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08/17/2026

We were wowed by the conversation between Michael Klein & Amy Arbus! Michael’s essay collection is raw, real & immediately accessible.

Michael Klein “Happiness Ruined Everything” in conversation with Celebrated Artist, Amy Arbus.

Buy the book here: https://eastendbooksptown.com/book/9780913123546

Michael Klein Michael Klein has written five books of poetry, including, “The Early Minutes of Without: New & Selected Poems.” His new book, “Happiness Ruined Everything: Essays” has just been published by Galileo Press. He is a five-time finalist and two-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award in poetry for his first book, “1990,” and for editing the seminal anthology, “Poets for Life: 76 Poets Respond to AIDS.” He is also the author of two books of autobiography, “Track Conditions,” a memoir about his time on the racetrack, and “The End of Being Known,” essays on s*x and friendship.

Amy Arbus has published five books of photographs including the award-winning On the Street 1980-1990 and The Inconvenience of Being Born. Hilton Als of The New Yorker called The Fourth Wall her masterpiece. Her photographs have appeared in over one hundred periodicals such as The Village Voice, French Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and New York Magazine and The New York Times Magazine.

08/16/2026

East End Books presents: Michael Klein “Happiness Ruined Everything” in conversation with Celebrated Artist, Amy Arbus 8/16 at 6pm

08/16/2026

On this beautifully sunny day, one of our favorite people on the Planet dropped in - Julie Glass! Julie is the National Book Award Winner of “Three Junes,” one of our absolutely most loved novels! Signed copies available in store and online: https://eastendbooksptown.com/book/9780385721424

Julie is a Co-founder of Twenty Summers .

JULIA GLASS is the author of six previous books of fiction, including the bestselling Three Junes, winner of the National Book Award, and I See You Everywhere, winner of Binghamton University’s John Gardner Fiction Book Award. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Glass is a Senior Distinguished Writer in Residence at Emerson College.

East End Books presents: Michael Klein “Happiness Ruined Everything” in conversation with Celebrated Artist, Amy Arbus 8...
08/16/2026

East End Books presents: Michael Klein “Happiness Ruined Everything” in conversation with Celebrated Artist, Amy Arbus 8/16 at 6pm

Tickets: East End Books presents: Michael Klein “Happiness Ruined Everything” Tickets, Sunday, August 16 • 6 PM - 7 PM | Eventbrite

“One of the strange joys of being in love with someone is how happiness ruined everything. No more courting the dark. I’ve always worn my own darkness and haven’t tried-I hope I haven’t tried-pretending that it doesn’t exist. It feels odd to identify an experience because of how happy it made me feel. Except, of course, when it comes to love. But even then, even at love, I’m wary when its happiness comes skipping along into the writing. I’ve never understood the impulse to write out of happiness. I’m a happy person and a funny person, but I’m not a happy writer or a funny writer. I don’t believe that a piece of writing has to be sad, but it does-at least for me-have to insist on acknowledging a shadow. It has to face something that a good cop would call evidence.”

Jeff G. Peters Michael Klein

08/14/2026

It was an evening of captivating conversation with iconic commentator Fran Lebowitz! We could have listened to her all night. With her trademark sneer and disapproval of virtually everything except sleep, cigarette smoking, and good furniture, she regaled us with insightful political, social & cultural commentary.

We were happy to be the bookseller for the wonderful nonprofit, Payomet Performing Arts Center for this special event. The evening began with Dan Wolf - former Senator & Founder of Cape in conversation with Fran, followed by a rousing round of questions from the audience, ending with a book signing & photos.

Signed copies of the Fran Lebowitz Reader are available East End Books Ptown and online here: https://eastendbooksptown.com/book/9780679761808

In a cultural landscape filled with endless pundits and talking heads, Fran Lebowitz stands out as one of our most insightful social commentators.

Jeff G. Peters Craig Kennedy

08/13/2026

Join east End Books Ptown: Q***R MUSICALS: Boy Meets Boy to Jagged Little Pill w/Robert W. Schneider at Show Queen Gallery (432 Commercial Street).

East End Books Ptown Presents: John Glynn "The Lost Book of Lancelot" in Conv. w/Grant Ginder 9/5 at 5pmTickets: John Gl...
08/12/2026

East End Books Ptown Presents: John Glynn "The Lost Book of Lancelot" in Conv. w/Grant Ginder 9/5 at 5pm

Tickets: John Glynn "The Lost Book of Lancelot" in Conv. w/Grant Ginder 9/5 at 5pm Tickets, Saturday, September 5 • 5 PM - 6 PM | Eventbrite

John Glynn is the Editorial Director of Hanover Square Press, an imprint of HarperCollins. His nonfiction debut Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer was an Indie Next pick, an Oprah, The Magazine "Best LGBTQ Book of 2019," and a Cosmopolitan Best Book of 2019, among other accolades. His writing has appeared in People, Oprah Daily, The Millions and The Daily Beast. He lives in New York City with his partner and dog, Whitman.

Grant Ginder is the author of five novels, including Let's Not Do That Again and The People We Hate at the Wedding, now a major motion picture starring Allison Janney, Kristen Bell, and Ben Platt. Originally from Southern California, Ginder received his MFA from New York University, where he teaches writing.


The Lost Book of Lancelot

"Hidden away on the Isle of Women, a nameless orphan has grown up among the island's sisterhood, but always at a distance. He hears whispers of a prophecy that may shed light on his destiny-and his true identity: Lancelot. Determined to master the skills and knowledge worthy of the knight he is meant to be, he begins training alongside the handsome Galehaut.

08/10/2026

Join East end Books Ptown at Payomet for this special event:
Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn’t Easy with Daniel Okrent 8/18 at 10am.

Details at Payomet: Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn’t Easy with Dan Okrent and Susan Bolotin

RSVP for FREE tickets here: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/supporttenttalks/event/artisnteasy/

Preorder the book here: https://eastendbooksptown.com/book/9780300270211

A revelatory look at the complex inner world of one of the twentieth century’s most beloved theatrical composers

“A superb biography of the musical master. Packed with gossip and incident, this book is also a fascinating study in the gestation of genius.”—Guardian

Daniel Okrent had careers as a book and magazine editor and was the first public editor of the New York Times. He is the prize-winning author of six books, including The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America, and Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. Payomet Performing Arts Center Jeff G. Peters Daniel Okrent

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