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Daniel Okrent presented the 2012 A. Scott Bullitt Lecture in American History: “Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition”
Monday, April 2
John Irving read from “In One Person”to a crowd of more than 600 at Town Hall
Thursday, May 17
Celebrated sportswriter and NPR commentator Frank Deford told stories from his memoir “Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter”
Thursday, June 14
Terry Tempest Williams read from “When Women Were Birds: 54 Variations on Voice”; the book signing went on until 10 p.m.
Friday, June 22
Seattle author Ivan Doig read from his latest novel “The Bartender’s Tale,” which revisits the Montana of his boyhood
Monday, Sept. 10
Junot Diaz talked about his new story collection, “This Is How You Lose Her” to a packed house at Town Hall
Monday, Sept. 17
Ivan Doig, author of “The Bartender’s Tale”