{"title": "Kerr Smith + John Wesley Shipp: I Don’t Want to Wait", "start": "2026-11-13T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Strand Bookstore", "address": "Broadway 2020, 10023 New York", "price": "", "price_from": "13.61", "price_to": "39.15", "tickets_url": "https://www.strandbooks.com/i-don-t-want-to-wait-my-life-on-dawson-s-creek-9781538776636.html", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["film", "literature"], "description": "A book release event at Strand Book Store celebrating actor Kerr Smith's new book I Don't Want to Wait. Smith discusses his behind-the-scenes chronicle of Dawson's Creek, full of stories about the show's characters and its making, while Emmy-winning actor John Wesley Shipp moderates. 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The collection spans human history and geography, from the first woman on Earth among the Neanderthals to the last man alive, telling funny, daring and outrageous stories that confront our future. Adam Peterson is a writer and filmmaker in Los Angeles, author of several prose poetry collections, while James Folta is a staff writer for Lit Hub and managing editor of the humor site Points In Case. 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The bestselling author and meditator discusses his year-long guide to self-awareness and inner peace, structured around the four elements of fire, air, earth, and water. The conversation is moderated by Terri Cole, an author and licensed psychotherapist. 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