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Book Launch: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times by Skye Perryman
Tue, Aug 25th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
Skye Perryman—TIME 100 honoree and CEO of Democracy Forward—offers an urgent, inspiring blueprint for how ordinary people can fight for freedom in extraordinary times. “A clarion call for everyone ready to meet this national and global crisis—and win.”—STACEY ABRAMS The future of our country lies in all of our hands. From protecting voting rights and<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-ordinary-people-extraordinary-times-by-skye-perryman/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times by Skye Perryman"</span></a>
Book Launch: Mud on the Moon by Nita Noveno in conversation with Wah-Ming Chang
Thu, Aug 27th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
Mud on the Moon is a hybrid memoir that intertwines a daughter’s exploration of her Filipino immigrant father’s obscured past with a reimagined version of his untold story. Born in Southeast Alaska, Nita Noveno traces the legacy of her father, who arrived in the US in 1928 as part of a wave of Filipino men<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-mud-on-the-moon-by-nita-noveno-in-conversation-with-wah-ming-chang/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: Mud on the Moon by Nita Noveno in conversation with Wah-Ming Chang"</span></a>
Book Launch: Always Have Enough by Maria Melchor in conversation with Sherri Lu
Thu, Sep 3rd 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
Master your finances in six weeks with a money system designed to reflect your values and ambitions—no matter what your starting point. If you didn’t grow up with money or advice on how to manage it, this guide will walk you through key steps to building generational wealth with clarity and confidence. You can master<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-always-have-enough-by-maria-melchor-in-conversation-with-sherri-lu/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: Always Have Enough by Maria Melchor in conversation with Sherri Lu"</span></a>
Book Launch: The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz in conversation with Amber Tamblyn
Tue, Sep 8th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
For fans of Master Slave Husband Wife and Django Unchained comes the extraordinary forgotten story of an event known in its day as “the first shots of the Civil War,” from the New York Times bestselling author of Dr. Mütter’s Marvels. The year, 1851. The place, a Quaker farming community turned Underground Railroad stronghold, where<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-the-ballad-of-the-fugitive-william-parker-by-cristin-okeefe-aptowicz-in-conversation-with-amber-tamblyn/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz in conversation with Amber Tamblyn"</span></a>
Book Launch: Garden Variety by Timothy Pakron in conversation with Halle Burns
Wed, Sep 9th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
A new cookbook focused on garden-fresh recipes from the beloved home cook, photographer, and creator of Mississippi Vegan Growing up, while Timothy Pakron watched his father tend to his garden, he knew that someday he would want to put down the same kind of roots in a backyard of his own. When he moved to<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-garden-variety-by-timothy-pakron-in-conversation-with-halle-burns/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: Garden Variety by Timothy Pakron in conversation with Halle Burns"</span></a>
Book Launch: Obsolete by Garrison Lovely
Fri, Sep 11th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
About the Book. Is AI a bubble or humanity’s last invention? An existing harm or an existential threat? Obsolete cuts through the hype and false binaries to answer all the AI questions you have, while raising some you probably aren’t prepared for. The richest companies in history are racing to build a machine that replaces<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-obsolete-by-garrison-lovely/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: Obsolete by Garrison Lovely"</span></a>
Book Launch: Tending the Vines by Ashia S. Ajani
Tue, Sep 15th 2026
4:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
This standout creative nonfiction debut explores the lives and histories of plants considered nonnative or invasive as metaphors for the Black experience in America. In Tending the Vines, Ashia S. Ajani illuminates how eight unique plants tell the story of the Black diaspora in America. Each chapter is a deep dive into one plant—including eucalyptus,<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-tending-the-vines-by-ashia-s-ajani/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: Tending the Vines by Ashia S. Ajani"</span></a>
Book Launch: Dear Dealer by Nadia Bowers
Tue, Sep 15th 2026
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Powerhouse Arena
For readers of Beautiful Boy and The Night of the Gun, this gripping memoir explores addiction, grief, and family trauma as one woman goes in search of her sister’s killer. In the summer of 2015, Nadia Bowers’s beloved older sister, Sasha—a social worker and Ivy League graduate—was found in her car in a restaurant parking<a href="https://dumbo.nyc/event/book-launch-dear-dealer-by-nadia-bowers/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"Book Launch: Dear Dealer by Nadia Bowers"</span></a>