Fran Lebowitz appears at NJPAC in Newark, Dec. 11.
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Dec. 4: Michael Imperioli at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “The Perfume Burned His Eyes.”
Dec. 4: “Poetry Showcase and Open Mic Fundraiser: Celebrating Rescue Poetix” at Box Cafe, Jersey City. With Crystal Letters (host), Mwikali Words, Dujuana Sharese, Porta Rock, Ameerah Shabazz-Bilal.
Dec. 4: Rossela Rago, in conversation with Mark Rotella at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “Cooking With Nonna: Sunday Dinners With la Famiglia.”
Dec. 4 and 8-10: “Christmas Presents From the Past” featuring Gayle Stahlhuth, presented by East Lynne Theater Company at Cape May Presbyterian Church.
Dec. 6: Poet Terrance Hayes at Warren County Community College, Washington. Author of “American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin.” Part of Visiting Authors Series.
Dec. 6: Hilary Plum and Adrienne Raphel, “Two Writers on Writing: Considering Class, Play, Power, and Language in the Essay and the Poem” at Labyrinth Books, Princeton.
Dec. 7: Peter Brooks and Brigid Doherty, “Seduced by Story: The Use and Abuse of Narrative” at Labyrinth Books, Princeton.
Dec. 8: Neil deGrasse Tyson at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Dec. 8: Maya van Rossum at Inkwood Books, Haddonfield. Author of “The Green Amendment: The People’s Fight for a Clean, Safe, and Healthy Environment,” in conversation with Andrew Zwicker.
Dec. 9: Matt Fraser at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Dec. 10: “Selected Shorts: Holiday Tales” at Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University, Hillside. Featuring Daniel Gerroll, Patricia Kalember and Crystal Dickinson.
Dec. 10: Pete Souza, photographer, in conversation with Danny Clinch at Transparent Clinch Gallery, Asbury Park.
Dec. 11: “A Conversation With Fran Lebowitz” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Dec. 11: “Holiday Stories” at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Stories and poems by Moss Hart, Dylan Thomas, A.A. Milne and other, ready by Patrick Wilson, Dagmara Domińczyk, Jeh Johnson, Luke Parker Bowles, Chris Hart, Jonathan Richards.
Dec. 12: Rupi Kaur at Count Basie Center or the Arts, Red Bank.
Dec. 14: Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair at Grammy Museum Experience Prudential Center, Newark. Co-authors of “The McCartney Legacy (Vol. 1: 1969-73).”
Dec. 17: “What’s the Word,” hosted by Albaner C. Eugene Jr. at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
Feb. 11: Theresa Caputo at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.
Feb. 14: “An Evening with Mandy Patinkin & Kathryn Grody” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
March 8: “A Conversation With Mia Hamm” at Grunin Center at Ocean County College, Toms River.
March 9: Robert Pinsky, former Poet Laureate of the United States, at Visiting Authors Series at Warren County Community College, Washington.
March 30: Mark Lewisohn at Grammy Museum Experience Prudential Center, Newark.
April 4: David Sedaris at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
April 14: The Moth at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
April 25: “A Conversation With Michael Beschloss” at Grunin Center at Ocean County College, Toms River.
April 28: Arlo Guthrie, “What’s Left of Me: A Conversation With Bob Santelli” at Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University, West Long Branch.
April 21: “Welcome to Night Vale” at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
April 25: “A Conversation With Michael Beschloss” at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
May 6: Montclair Literary Festival.
Oct. 6-7: Morristown Festival of Books.
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