Events

“The Problem with Plastic” Booksigning with Judith Enck

January 22nd, 6 pm – 7 pm
Oblong Books

Booksigning with author Judith Enck, THE PROBLEM WITH PLASTIC: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late. Judith Enck will share her powerful investigation into plastic’s impact on human health and the environment, and how we can fight back.

More than a critique, The Problem with Plastic emphasizes the urgent need for action against plastic’s toxic legacy. It higlights powerful stories of frontline resistance in places like Louisiana, Texas, and Appalachia, and equips readers with practical tools—including a “Household Waste Audit” to track and reduce plastic consumption, as well as model policy guides for driving legislative change.

Urgent, eye-opening, and ultimately empowering, The Problem with Plastic reminds us: plastic is a problem—but together, we can be the solution. Read More about Event

IN THE JAPANESE BALLPARK: Behind the Scenes of Nippon Professional Baseball with author Robert K. Fitts

January 24th, 6 pm – 7 pm
Oblong Books

Baseball is the national pastime of both the United States and Japan, but the two countries approach and play the game differently both on the field and away from it.

To shed light on these differences and help fans gain a greater appreciation for Nippon Professional Baseball, Robert K. Fitts turns to the true experts, the people who play, oversee, promote, and watch the game, to find out what makes Japanese baseball special. In the Japanese Ballpark features engaging interviews with twenty-six baseball personalities to provide a behind-the-scenes look at the game. More Info

Poetry Reading with D.M. Aderibigbe, “82nd Division”

January 29th, 6 pm – 7 pm
Oblong Books

Join us at Oblong Books for a Poetry Reading with D.M. Aderibigbe – The poems in Aderibigbe’s acclaimed collection – 82ND DIVISION – are written in various forms including the villanelle, sonnet, blues poem, duplex, ode, and dramatic monologue, among many others, are collectively a love song to the author’s native Nigeria. More Info

“Don’t Step Into My Office” Booksigning with author David Fishkind

January 31st, 6 pm – 7 pm
Oblong Books

Join us for a booksigning with author David Fishkind – his novel is Don’t Step Into My Office – A gripping debut novel of literary suspense and an astute portrait of the hidden violence of wealth. More Info

“Suspenseful, twisty, and laceratingly witty Don’t Step into My Office is a revelation. We need more mysteries like this one and more writers like Fishkind.”—Junot Díaz, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao