Bookmarks & Salem College Present Bonnie Garmus

Bookmarks is thrilled to present Bonnie Garmus in partnership with Salem College.

Join us at Hanes Auditorium on Wednesday, October 21 to hear from Bonnie Garmus about her new book Peck & Peck in a conversation with Charlie Lovett, author of The Enigma Affair and The Paradox Club.

Tickets are $35 (plus taxes & fees) and include admission to the event, a pre-signed copy of Peck & Peck, and the chance to get a professional photo with Bonnie Garmus after the talk.

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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of global sensation Lessons in Chemistry returns with an irresistible, delightful, and tender literary novel set in the publishing world of 1980s New York City about a young man whose life turns upside down when he is hired by the most prestigious, secretive, and dysfunctional poetry journal in the world: the renowned Peck & Peck.
Find originality. Reward creativity. Burn the rest.
It’s 1982, New York City. Crime is on the rise, muggings are in the streets, and Batter Gray, recent college graduate with a skill that no one wants—an “ear” for poetry—is worried about his future. While all of his friends have real jobs, he’s folding T-shirts at the Gap. As for love? No. Not unless you count Sallie Mae, the student loan tyrant. He hears from Sallie all the time.
But when Batter gets a dream job at Peck & Peck, the most prestigious poetry quarterly in the world, his life moves into the literary fast lane. Soon Batter is knee-deep in the secret war between the two Editors in Chief, the famous Peck brothers—twins and enemies—as well as being privy to the private affairs of their thirty-nine editors, whose professed mission is the same: Find originality. Reward creativity. Burn the rest.
And by burn, they mean incinerate. Because at Peck & Peck, “good” isn’t good enough, “interesting” doesn’t cut it, plagiarists aren’t tolerated, and parolees run the mailroom. Still want to submit your poem? Go with God.
Welcome to another dazzling and unforgettable novel from Bonnie Garmus. If you loved Lessons in Chemistry, you will love Peck & Peck.

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.

Charlie Lovett is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and playwright whose award-winning plays have been seen in over 5,000 productions worldwide. His five previous novels have included an Indie Next pick and a Barnes & Noble Recommends selection; have been praised in outlets including Parade, People, and Washington Post; and have been translated into several languages. He hosted the podcast Inside the Writer’s Studio and is a scholar of Lewis Carroll and collector of his works and related materials (including Carroll’s 1888 typewriter). Charlie and his wife, Janice, live in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and in Kingham, Oxfordshire.

Elberson Fine Arts Center is located on the campus of Salem College, a gender-inclusive women's college and the oldest educational institution for girls and women in the United States. Hanes Auditorium holds approximately 750 attendees with traditional theatre-style individual seats. The auditorium is wheelchair accessible and includes dedicated accessible seating areas. Free parking is located in the surface lot in front of the building, along with several accessible parking spaces. Additional free parking is located nearby.