Adam H Johnson

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co-host Citations Needed podcast. pre-order ‘How to Sell a Genocide’ out 4/21 https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide or https://a.co/d/0hl4hmFi columnblog.com

NYC
May 7: The Word is Change in Brooklyn, NY with Nima Shirazi @ 7pm ET

May 8: New School - 6 E 16th Street New York, NY with Natasha Lennard @ 6pm ET (Wolff Conf Rm D1103)

May 9: The People’s Forum - 320 W 37th St New York, NY with Writers Against the War On Gaza @ 6pm ET

Milwaukee
May 13: Haraz Coffee House 6840 S 27th St, Oak Creek, WI with Janan Najeeb and Rachel Ida Buff @ 7pm CT

Chicago
May 21: Pilsen Community Bookstore | co-book event with Steven Thrasher @ 7pm CT

Washington D.C.
May 22: Bol Co-op Bookstore 716 Monroe St NE Studio #11 with Zeteo’s Prem Thakker - time TBD

Baltimore
May 23: Red Emma’s 3128 Greenmount Ave with Maximillian Alvarez, Editor-in-Chief at The Real News Network @ 7pm CT

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