Join Subterranean Books for a book signing from St. Louis-based artist and former Washington University student Tioliendo.

Like any venue for processing the human experience, what is absent from a poem can hold as much meaning as what is included. It is this process of withholding that distinguishes art from reportage. Bailey Schaumburg and Macallan Lay will read from their work, and in conversation afterwards, reckon with the poem as a site for facing one’s self in preparation for facing the other.

Goodie House presents poetry and story readings every fourth Thursday. Follow them on Instagram (instagram.com/goodiehouse) for details on each month's readers.

Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poets Edgar Kunz and Reyes Remirez for Observable Readings.

This workshop will be held in-person at High Low. In conjunction with our April Observable Readings, Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poets Edgar Kunz and Reyes Ramirez for the April Sunday Workshop!

Perugia Press and Saint Louis Poetry Center present acclaimed poets Melody S. Gee, Carolina Hotchandani and Catherine Anderson for a Perugia Press Showcase reading.

Goodie House presents poetry and story readings every fourth Thursday. Follow them on Instagram (instagram.com/goodiehouse) for details on each month's readers.

Join Saint Louis Poetry Center and Left Bank Books for a reading and celebration of poetry by Hadara Bar-Nadav & Asha Futterman. Copies of The Animal is Chemical will be available for purchase from Left Bank Books. Cash bar.

Left Bank Books & Kimbilio for Black Fiction presents Renée Watson, #1 New York Times Bestselling author, to discuss her highly anticipated adult debut novel Skin & Bones! Skin & Bones is a soulful and lyrical novel exploring sisterhood, motherhood, faith, love, and ultimately what gets passed down from one generation to the next.

The St. Louis County Library Foundation and Left Bank Books Present Acclaimed Novelist Rachel Khong, Author of “Real Americans." Khong presents an exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family. “Real Americans” begins on the precipice of Y2K, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen, the only child of scientists who fled Mao’s Cultural Revolution, meets easygoing and effortlessly attractive Matthew - heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire.

Left Bank Books presents bestselling author Daniel Handler AKA Lemony Snicket for his new part memoir, part inspiration for aspiring writers And Then? and Then? What Else? described as a bold, candid, vulnerable, and entertaining memoir of a literary life. This is the first book to be published with both given name and alias where we will look at the challenging and often amusing path toward one of the most spectacularly successful writing careers of the twenty-first century.

Goodie House presents poetry and story readings every fourth Thursday. Follow them on Instagram (instagram.com/goodiehouse) for details on each month's readers.

Left Bank Books & Taipei Cultural Center (TCC) in New York presents Jenna Tang. Tang is the translator for Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise, one of the biggest books to come out of Taiwan in the last decade. Join us as Tang discuss the most influential book of Taiwan's #MeToo movement--a heartbreaking account of sexual violence and a remarkable reinvention of the trauma plot, turning the traditional Lolita narrative upside down as it explores women's vulnerability, victimization, and the lengths they will go to survive.

Left Bank Books presents Chukwuebuka Ibeh for the launch event to celebrate his highly anticipated debut novel Blessings! Named one of USA Today, Esquire, & Cosmopolitan's most anticipated books of 2024, we are excited to discuss this book by Ibeh who was profiled as one of the "Most Promising New Voices of Nigerian Fiction" by Electric Literature. Currently a Washington University MFA student, Ibeh is certainly going to be an author to watch.

Mom in Space is a complicated love letter to both the intergalactic and the terrestrial. Using the lens of spaceflight, Lisa Ampleman explores subjects ranging from the personal to the political, from fertility tests and parenting to climate change and civil rights. As NASA and commercial space companies gear up for Artemis missions to the moon, Mom in Space offers new conceptions of women in space, incorporating both fictional and real female astronauts, among them the first mom in space (Anna Fisher) and the first Black woman in space (Mae Jemison). With a sense of both awe and informed inquiry, Mom in Space considers what spaceflight means not just for those who get rocketed into space but for those who stay home.

Left Bank Books presents two-time Booker Prize nominee Chigozie Obioma to celebrate the release of his new highly praised book The Road to the Country. Imbolo Mbue says that, "The Road to the Country is Chigozie Obioma at his finest." And Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah calls it, "a wonderous novel."

Left Bank Books and Schlafly Public Library presents Hugo nominated and best selling author Lindsay Ellis to celebrate her highly anticipated third book in the Noumena series, Apostles of Mercy! Join us as we discuss the new installment in a staff favorite series. Left Bank Books' staff member Alicia says of the series, "I am definitely putting it on my 'read over and over' shelf."

