About this Event
Magic City Books is excited to welcome back the author of the global bestseller Lessons in Chemistry for a special event to celebrate the release of her new book on Wednesday, November 18 at 7:00 pm.
Bonnie will be in conversation with poet and translator, Boris Dralyuk. Following the author talk, Bonnie will personalize books and meet guests.
This ticketed event will take place at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, 2952 S. Peoria Avenue. All tickets include one (1) copy of Peck & Peck ($30.00 value) and one (1) general admission seat at the event.
Want multiple tickets but not multiple books? You'll have the option at the event to donate any extra copies to a local organization.
All books will be available for pickup at the event.
There is a limit of four tickets per transaction. Please provide the full name and email address of each ticket holder so that all event notifications and information can be sent to all attendees.
If you have a ticket and are unable to attend the event, you will be able to pick up your book at Magic City Books during normal business hours. The last day for ticket holders to pick up Peck & Peck by Bonnie Garmus is December 16, 2026. We will make an effort to have signed books available for pick up but can not guarantee a signed copy.
About Peck & Peck
Batter Gray is worried about his future. Even when he was eleven, his classmates seemed to have settled on a goal: doctor, lawyer, broker, engineer. Good jobs that automatically command respect, security, 401Ks. Now Batter is in his early twenties, living in New York City, and he wants something different; something that alienates some readers and bores most. Poetry. And yet—to him and exactly thirty-nine editors at a company called Peck & Peck—poetry not only represents the power of humanity but holds the key to its survival.
Batter is named after his mother’s heroic dog. An identical twin who lost his brother at birth, he finds himself confronted by the everyday dualities that make up life: right vs. wrong, truth vs. lies, rejection vs. acceptance. It’s almost as if his dead brother is a reminder: there are always two sides to every story.
No, wait. Make that three.
About the Author
Bonnie Garmus is a coffee-dependent American novelist. Her debut novel, Lessons in Chemistry, was a Good Morning America Book Club Pick, a Goodreads Choice Best Book of the Year, spent nearly two years on the New York Times bestseller list and was named by Times readers as one of the top 100 books of the 21st century. Translated into over forty languages, Lessons in Chemistry was honored with sixteen international literary awards and made into an Apple TV limited series. Peck & Peck is her second novel.
About the Moderator
Boris Dralyuk is a poet, translator, and critic. He holds a PhD in Slavic Languages and Literatures from UCLA and currently teaches in the English Department at the University of Tulsa. Formerly the editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Review of Books, he is currently the editor-in-chief of Nimrod International Journal.
Event venue & nearby stays
All Souls Unitarian Church, 2952 South Peoria Avenue, Tulsa, United States
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