East End Books Ptown

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

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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

08/10/2026

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

08/09/2026

East End Books Ptown presents: Eliot Glazer “The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Gay” in Conversation w/ Iconic Entertainer Ryan Landry - 8/22 at 6pm

Tickets: Eliot Glazer “The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Gay” Tickets, Saturday, August 22 • 6 PM - 7 PM | Eventbrite

https://eastendbooksptown.com/event/2026-08-22/eliot-glazer-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-gay-conversation-w-iconic

Eliot Glazer is a comedian, actor, podcaster, musician, and writer for beloved TV shows including New Girl, Younger, and Broad City, on which he played “Eliot” in his most challenging role to date. He lives in Los Angeles.

Ryan Landry is known for his multifaceted talents as a painter, playwright, musician, and performer.

“This book is absurdly funny! It made me laugh so hard (out loud, even!) that I almost collapsed a lung. Truly the q***rest joy I have ever felt!” —Samantha Irby, New York Times bestselling author ***r Penguin Random House LGBTQ+ Penguin Random House

08/06/2026

It was a lively discussion & hook signing Payomet Performing Arts Center
East End Books Ptown at Payomet for: Make Me Commissioner: I Know What’s Wrong with Baseball w/ Jane Leavy & Daniel Okrent.

“Make Jane Commissioner… Leavy has a voice demanding to be heard—and Major League Baseball should listen.”— THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

A New York Times bestselling biographer and lifelong baseball devotee takes readers on an epic journey through the game that baseball has become— a heartfelt manifesto that’s perfect for lovers of the sport.

Jane Leavy is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created, The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood, Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy, and the comic novel Squeeze Play, which Entertainment Weekly called “the best novel ever written about baseball.”

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.

Jane Leavy Daniel Okrent Jeff G. Peters

08/05/2026

Some favorite authors stopped by East End Books Ptown yesterday! Adam Roberts “Food Person,” John Murillo “Up Jump the Boogie,” Nicole Sealey “Ordinary Beast,” and Brian Carmody “Crush Lust Love Loss!” Signed copies available. Drop by to get your copies. You never know who you’ll meet at East End Books Ptown!

Also back in stock, one of our absolute favorite books by our close friend Julia Glass -“Three Junes,” for which Julie won The National Book Award.
Brian Carmody Adam Roberts Nicole Sealey Jeff G. Peters Julie Glass

08/03/2026

What a spectacular afternoon with Broadway/movie/tv star Andrew Keenan-Bolger today at Show Queen Gallery today! Andrew read from his best selling new book, “Limelight” and he regaled us with a powerful rendition of What’ll I Do” by Irving Berlin with Andy Lantz on the piano!

Signed copies of Limelight are available East End Books Ptown and online here: https://eastendbooksptown.com/book/9780593889244

Andrew Keenan-Bolger Jeff G. Peters ShowQueen Gallery Penguin Random House ***r

08/03/2026

Limelight w/Andrew Keenan-Bolger at Show Queen Gallery with Join East End Books Ptown

Join us today at 3pm …
Limelight w/Andrew Keenan-Bolger at Show Queen Gallery

Signed copies of the book available in store and online: https://eastendbooksptown.com/book/9780593889244

Andrew Keenan-Bolger (he/him) is the coauthor of the three-book series Jack & Louisa and cocreator of the popular series Submissions Only. As an actor, he has starred in six Broadway shows, including Newsies, Tuck Everlasting, and Mary Poppins, in the films On Swift Horses and The Rewrite, and in dozens of television series. A graduate of the University of Michigan, he moved to New York in 1996 and lives in Brooklyn with his husband and his dog.

08/03/2026

Join us today at 3pm …
Limelight w/Andrew Keenan-Bolger at Show Queen Gallery

Join East End Books Ptown at Show Queen Gallery 432 Commercial Street

Signed copies of the book available in store and online: https://eastendbooksptown.com/book/9780593889244

Andrew Keenan-Bolger (he/him) is the coauthor of the three-book series Jack & Louisa and cocreator of the popular series Submissions Only. As an actor, he has starred in six Broadway shows, including Newsies, Tuck Everlasting, and Mary Poppins, in the films On Swift Horses and The Rewrite, and in dozens of television series. A graduate of the University of Michigan, he moved to New York in 1996 and lives in Brooklyn with his husband and his dog.

08/03/2026

The dynamic duo of iconic writer Eileen Myles & poetry scholar - Dr. Rosa Campbell (University of St. Andrews -Scotland) brought us to the 1950’s and 1970’s through two new books - which are delighting poetry lovers!

East End Books Ptown Presents: Eileen Myles “Bird Watching - and Their First Three Books of Poetry” In Conversation w/ Dr. Rosa Campbell “ (UK) - “The Miraculous Season: Selected Poems.” Signed copies of both books are available.

Eileen allowed us to see the forming of a brilliant writer as they were figuring out how to be a writer & how to live…Rosa brought us into the world of Boston writer V.R. Bunny Lang who died young of cancer. Bunny was a close friend of Frank O’Hara & a central figure in the lively Harvard Literary scene of the 1950’s.

The conversation between Eileen & Rosa was a masterclass into the lives of great writers.

Eileen read an excerpt from their brilliant poem “Bird Watching,” bringing us into their NYC apartment & into the world of poets & writers in the 70’s. They have read the full poem only once - (over 1 hour & hopefully we’ll be able to hear them read the entire poem another time).

Thanks to everyone who turned out for this electric, powerful celebration of poetry and the lives of writers!
Fonograf Editions New York Review Books ***r

08/02/2026