Elna Baker, who will lead a workshop on how to tell great stories using humor and personal revelation. Sat., Nov. 13, 1-3 p.m., $28-$35, Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St., 267-402-2055 Sunday: Those of you in the "sandwich generation" caring for young children and old parents will find empathy in 13 Is the New 18 ... And Other Things My Children Taught Me While I Was Having A Nervous Breakdown Being Their Mother, the latest book by award-winning Associated Press writer Beth Harpaz; and Special Exits, a graphic novel by Joyce Farmer chronicling her parents' decline. If you're gung-ho about writing, sign up for the 1:30 p.m. memoir workshop with Harpaz. Sun., Nov. 14, 1:30 p.m., $28-$35, Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St., 267-402-2055 Monday: NBC News Political Analyst Howard Fineman has a resume so thick only a chainsaw could penetrate it. In addition to his gig at NBC, Fineman is also a senior political editor at Huff Post, former Deputy Washington Bureau Chief at Newsweek Magazine and has had face time with every major presidential candidate since 1984. Name a talk show; he's probably been a guest. His 2008 book on American debate? A bestseller. Catch his talk on Election '10: Did the (New) Media Help or Harm American Democracy? Mon., Nov. 15, 5:30 p.m., free, Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Wk, 215-573-9748 Tuesday: Between 1960 and 1962, Operation Pedro Pan airlifted upwards of 14,000 children from revolutionary Cuba in response to rumors of possible abduction. Among these children was Carlos Eire, Yale professor and National Book Award winner whose new memoir Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy delves deep into his adolescent refugee experience. Tues., Nov. 16, 7:30pm, $7-$15, Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine St., 215-686-5322.

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