Saturday 2/27: Xaver Bayer, Sibylle Berg, Iris Hanika, and James Hannaham join moderator Siri Hustvedt and the Festival Neue Literatur for No Joke, a look at things that make people laugh. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
Ian Heames and Kathleen Fraser join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5.
Ian Heams and Kathleen Fraser join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5.
Sunday 2/28: Jenny Offill, Vea Kaiser, Christopher Kloeble, and Pedro L celebrate the Festival Neue Literatur with Laughing Matters, a look at humorous literature, part of the Festival Neue Literatur. McNally Jackson Books, 6 p.m., free.
Michael Ruby, Shira E and Jacqueline Johnson join the world’s oldest ship poetry series. J+B Design Cafe, 5 p.m., free.
Catherine Texier and Amy Koppelman join the Sunday Night Fiction series. KGB, 7 p.m., free.
Darin Strauss, Honor Molloy, Abba Belgrave, Tobias Carroll, and Leland Cheuk join The Eagle and The Wren reading series. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
Monday 2/29: Happy Leap Year!
Jennifer Nelson and Ariel Resnikoff join the Poetry Project. Poetry Project, 8 p.m., $8.
David Lehman and Mark Halliday join the Monday Night Poetry series. KGB, 7 p.m., free.
Tim Weiner, Lewis Lapham, and Renata Adler celebrate Lapham’s Quarterly‘s latest issue. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
David Lehman and Mark Halladay join the Monday Night Poetry series. KGB, 7 p.m., free.
Tuesday 3/1: Greg Jackson presents Prodigals and discusses the stories with Leslie Jamison. Greenlight Bookstore, 7:30 p.m., free.
Kristopher Jansma presents Why We Came to the City. Center for Fiction, 7 p.m., free.
Andrea Chapman reads The Tutor. BookCulture, 7 p.m., free.
Idra Novey talks with Garth Greenwell about Ways to Disappear. Community Bookstore, 7 p.m., free.
Goldy Moldavsky presents Kill the Boy Band! in conversation with Danielle Henderson. WORD Brooklyn, 7 p.m., free.
Wednesday 3/2: John Wray talks with Charles Bock about The Lost Time Accidents. Community Bookstore, 7 p.m., free.
Lynn Steger Strong, Jillian Capewell, Meredith Turits, and Paula Bomer join The Disagreement series for “Here’s Good News if You Have to Sleep on the Floor.” Hifi Bar, 8 p.m., free.
Julie Carr and Krystal Languell join The Poetry Project reading series. Poetry Project, 8 p.m., $8.
Thursday 3/3: Dallas Athent, Karen Illis, Christian A. Niedan, Luke Ohlson, Isaac Oliver, and Joanna Valente join the Loaded Canon reading series. Brooklyn Oenology, 7 p.m., free.
Richie Hofmann, Camille Rankine, and Wendy Xu read poetry. NYU Creative Writing House, 7 p.m., free.
Sara Majka and Garth Greenwell discusses Cities I’ve Never Lived In, a collection of stories from Majka. WORD Brooklyn, 7 p.m., free.
Sari Wilson and Marina Harss discuss Girl Through Glass, Wilson’s debut novel. Greenlight Bookstore, 7:30 p.m., free.
Friday 3/4: Joanna Hershon, Julie Orringer, and Idra Novey join the Writers Space reading series. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
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