Ismar Volić: MAKING DEMOCRACY COUNT (with John Watt)

The Ivy Bookshop, Back Patio 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD

The Ivy is excited to host mathematician Ismar Volić for a conversation about the enduring relationship between mathematics and democracy, via his new book Making Democracy Count: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation! John Watt, who has taught mathematics at the Friends School of Baltimore for more than...

Katie Kitamura: AUDITION

The Ivy Bookshop, Back Patio 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD

The Ivy is thrilled to host Katie Kitamura in celebration of AUDITION, her latest novel and one the Ivy staff thoroughly loved! An utterly beguiling thriller of the interior, AUDITION is an exhilarating, destabilizing Möbius strip of a novel that asks whether we ever really know the people...

Maha Khan Phillips: THE MUSEUM DETECTIVE (with Sujata Massey)

The Ivy Bookshop, Back Patio 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD

We know that many of you know and love Sujata Massey's Perveen Mistry series-- and if you do, we can't wait for you to meet Dr. Gul Delani of Maha Khan Phillips' new mystery THE MUSEUM DETECTIVE! For those of you who are new to both, you are...

Bernadette Wegenstein: JANE CAMPION: FILMMAKER AND PHILOSOPHER (with Laura Di Bianco)

Bird in Hand Coffee & Books 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

Join us for the launch of Bernadette Wegenstein's exciting new volume, Jane Campion: Filmmaker and Philosopher! In conversation with Laura Di Bianco, Wegenstein will introduce us to her invaluable contribution to gender and women's studies, film studies, and philosophy. This vital new book engages with Campion's cross-medium career, and shows...

Daniel Mendelsohn: THE ODYSSEY: A NEW TRANSLATION (with Virginia Jewiss)

Bird in Hand Coffee & Books 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

Bird in Hand invites you to celebrate a truly groundbreaking development in the fields of Classics and Translation-- the landmark new translation of Homer's most popular epic by distinguished author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn. On April 22, Daniel Mendelsohn visits Bird in Hand to discuss his new translation...

Vital Perspectives on Healthcare and Science, ft. Lan Li: BODY MAPS: IMPROVISING MERIDIANS AND NERVES IN GLOBAL CHINESE MEDICINE

Bird in Hand Coffee & Books 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

The Vital Perspectives on Healthcare and Science series engages with some of the most pressing public health issues of our time, in a regular public forum catalyzed by a book. For this April event, we are delighted to welcome Lan Li to share the book Body Maps: Improvising...

Poetry on the Patio: Read to Support Brown Memorial Tutoring Program

The Ivy Bookshop, Back Patio 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD

In honor of National Poetry Month, the Brown Memorial Tutoring Program and the Ivy Bookshop invite you to a night of good-spirited competitive poetry reading! Compete in one of the below categories or just simply enjoy an evening of Poetry on the Patio: Read an Old Favorite - where...

Joanna Fuhrman: DATA MIND and Steven Leyva: THE OPPOSITE OF CRUELTY

Bird in Hand Coffee & Books 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

You're invited to an evening of poetry at Bird in Hand celebrating two poets with recent collections: Joanna Furhman and Steven Leyva! Joanna Fuhrman's collection, DATA MIND, situates itself in her generation who entered the digital age as adults, with optimism about the possibilities it would bring for...

Humanities in the Village, featuring Donald Berger: THE ROSE OF MAINE

Bird in Hand Coffee & Books 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

You're invited to the April edition of Humanities in the Village, an event series in partnership with the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins University, which aims to make scholarship publicly accessible. April's event features Donald Berger, and his latest collection of poetry, THE ROSE OF MAINE!...

Patricia Clark: O LUCKY DAY and Karen Fish: NO CHRONOLOGY (with James Magruder)

The Ivy Bookshop, Back Patio 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD

In honor of National Poetry Month, poets Patricia Clark and Karen Fish join us for a reading and conversation on the patio, moderated by James Magruder. Patricia's new book, O LUCKY DAY, provides us spiritual anchor and uplift, perfect for fans of Mary Oliver, and Karen Fish's most...

Elaine Weiss: SPELL FREEDOM

The Ivy Bookshop, Back Patio 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD

Join us on the patio for an evening of ever-relevant history with Elaine Weiss and her new book, Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights Movement! You might know Elaine Weiss from her acclaimed previous book The Woman's Hour-- and she returns now with the story of four...