Saturday 5/21: Tod Lippy and Karl Ove Knausgaard have a conversation sponsored by ESOPUS magazine. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
Jason N. Fischedick, Lisa Huberman, and Mikey Rosenbaum join the Oh, Bernice! Reading series, hosted by Jonathan Alexandratos. Astoria Bookshop, 7 p.m., free.
Ali Powers launches A Poem For Record Keepers. Wendy’s Subway, 7 p.m., free.
Emmy Catedral and Constance DeJong join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5.
Sunday 5/22: Adam Sachs, Farley Katz, and Adam Moerder join the Sunday Night Fiction Series. KGB Bar, 7 p.m., free.
Monday 5/23: John Casey and Kay Salter pay tribute to James Salter, author of The Art of Fiction. McNally Jackson Books, 7 p.m., free.
Rob Tanner talks with Sean Carswell about their books from Ig Publishing. Tanner’s Missile Paradise confronts modern social crisis and Carswell’s Metaphysical Ukulele imagines historic literary authors on adventures. Greenlight Bookstore, 7:30 p.m., free.
David Mikics discusses Bellow’s People, an examination of the characters Saul Bellow turned into art. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
Vijay Seshadri, Kathryn Harrison, and Vicky Bijur celebrate the latest issue of Epiphany Magazine. The Strand, 7 p.m., $10.
Tuesday 5/24: Matteson Perry discusses Available: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Hookups, Love and Brunch. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
Allison Amend talks with Alexander Chee about her latest novel, Enchanted Islands. The Strand, 7 p.m., $15.
Benjamin Hale talks with Alexandra Singh about The Fat Artist, Hale’s new collection of stories. Community Bookstore, 7 p.m., free.
Frank Viva launches his new graphic novel See Change: A Toon Graphic with Françoise Mouly. Book Culture, 7 p.m., free.
Wednesday 5/25: Isabel Vincent discusses Dinner with Edward with Susannah Cahalan. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
Steven Karl, J. Mae Barizo, Jason R. Jimenez, and Cynthia Manick read poetry. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free.
Constance Renfrow, Jared Shaffer, Angus McLinn, Angela Sloan, Xingyue Sarah, Aaron Thorpe, Stephanie Bramson, Tara Isabella Burtin, Suzanne Herman, and Theresa Buchta are singing Songs of My Selfie, writings from Millennials. KGB Bar, 7 p.m., free.
Rufi Thorpe discusses Dear Fang, With Love with Rachel Fershleiser. WORD Brooklyn, 7 p.m., free.
Falguni Kothari presents My Last Love Story about a woman who fears happiness. WORD Jersey City, 7:30 p.m., free.
Sebastian Junger presents Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging along with David Epstein. Housing Works, 7 p.m., free.
Barry Meier talks with Jim Mintz about Missing Man. McNally Jackson Books, 7 p.m., free.
Bernice L. McFadden, Avtar Singh, and Hirsh Sawhney celebrate books from publisher Akashic Books. Greenlight Bookstore, 7:30 p.m., free.
Thursday 5/26: Stephanie Danler explores womanhood with novel Sweetbitter and discusses it with Gabrielle Hamilton. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
Jenny Zhang, Lola Pellegrino, Alexandra Molotkow, Haley Mlotek, Morgan Jerkins, Mary H.K. Choi, and Charlotte Shane are offering some “bad advice.” WORD Brooklyn, 7 p.m., free.
Lee Clay Johnson and David Gates discuss Nitro Mountain, Johnson’s debut novel set in a mine-polluted corner of Virginia. Greenlight Bookstore, 7:30 p.m., free.
A.M. Homes, Rivka Galchen, Téa Obreht, and others celebrate the Strand with Upstairs at the Strand. The Strand, 7 p.m., free.
Jameson Fitzpatrick, Rin Johnson, and Conor Messinger join host Diana Hamilton for the Biennial Bound reading. 67 Ludlow, 7 p.m., free.
Friday 5/27: Naomi Jackson and Shelley Marlow join the Poetry Project. Poetry Project, 8 p.m., $8.
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