Saturday 6/15: Life Sentences, an afternoon of the epigrammatic, featuring Guy Bennett, Charles Bernstein, Aaron Kunin, Andrew Maxwell, Maggie Nelson, Vanessa Place, Maged Zaher. 1 p.m. at The Poetic Research Bureau.
Sunday 6/16: Go to Hitched and see poets Cathy Irwin with Nicky Schildkraut, and Kenji Liu with Minh Pham. 5 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. Tickets are $10, $8 for students, and FREE for members.
Monday 6/17: Essayists Arianne Zwartjes and Aisha Sabatini Sloan begin their summer book tour with “Poetry, Prose, Breath, and the Filmmaker” with poets Drew Krewer and Rumpus Contributor Lauren Eggert-Crowe, Rumpus Saturday Editor Zoë Ruiz, and filmmaker Victoria Garza. 7 p.m. at Artshare L.A.
Rob Yardumian reads from The Sounds of Songs From Across the Water. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Tuesday 6/18: Jonathan Kirsch discusses his new book, The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat and a Murder in Paris with Louise Steinman at an ALOUD panel. 7:15 p.m. at the Mark Taper Forum in the Downtown Public Library. RSVP for tickets.
Charles McDowell presents and signs Dear Girls Above Me: Inspired by a True Story. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Wednesday 6/19: Loren Glass presents and signs Counterculture Colophon at The Last Bookstore.
Thursday 6/20: Award winning author José Luís Peixoto reads from and signs his new collection of short stories, Antidote at his book release party. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Hank Henderson hosts Homo-Centric, a monthly LBQTI reading series. 7:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
Friday 6/21: Pen Center USA presents L.A. Story, a reading event featuring Janet Fitch, Rachel Kushner, Jim Krusoe, Doug Kearney, and Jim Gavin. The reading begins at 9 p.m. at the Hollywood Forever cemetery, and will be followed by a book signing. Tickets are $10 here or $15 at the door.
