Jersey City

WORD Presents Kate Rounds

04/13/2023 - 7:00pm

Catboat Road is The Graduate meets Catcher in the Rye—only with lesbians.

FREE Event at WORD Jersey City. Limited Seating.

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For Candace “Ace” Ragsdale, Mrs. Forest is an irresistible force of nature: luscious, tantalizing—and maybe not completely out of reach.

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Catboat Road (Paperback)

By Kate Rounds
$18.95
ISBN: 9781612942452
Availability: In stock at Brooklyn or Jersey City -- click for more details
Published: Bywater Books - September 6th, 2022

Paperback

WORD Presents Helene Stapinski & Bonnie Siegler

04/12/2023 - 7:00pm

FREE Event at WORD Jersey City. Limited Seating.

In this exuberant real-life adventure, the publisher of DC Comics comes to the rescue of a family trying to flee Nazi Berlin, their lives linking up with a dazzling cast of 20th-century icons, all eagerly pursuing the American dream.

The American Way: A True Story of Nazi Escape, Superman, and Marilyn Monroe By Helene Stapinski, Bonnie Siegler Cover Image

The American Way: A True Story of Nazi Escape, Superman, and Marilyn Monroe (Hardcover)

By Helene Stapinski, Bonnie Siegler
$28.99
ISBN: 9781982171667
Availability: Available from our distributor; usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Simon & Schuster - February 14th, 2023

Paperback

WORD Presents Wendy Barnes, Roberto Carlos Garcia & Elisabet Velasquez

04/05/2023 - 7:00pm

FREE Event. Limited Seating.

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Landscape with Bloodfeud

Landscape with Bloodfeud (Juniper Prize for Poetry) By Wendy Barnes Cover Image

Landscape with Bloodfeud (Juniper Prize for Poetry) (Paperback)

By Wendy Barnes
$16.95
ISBN: 9781625346414
Availability: In stock at Brooklyn or Jersey City -- click for more details
Published: University of Massachusetts Press - April 29th, 2022

Paperback

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What Can I Tell You? (Paperback)

By Roberto Carlos Garcia
$18.00
ISBN: 9781953447647
Availability: Available from our distributor; usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Flowersong Press - December 2nd, 2022

Hardcover

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When We Make It: A Nuyorican Novel By Elisabet Velasquez Cover Image

When We Make It: A Nuyorican Novel (Paperback)

By Elisabet Velasquez
$11.99
ISBN: 9780593324509
Availability: In stock at Brooklyn or Jersey City -- click for more details
Published: Dial Books - August 30th, 2022

"The energy. The clarity. The beauty. Elisabet Velasquez brings it all. . . . Her voice is FIRE!"—NYT bestselling and award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson
 
An unforgettable, torrential, and hopeful debut young adult novel-in-verse that redefines what it means to "make it,” for readers of Nicholasa Mohr and Elizabeth Acevedo.

WORD Presents Evie Shockley

03/14/2023 - 7:00pm

Evie Shockley's new poems invite us to dream—and work—toward a more capacious "we"

FREE Event. Limited Seating.

 

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Suddenly We (Wesleyan Poetry) (Paperback)

By Evie Shockley
$15.95
ISBN: 9780819500458
Availability: Available from our distributor; usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Wesleyan University Press - March 7th, 2023

Paperback

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Suddenly We (Wesleyan Poetry) (Hardcover)

By Evie Shockley
$26.00
ISBN: 9780819500236
Availability: Available from our distributor; usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Wesleyan University Press - March 7th, 2023

Hardcover

WORD Presents Dave Scott Schwartzman and Chris Tsakis

05/02/2023 - 7:00pm

FREE Event. Limited Seating.

 

About the Book

Dave Scott Schwartzman’s comprehensive, 300-plus page history of one of New Jersey’s most beloved bands is packed with tour stories, photos, flyers, and a lot of laughs. For the first time, the story of Adrenalin O.D. is told through the eyes of its drummer and co-founder. Features never-published photos, a complete A.O.D. discography, and heckling both The Clash and the cast of “Happy Days.”

