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Monica Wood, Any Bitter Thing. Monica Wood celebrates the publication of her third novel, Any Bitter Thing with a reading at Longfellow Books in Portland Maine.

Jon Meacham duels David Brooks over Jefferson and Hamilton political influences in American history. Pulitzer Prize winning biographer, former editor-in-chief of Newsweek, and executive editor the Random House book publishing house, Jon Meacham engages in a lively debate with New York Times conservative columnist David Brooks over the adversarial politics and personalities of America's founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton.

Molly Birnbaum loses sense of smell, but discovers new sense of self in 'Season to Taste'. Molly Birnbaum tells how her budding culinary career came crashing to a halt when she lost her sense of taste--and what she discovered when she set about recovering it.

Kadir Nelson celebrates the only American with a national holiday named for him in the 20th century. Award-winning artist, illustrator and author, Kadir Nelson presents his tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., at the 2012 BookExpo America trade convention.

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