Friday 3/27: Aron Dunlap on Lacan and Religion at Seminary Co-op. 6 p.m., free.
Hope Springs Eternal at The Hideout for Funny Ha-Ha, hosted this month by Claire Zulkey. Featured readers: Tyler Snodgrass, Kimberly Bellware, Emily Graslie, Carly Oishi, Rebecca Hanson, and Steve Delahoyde. 6:30 p.m., $10 suggested donation (profits benefit SitStayRead).
Carson Ellis talks about her whimsical and elegant first picture book, Home. The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.
Saturday 3/28: Partake in Human Communion, an ongoing project at Uncharted Books that seeks to promote unifying experiences in a therapeutic creative environment. Saturday evening’s performances, discussions, and activities center around the theme of letters. 7 p.m., free.
Monday 3/30: Octavia’s Brood co-editor Walidah Imarisha and contributor Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha talk science fiction and social change with discussion moderator Bill Ayers. Seminary Co-op’s 57th Street Books, 6 p.m.
Matthew Gilboy discusses living with a disability, the subject and driving force behind “Stages in Public.” Women & Children First, 7 p.m.
Wednesday 4/1: Wyl Villacres, Claire Rychlewski, Samantha LaFountain, and Courtney Watters read short stories under the influence at Sheffield’s. 7:30 p.m., $3.
Thursday 4/2: Student poets perform as part of the National Youth Poetry Assembly at the Poetry Foundation. 11–12 p.m., 1–2 p.m., and 3–5 p.m.
Stick around to listen to Terrance Hayes lecture on “Poems from Prison” as part of the Bagley Wright Series. The Poetry Foundation, 7 p.m.