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Maya Sloan7 p.m. TuesdayBarnes & Noble6100 N. May843-9300 Doug Schaffer, the teenage protagonist in Maya Sloan’s “High Before Homeroom” isn’t exactly fond of his home state. “Somewhere else, on the East Coast maybe, in an alternative reality, I would be prized for my insight,” Doug muses. “I might not be the hottest guy, but women […]

Ace Atkins 2-4 p.m. SundayFull Circle Bookstore1900 Northwest Expressway842-2900www.fullcirclebooks.com Ace Atkins found the spark for his latest novel, “Infamous,” buried within 8,000 pages of an FBI file. Granted, it was a good one, on one of the Depression era’s most notorious gangsters, Machine Gun Kelly. In July 1933, the criminal ” aka George Kelly Barnes […]

Everything about Oklahoma from A to Z can be found under the covers of a new, two-volume reference book detailing the state’s history. The Oklahoma Historical Society released “The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture” this year with hopes to preserve the history of the Sooner State while furthering the understanding of its place in […]

Write what you know, they say, so Robert Mulcahy wrote about the FBI. A former FBI agent, the Oklahoma City man has penned five books about the crime-busting bureau ” two of them nonfiction ” including his latest novel, “The Grave.” “This is the fifth, and the last,” Mulcahy said. “I’m 81 years old. The […]

Alternative comics artist John Porcellino will celebrate the release of his most recent collection, “Map of My Heart,” at 7 p.m., April 6, in Norman. The event, hosted by Atomik Pop!, is part of a national tour and will be filmed as part of a documentary on the artist’s life and work.  Porcellino has been writing, […]

For those who love to snuggle up and let their minds wander in an imagination ride through the words of a favorite novel, the Oklahoma Center for the Book invites them to take part in “Romance in the Stacks,” held 10:30 a.m. Friday at Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum, 1400 Classen Drive. “The Center is planning […]

Oklahoma City-born Ralph Ellison left an indelible stamp on the literary world with the 1952 release of his debut novel, “Invisible Man.” The work won him the National Book Award the following year, and has been a staple of bookshelves and reading lists ever since. After that, Ellison’s output was “¦ well, mostly invisible. It […]