Tuesday 7/7: Author Ben Tanzer (The New York Stories) and poet Jonathan Travelstead (How We Bury Our Dead) share their respective collections. Seth Berg and Rumpus Sunday Editor Zoe Zolbrod join them at Quimby’s Bookstore, 7 p.m.
Grab a beer and get your Tuesday Funk on at Hopleaf, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday 7/8: I Live for Trans Education screens documentary shorts and fosters a talk back discussion at Women & Children First. 7 p.m.
Michael Harvey reads from The Governor’s Wife, the third installment of his Michael Kelly thriller series. The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.
Thursday 7/9: New Generation African Poets Amy Lukau, Tsitsi Jaji, Ladan Osman, Viola Allo, and Warsan Shire perform at the Poetry Foundation for A Celebration of International Poetry. Co-sponsored with the Poetry Society of America, 7 p.m.
Patricia Skalka discusses Death at Gills Rock: A Dave Cubiak Door County Mystery. Women & Children First, 7 p.m.
Join Barbara Gregorich (Guide to Writing the Mystery Novel: Lots of Examples, Plus Dead Bodies) in conversation with Lori Rader-Day (Little Pretty Things), Susanna Calkins (Masque of a Murderer), and Sharon Fiffer (Lucky Stuff) for A Night of Mystery. The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.