Saturday, June 5, 7PM ET

Kristen Arnett—author of the New York Times–bestselling Mostly Dead Things—discusses her latest, highly anticipated novel, With Teeth, a portrait of a queer family parenting a difficult child. Joining in conversation is Alissa Nutting, author of the novels Tampa and Made for Love. Online via Crowdcast. There are three ticket options available for this event. Learn more.

Monday, June 7, 5PM ET

Andrew H. Knoll—the Fisher Professor of Natural History at Harvard University and author of the award-winning Life on a Young Planet—discusses A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters. Joining in conversation is Peter Girguis, professor of organismic and evolutionary biology at Harvard University. Online via Zoom. Learn more.

Tuesday, June 8, 7PM ET

Lisa Taddeo—acclaimed journalist and author of the bestselling book Three Women—discusses her debut novel, Animal, in which a woman rages against her painful past. Joining in conversation is renowned broadcast journalist and bestselling author Katie Couric. Online via Zoom. Learn more.

Wednesday, June 9, 5PM ET

Essayist and screenwriter Paul Mendez discusses his debut novel, Rainbow Milk, a semi-autobiographical bildungsroman of race, religion, and sex. Joining in conversation is Bryan Washington, author of the bestselling Lot: Stories and Memorial: A Novel. Online via Zoom. Learn more.

Thursday, June 10, 8PM ET

Writer, poet, and scholar Clint Smith—author of the award-winning Counting Descent: Poems—discusses How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America. Joining in conversation is Min Jin Lee, author of the beloved, bestselling novels Fast Food for Millionaires and Pachinko. Online via Zoom. Learn more.

Friday, June 11, 12PM ET

Stella Ghervas—Professor of Russian History at Newcastle University and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society—discusses Conquering Peace: From the Enlightenment to the European Union. Joining in conversation is David Armitage, the Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University and author of A Cultural History of Peace in the Renaissance. Online via Zoom. Learn more.

Friday, June 11, 7PM ET

Jesse McCarthy—assistant professor of English and African and African American Studies at Harvard University—discusses his debut novel, The Fugitivities, and essay collection, Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul? Joining in conversation is novelist Namwali Serpell, author of the award-winning The Old Drift: A Novel. Online via Zoom. Learn more.

Into the Video Archive

In April we hosted a virtual event with Harvard's Louis Menand in conversation with David Leonard, President of the Boston Public Library, for a discussion of Professor Menand's latest book, The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War. Check out the video on the HBS Channel, where you can explore our virtual event archive.

"The evenhanded approach of Louis Menand, who won a Pulitzer Prize for The Metaphysical Club, is like a breath of fresh air. The Free World sparkles. Fully original, beautifully written, it covers the interchange of arts and ideas between the United States and Europe in the decades following World War II." —David Oshinsky, The New York Times Book Review

In case you missed it, check out our latest "New This Week" newsletter, and come browse our virtual New Arrivals shelves for all the very latest new books, updated every Tuesday. Our weekly store best sellers are updated on Mondays (and they are 20% off for Frequent Buyer Card members!). And on a monthly basis, members of our Signed First Edition Club receive a new book of great literary merit, selected by our staff.