Author Archives: stephanieirene

Saturday Oct 5th, 2013 – 2 – 4 pm: Old Capitol Books is pleased to welcome Laura Newman to our little shop. Newman is the author of a collection of short-stories, Parallel to Paradise: Addiction & Other Love Stories, which will be available at the book signing.

On Saturday August 31st, come down to Old Capitol Books to meet local poet and short story writer, Joshua Converse.

On Saturday 27 July come into the shop from 1pm-3pm to meet Thomas R. Patton and buy his book “Con Men Can’t Cry”.

Monday 1 July 2013, 6:30pm – Prisons and Incarceration, facilitated by Michael Frederiksen. Part of the Thinking Critically about Society Summer Series.

20 June 2013, 6:30pm – Understanding Fascism – Facilitated by Brian Kelly This seminar will look at the political philosophy of fascism in order to start a discussion about the rising trend of far-right groups in Europe and the United States.

Saturday 20 July – Local author, Lawrence Samuels will be at Old Capitol Books to sign copies of his new book In Defense of Chaos: The Chaology of Politics, Economics and Human Action. 1pm-3pm.

15 June 2013, 1pm-3pm – Come join Jide Familoni as he comes to Old Capitol Books to discuss his first novel, Losing my Religion. This book is based on the author’s personal experiences of growing up in Nigeria steeped in the native traditions, and then immigrating to the United States as a professor in aContinue reading “EVENT: Jide Familoni Book Signing”

26 June 2013, 6:30pm-8:00pm – “What is Polyamory?” Part of the Thinking Critically about Society Summer Series. Check out the facebook event page here. “Polyamory (from Greek πολύ [poly], meaning ‘many’ or ‘several’, and Latin amor, ‘love’) is the practice, desire, or acceptance of having more than one intimate relationship at a time with theContinue reading “Event: What is Polyamory? (Thinking Critically about Society Summer Series)”