WORD Presents Alex Gulino

02/28/2023 - 7:00pm

Join WORD and Alex Gulino at Madame Claude's to celebrate Alex's new book Jersey City: The Real Chilltown on February 28!

Madame Claude Wine 
234 Pavonia Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07302

 

 

FREE to attend; RSVP below

 

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Jersey City: The Real Chilltown (America Through Time) (Paperback)

By Alex Gulino
$24.99
ISBN: 9781634994354
Availability: In stock at Brooklyn or Jersey City -- click for more details
Published: America Through Time - February 27th, 2023

Paperback edition

WORD Presents Andrea Dunlop and Tara Stiles + Rooftop Yoga

03/08/2023 - 6:00pm

Join WORD, author Andrea Dunlop, and yoga instructor Tara Stiles to celebrate Andrea's new book Women are the Fiercest Creatures at the rooftop lounge in Swift & Co. in Jersey City 

Andrea and Tara will kick off the evening with a book talk, followed by a yoga class led by Tara, and wrap up with a light reception afterwards

Swift & Co.
Rooftop Lounge
220 Ninth Street, Jersey City, NJ, 07302

 

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Women Are the Fiercest Creatures (Paperback)

By Andrea Dunlop
$16.99
ISBN: 9781958506004
Availability: In stock at Brooklyn or Jersey City -- click for more details
Published: Zibby Books - March 7th, 2023

Paperback edition

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Women Are the Fiercest Creatures (Hardcover)

By Andrea Dunlop
$26.99
ISBN: 9798985282801
Availability: Available from our distributor; usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Zibby Books - March 7th, 2023

Hardcover edition

WORD Presents William Kleinknecht and Guy Sterling

02/21/2023 - 7:00pm

FREE Event. Limited Seating.

 

About the Book

As America continues down its path of polarization, a celebrated journalist tells us the deep story of the red-state/blue-state divide

“There has been a lurch to the right in Republican-controlled statehouses across the country that has had dire results for ordinary citizens but has largely escaped the lens of the national media.” —from the preface

States of Neglect: How Red-State Leaders Have Failed Their Citizens and Undermined America By William Kleinknecht Cover Image

States of Neglect: How Red-State Leaders Have Failed Their Citizens and Undermined America (Hardcover)

By William Kleinknecht
$27.99
ISBN: 9781620976418
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Published: New Press - February 21st, 2023

As America continues down its path of polarization, a celebrated journalist tells us the deep story of the red-state/blue-state divide

WORD Presents Elizabeth Colomba and Aurélie Lévy

02/16/2023 - 7:00pm

FREE Event. Limited Seating.

 

About the Book

A historical graphic novel inspired by the life of Harlem's legendary mobster, Stephanie Saint-Clair

Queenie: Godmother of Harlem By Aurelie Levy, Elizabeth Colomba, Elizabeth Colomba (Illustrator) Cover Image

Queenie: Godmother of Harlem (Hardcover)

By Aurelie Levy, Elizabeth Colomba, Elizabeth Colomba (Illustrator)
$24.99
ISBN: 9781419757747
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Published: Abrams ComicArts - Megascope - January 17th, 2023

A historical graphic novel inspired by the life of Harlem's legendary mobster, Stephanie Saint-Clair

Queenie follows the life of Stephanie Saint-Clair—the infamous criminal who made herself a legend in Harlem in the 1930s.

WORD Presents Kerri Schlottman

02/09/2023 - 7:00pm

FREE Event. Limited Seating.

 

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Tell Me One Thing (Paperback)

By Kerri Schlottman
$18.95
ISBN: 9781646033010
Availability: Available from our distributor; usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Regal House Publishing - January 31st, 2023

Outside a rural Pennsylvania motel, nine-year-old Lulu smokes a cigarette while sitting on the lap of a trucker. Recent art grad Quinn is passing through town and captures it. The photograph, later titled “Lulu & the Trucker,” launches Quinn’s career, escalating her from a starving artist to a renowned photographer.

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