Daniel Handler

reads from

We Are Pirates:
A Novel

and is joined by JANAKA STUCKY and ELISA GABBERT
for an evening of Poets & Pirates

Co-sponsored by Mass Poetry

$5 tickets on sale now

This event includes a book signing

Date

Feb
20
Friday
February 20, 2015
8:00 PM ET
(Doors at 6:30)

Location

First Parish Church
1446 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138

Tickets

Harvard Book Store and Mass Poetry present an evening of "Poets & Pirates" with passionate supporter of poetry DANIEL HANDLER—otherwise known as the enigmatic Lemony Snicket—reading from his new novel for adults, We Are Pirates. Daniel will be joined by poets JANAKA STUCKY and ELISA GABBERT, presenting and discussing their work.

On Daniel Handler's We Are Pirates

A boat has gone missing. Goods have been stolen. There is blood in the water. It is the twenty-first century and a crew of pirates is terrorizing the San Francisco Bay.

Phil is a husband, a father, a struggling radio producer, and the owner of a large condo with a view of the water. But he'd like to be a rebel and a fortune hunter.

Gwen is his daughter. She's fourteen. She's a student, a swimmer, and a best friend. But she'd like to be an adventurer and an outlaw.

Phil teams up with his young, attractive assistant. They head for the open road, attending a conference to seal a deal.

Gwen teams up with a new, fierce friend and some restless souls. They head for the open sea, stealing a boat to hunt for treasure.

We Are Pirates is a novel about our desperate searches for happiness and freedom, about our wild journeys beyond the boundaries of our ordinary lives. 

Also, it's about a teenage girl who pulls together a ragtag crew to commit mayhem in the San Francisco Bay, while her hapless father tries to get her home.

Daniel Handler
Daniel Handler

Daniel Handler

Daniel Handler is best known for his books as Lemony Snicket, notably the thirteen-volume A Series of Unfortunate Events and the four-book sequence All the Wrong Questions. Under his given name, he is the author of seven novels, and has worked extensively in music, theater, film, and television. He lives in San Francisco, California.

Photo Credit: Meredith Heuer

Elisa Gabbert
Elisa Gabbert

Elisa Gabbert

Elisa Gabbert is the author of five collections of poetry, essays, and criticism: The Unreality of Memory & Other Essays; The Word Pretty; L’Heure Bleue, or the Judy Poems; The Self Unstable; and The French Exit. She writes a regular poetry column for the New York Times, and her work has appeared in Harper’s, The New York Times Magazine, the New York Review of Books, the London Review of Books, A Public Space, the Paris Review Daily, and many other venues. She lives in Denver.

Janaka Stucky
Janaka Stucky

Janaka Stucky

Janaka Stucky is a mystic poet, performer, and founding editor of the award-winning press, Black Ocean. He is the author of The Truth Is We Are Perfect, Your Name Is The Only Freedom, The World Will Deny It For You, and his latest book, Ascend Ascend (Third Man Books, 2019). He has taught and performed in over 60 cities around the world. He is also a two-time National Haiku Champion. More at janakastucky.com.

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First Parish Church
1446 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138

Walking from the Harvard Square T station: 2 minutes

As you exit the station, cross Mass. Ave. and look for the newsstand called Crimson Corner. Turn right and proceed north along Mass. Ave. going toward the Cambridge Common. You will pass the Harvard Coop, Bank of America, and CVS. The First Parish Church is located at the corner of Mass. Ave. and Church St. Please enter through the front door of the church.

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