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Join us for an evening with author Courtney Maum for a reading and discussion of her new novel Alan Opts Out. PLEASE REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT. Our friends from City Books will be on hand to sell books, and Courtney Maum will be signing books after the talk. A BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER: New York Times • Town & Country • Los Angeles Times • Goodreads • LitHub FEATURED IN: People • A Cup of Joe • theSkimm • The Ezra Klein Show In development as a series with HBO “Reading this book reminded me how much fun a novel can be.” ―Caro Claire Burke, author of Yesteryear In this timely and comedic take on ambition, consumerism, and the sticker price of privilege, an ad exec who bombs the biggest pitch of his career decides to forgo capitalism and live off the land of his suburban Connecticut home. [Courtney Maum author photo] Courtney Maum is the author of five previous books, including the romantic comedy Touch (New York Times Editors’ Choice) about a tech worker’s efforts to reclaim her humanity and the memoir The Year of the Horses chosen by the Today show as one of the best reads for mental health awareness. The author also of the groundbreaking publishing guidebook Before and After the Book Deal and the bestselling Substack newsletter by the same name, Maum is an educator and writing coach helping people hold on to the joy of art making in a culture obsessed with turning artists into brands. In addition to her creative writing, teaching, and advocacy work for writers at the Authors Guild, Maum worked internationally as a brand strategist and corporate namer in the advertising world for twenty years.