Friday 7/22: The Poetry Foundation’s Library Book Club discusses from unincorporated territory [guma’] by Craig Santos Perez. Space is limited, so reserve your spot. 12:30 p.m., free.
Nora McInerny Purmort presents her memoir It’s Okay to Laugh at The Book Cellar. 7 p.m., free.
Saturday 7/23: Editor Scott Atkinson reads from Happy Anyway: A Flint Anthology, a collection of essays about Flint, along with contributors Sarah Carson and Connor Coyne. City Lit Books, 5 p.m., free.
Sunday 7/24: Margaret Wappler reads from her novel Neon Green at City Lit Books. 3 p.m., free.
As always, the Uptown Poetry slam is going down at The Green Mill. Open mic starts at 7 p.m. followed by the slam itself. $7, 21+.
Tuesday 7/25: Amy Rose Spiegel reads from her book Action: A Book About Sex at Women & Children First. 7 p.m., free.
Wednesday 7/27: Deborah Levy reads from her novel Hot Milk at Women & Children First. 7:30 p.m., free.
Thursday 7/28: Clear your book shelves for the 32nd Annual Newberry Book Fair! The sale features nearly 120,000 used books in 70 categories. Thursday–Sunday at the Newberry Library, free.
The Logan Salon Series at City Lit Books welcomes readings by Connie Voisine, Eula Biss, and Averill Curdy. 6:30 p.m., free.
Local author Jesse Jordan reads from his second novel This Is Not the End. The Book Cellar, 7 p.m., free.
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