Richard Russo, author portrait
© Elena Seibert

Richard Russo

RICHARD RUSSO is the author of ten novels, most recently Somebody's Fool, Chances Are . . . , Everybody’s Fool, and That Old Cape Magic; two collections of stories; and the memoir Elsewhere. In 2002 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls, which, like Nobody’s Fool, won multiple awards for its screen adaptation, and in 2023 his novel Straight Man was adapted into the television series Lucky Hank. In 2017 he received France’s Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine. He lives in Port­land, ME.

Tue Aug 11
Print: A Bookstore
273 Congress St
Portland, ME 04101
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Wed Aug 12
Left Bank Books
109 Chruch St
Belfast, ME 04915
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Sun Aug 16
in conversation with Joe Donahue
25 Washington St
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
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Mon Aug 17 | 07:00 PM
Gibson's at The Bank of NH Stage
16 S Main St
Concord, NH 03301
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Tue Aug 18
Harvard Bookstore
1256 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Wed Aug 19
Odyssey Bookshop
9 College St
South Hadley, MA 01075
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Thu Aug 20 | 07:00 PM
Martha's Vineyard Author Series
520 South Road
Chilmark, MA 02535
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Fri Nov 06
Charleston Literary Festival
135 Church St
Charleston, SC 29401
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Events

Tue Aug 11
Print: A Bookstore
273 Congress St
Portland, ME 04101
Google Map

Wed Aug 12
Left Bank Books
109 Chruch St
Belfast, ME 04915
Google Map

Sun Aug 16
in conversation with Joe Donahue
25 Washington St
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Google Map

Mon Aug 17 | 07:00 PM
Gibson's at The Bank of NH Stage
16 S Main St
Concord, NH 03301
Google Map

Tue Aug 18
Harvard Bookstore
1256 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Google Map

Wed Aug 19
Odyssey Bookshop
9 College St
South Hadley, MA 01075
Google Map

Thu Aug 20 | 07:00 PM
Martha's Vineyard Author Series
520 South Road
Chilmark, MA 02535
Google Map

Fri Nov 06
Charleston Literary Festival
135 Church St
Charleston, SC 29401
Google Map

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