# Event Details - **Event Name**: ALISON CARPENTER DAVIS meet & greet at Books Inc. Palo Alto - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 14 Sep, 2026 at 03:00 pm – Mon, 14 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm - **Event Description**: Local author Alison Carpenter Davis will be at Books Inc. Palo Alto, to talk about her book Letters Home from Stanford!About this EventCome on down to learn more and get a signed copy of the book!“I have no idea what I’m doing.” —A freshman in a letter, 1897“I have no clue what I’m doing.” —A freshman in a text, 2014Some things change. Others? Not so much. Local editor and author Alison Carpenter Davis will sign copies and informally chat about her timeless book Letters Home from Stanford, a cross-generational collection of Stanford students’ handwritten, typed, and electronic correspondence that evokes the heritage, history, and shared experience of college students everywhere ("I hate my roommate," "I’ve never felt like a failure before," etc.); features accounts of historical events (the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, JFK’s assasination, and others); shows change over time (What’s a laundry box?); and spurs discussion about handwritten correspondence vs. its electronic counterparts. A wonderful gift for incoming freshmen or current high schoolers—and their parents!Alison Carpenter Davis graduated from Stanford in 1979. Her articles have appeared in Stanford magazine, the Chicago Tribune, the International Herald Tribune, and The Des Moines Register, among others. She was formerly an editor at Outside magazine and an adjunct professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. She has a thing about words. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/palo-alto/alison-carpenter-davis-meet-and-greet-at-books-inc-palo-alto/100001998509498709 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, meetups, meet-and-greet - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 4 hours - Location: Books Inc. Palo Alto - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Palo Alto - **state**: CA - **country**: United States - **location**: Books Inc. Palo Alto - **lat**: 37.4380888 - **long**: -122.15956130000001 - **full address**: Books Inc. Palo Alto, 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: ALISON CARPENTER DAVIS meet & greet at Books Inc. 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