Bestselling author of “The Cabin at the End of the World,” Paul Tremblay presents a chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre. In 1993, a group of guerilla filmmakers spent four weeks making “Horror Movie,” a notorious art-house horror flick. Three decades later, Hollywood is pushing for a big budget reboot. The man who played “The Thin Kid” is the only surviving cast member. He remembers all too well the dangerous crossed lines on set that resulted in tragedy. But he’s going to help remake the film—demons of the past be damned. “Horror Movie” is a suspenseful feat of storytelling genius that builds to an unforgettable, mind-bending conclusion.

Left Bank Books presents beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand for the twenty-seventh--and final--Nantucket-based novel Swan Song. Join us in store for a celebrity signing line from 5-7pm as we thank Elin as she brings her Nantucket novels to a brilliant finish. The official event color is Kelly Green. Elin will take photos with attendees wearing Kelly Green for her Instagram!

Left Bank Books presents New York Times Bestselling author Lisa See to celebrate the paperback release for Lady Tan's Circle of Women. Join us in store with Lisa See as we discuss the immersive tale about an elite woman who becomes a physician in spite of societal restrictions during China's Ming Dynasty.

Goodie House presents poetry and story readings every fourth Thursday. Follow them on Instagram (instagram.com/goodiehouse) for details on each month's readers.

Goodie House presents poetry and story readings every fourth Thursday. Follow them on Instagram (instagram.com/goodiehouse) for details on each month's readers.

Subterranean hosts the St. Louis book launch for Scott's new book, The Devil Raises His Own. Tonight, he will be in conversation with Jedidiah Ayers.

Join us as we celebrate the debut novel from Kat Tang. Tang recently lived in St. Louis, and we are excited to welcome her back to celebrate Five-Star Stranger.

Join us as we celebrate P. Djèlí Clark for his new book The Dead Cat Tail Assassins. A Most Anticipated Book of 2024 According to Bookish, She Reads, Civilian Reader, and FanFiAddict, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins is a brand-new world and a fantastical city full of gods and assassins.

NEW YORK TIMES essayist and 2024 Reader's Choice Award winner Rebecca Anne Nguyen's stunning debut. In The 23rd Hero, an ordinary woman with an extraordinary memory travels back in time to 16th century France to stop climate change before it starts and return to the man she loves.

Join us as we welcome debut author and star of Netflix's Emmy-nominated show Shadow and Bone, Calahan Skogman! Skogman will join us for a special VIP discussion and reading followed by a signing line. Join us to celebrate Skogman's debut book Blue Graffiti!

Adam “Bucho” Rodenberger is a 44-year old abstract artist and fiction writer from Kansas City, specializing in surrealism, dark fiction, horror, and dystopian stories.

Goodie House presents poetry and story readings every fourth Thursday. Follow them on Instagram (instagram.com/goodiehouse) for details on each month's readers.

Join us as we welcome award-winning author Stuart Neville all the way from Belfast for his new book Blood Like Mine.

Join us as we welcome Kenzie Allen, Haudenosaunee poet and multimodal artist, to Left Bank Books.

Join us as we welcome Janelle Bassett for the launch event for Thanks for This Riot. Bassett, winner of the Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction, is a St. Louis area writer and fiction editor.

Join us as we welcome Sarah Smarsh back to Left Bank Books! Her first book, Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth, was a finalist for the National Book Award.

Goodie House presents poetry and story readings every fourth Thursday. Follow them on Instagram (instagram.com/goodiehouse) for details on each month's readers.

Join us today for the Banned Books September Pop-Up Book Bazaar at the High Low! The event features books that have been banned for a variety of reasons across the United States. Come by, grab a tasty beverage & a snack, and chat with some of your favorite booksellers about ALL of your favorite banned books!

Deborah Jackson Taffa is a citizen of the Quechan (Yuma) Nation and Laguna Pueblo. She earned her M.F.A. at the Iowa Writers Workshop and is the director of the M.F.A. in Creative Writing Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Join us as we welcome award-winning author Garth Greenwell. Greenwell is an alumnus of Washington University of St. Louis, and we are thrilled to welcome him back to St. Louis to discuss his new highly anticipated novel Small Rain. Greenwell will discuss and sign this profound and luminous novel.

Goodie House presents poetry and story readings every fourth Thursday. Follow them on Instagram (instagram.com/goodiehouse) for details on each month's readers.

Subterranean Books is excited to host three renowned local poets: John Dorsey, Jason Ryberg & Brett Lars Underwood

Mary Jo Bang & Yuki Tanaka - A Kiss for the Absolute: Selected Poems of Shuzo Takiguchi

Subterranean Books presents Eileen G'Sell, with opening poet Tola Sylvan