Friday 3/4: Join Elizabeth McKenzie (The Portable Veblen) in conversation with Peter Ferry (Old Heart) at City Lit Books. 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday 3/8: Women & Children First welcomes Samantha Bailey and Kate Hawbaker-Krohn for this month’s Sappho’s Salon. All proceeds benefit the performers and the Women’s Voices Fund. $7-10, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday 3/9: Artist and poet Jim Dine reads and presents work with bassist Marc Marder. Poetry Foundation, co-sponsored with the Richard Gray Gallery, 7 p.m.
Join John D’Agata, author of forthcoming text The Making of the American Essay, in conversation with David Stuart McLean. 57th Street Books, 6 p.m.
Shanti Elliott discusses democratic education in Teaching and Learning on the Verge. Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday 3/10: Young adult novelists Bridget Birdsall (Double Exposure) and Liza Wierner (Hello?) talk books that fight bullies. Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m.
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