Notable Los Angeles: 7/21–7/27

Monday 7/21: Have you been volunteering at 826LA this summer? You haven’t?! Well, today’s the day to change that!

Tuesday 7/22: Nathan Sutton presents and signs Tower Grove Park. 7:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.

Wednesday 7/23: Susan Coll discusses and signs The Stager. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.

Charles Fleming reads from and signs Studio Kill. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.

Thursday 7/24: Special America with Kate Durbin and Joseph Mosconi. 7 p.m. at The Pop Hop.

Randy Cauthen presents and signs his newest collection of poetry, Slow Night. 7:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.

DTLAB by Writ Large Press presents Readings #8. Featuring Sarah Balcomb, Amina Cain, Jessica Dewberry, Lisa Dusenbery, and Chris Terry. Hosted by Erum Khan and Zoe Ruiz. 8 p.m. at Traxx in Union Station.

Friday 7/25: A Picture is Worth 500 Words will feature readings by Taleen Kali, Gabrielle Lim, Matt MacFarland, Anthony Miller, Theresa Sotto, and J. Ryan Stradal, who have each been given an image from an architect and have 500 words to interpret the image. 6:30 p.m. at 5544 Hollywood Blvd.

Release party for Joseph A. Pasquale’s latest novel, Hollywood Love Crimes, with Steve Abee. 7:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.

William T. Vollmann reads from and signs Last Stories and Other Stories. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.

Diane Raptosh reads from her new book of poems, American Amnesiac. 8 p.m. in the Mike Kelley Gallery at Beyond Baroque.

Saturday 7/26: Gillian McCain and Legs McNeil present and sign Dear Nobody: The True Diary of Mary Rose. 4 p.m. at Book Soup.

Jeri Westerson discusses and signs Cup of Blood. 5:30 p.m at Vroman’s Bookstore.

Another edition of BUSted! True Stories about LA public Transportation. 7:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.

Sunday 7/27: Sumarr Reading Series presents Fox Frazier-Foley, Chris Santiago, Ani Raya-Flores, Elizabeth Hall, and Amanda Ackerman. 3 p.m. at The Pop Hop.

Will Chancellor reads from A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.

Janet Hamill reads from her short fiction collection, Tales from the Eternal Café. She will be joined by S.A. Griffin. 5 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $5 suggested donation.

Tongue & Groove presents readings by Jervey Tervalon, Dan Fante, Laura House, Mike O’Connell, and Cynthia Romanowski. Hosted by Conrad Romo. 6 p.m. at The Hotel Cafe. $7 at the door.

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Xach Fromson is a native Angeleno and the co-host/co-founder of Shades & Shadows, a sci-fi/fantasy/horror/etc. reading series here in LA. He studied creative writing at California State University Northridge, where he worked on The Northridge Review. He received an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California Riverside Palm Desert Low Residency program, and is finishing his first novel. He appeared at Dirty Laundry Lit's "Love Sucks" event in February 2013, and has stories published in "Halloween Tales" and "Winter Horror Days" from Omnium Gatherum press. And once, he slew a dragon. Follow him on Twitter @_mythogenesis_.

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