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Event picks this week...
For great authors, fun readings and atmosphere, you can't be Tim Huggins' Newtonville Books, Books and Brews series. Cutest bookstore around? Booksmith can't be beat and their authors read in the cozy confines of their Used Book Cellar. Harvard Bookstore uses different Harvard Square locales for its wonderful and usually high-brow readings. By going to these events, you not only enrich your life, but you insure that the institution of the indie bookstore remains alive and well in Boston!

At Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut Street, Newtonville 617-244-6619
I LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW by Jonathan Ames
Tuesday, March 21, 7:30PM
Books & Brews Event
In his latest collection, I Love You More Than You Know, Ames proves once again his immense talent for turning his own adventures, neuroses, joys, heartaches, and insights into profound and hilarious tales.

Harvard Bookstore, 1256 Mass Ave, Cambridge 800-542-read
Wednesday March 22, 7:30PM
at First Parish Church, 3 Church Street
KEVIN PHILLIPS discusses American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st CenturyIn his recent New York Times bestselling book, American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush, Kevin Phillips established himself as a powerful critic of the political and economic forces that are ruling—and imperiling—the United States. Now, Phillips takes an uncompromising view of the political coalition, led by radical religion, that is driving America to the brink of disaster. From Ancient Rome to the British Empire, Phillips demonstrates that every world-dominating power has been brought down by a related set of causes: a lethal combination of global over-reach, militant religion, resource problems, and ballooning debt. With an eye on the past and a searing vision of the future, Phillips has written a book that no American can afford to ignore.

At Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline 617-566-6660
Thursday March 23, 7PM
WORD FUGITIVES by Barbara Wallraff
Brookline resident and Senior Editor at Atlantic Monthly, Barbara Wallraff is turning Word Fugitive, her popular weekly column, into a book. According to Barbara, a word fugitive is a meaning for which a word has yet to be assigned. For instance, why isn’t there a word for the state of intellectual and emotional euphoria that encompasses you when you attend a Booksmith reading? These and other pressing questions will be answered by Barbara’s delightful book and its wisdom on etymology, word-coinage, and the fascinating way we use language.

Parking is pretty easy in Brookline and Newtonville, but if you're going to Harvard Square, take the T.

~Fischlipps