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Here is a list of upcoming author events at all three Busboys and Poets locations. For a complete schedule:  Busboys and Poets event calendar. If you are interested in booking an event at Busboys and Poets, see Info for Authors and Publishers.

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FEBRUARY 2012
A.C.T.O.R. Series
Sun., Feb. 5
5:00-7:00 PM
Location: 14th & V
Tema Okun
The Emperor Has No Clothes: Teaching about Race and Racism to People Who Don't Want to Know
Mon., Feb. 13
6:30-8:30 PM
Location: 14th & V
Daniel Imhoff
Food Fight: The Citizen's Guide to the Next Food and Farm Bill
Wed., Feb. 15
6:30-8:00 PM
Location: 14th & V
John Nichols
Uprising: How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest, from Madison to Wall Street
Sponsors: Teaching for Change, Busboys and Poets, Progressive Democrats of America

Thurs., Feb. 16
6:30-8:00 PM
Location: 14th & V
Joanne Griffith with Courtland Cox and Freddie Greene Biddle
Redefining Black Power: Reflections on the State of Black America
Sponsors: Teaching for Change, Busboys and Poets, Pacifica Radio Archives, WPFW
Fri., Feb. 17
6:30-8:30 PM
Location: 14th & V
Rebecca Walker
with panelists Jamyla Bennu, Helena Andrews, Johnica Reed
Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness
Sponsors: Teaching for Change, Busboys and Poets, The Root
Mon., Feb. 20
6:30-8:30 PM
Location: 14th & V
Doron Petersan
Sticky Fingers' Sweets: 100 Super-Secret Vegan Recipes
Sponsors: Teaching for Change, Busboys and Poets
Mon., Feb. 20
5:00-7:00 PM
Location: 5th & K
Ayesha Mattu and Nura Maznavi
Love, InshaAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women
Sponsors: Busboys and Poets, South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), The Buxton Initiative, WIN (Women's Information Network)
Tues., Feb. 21
6:30-8:30 PM
Location: 14th & V
G. Derek Musgrove
Rumor, Repression, and Racial Politics: How the Harassment of Black Elected Officials Shaped Post-Civil Rights America
Sponsors: Teaching for Change, Busboys and Poets, IMPACT, Institute for Policy Studies, ACLU of the Nation's Capital

MARCH 2012
Tues., Mar. 6
6:00-8:00 PM
Location: 5th & K
Mike Zweig
The Working Class Majority: America's Best Kept Secret
Thurs-Sun., Mar. 22-25
6:30-8:00 PM
Split This Rock Poetry Festival

APRIL 2012
Tues., Apr. 3
6:30-8:00 PM
Location: 14th & V
Jaclyn Friedman
What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girls Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety
Sponsors: Teaching for Change, Busboys and Poets
Mon., Apr. 9
6:30-8:00 PM
Location: 14th & V
Lisa Delpit
"Multiplication Is for White People": Raising Expectations for Other People's Children
Sponsors: Teaching for Change, Busboys and Poets

Thurs., Apr. 26
6:30-8:00 PM
Location: 14th & V
Elijah Anderson
The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life
Sponsors: Teaching for Change, Busboys and Poets, Urban Affairs and Planning at Virginia Tech