Notable Los Angeles: 2/20–2/26
Monday 2/20: Brian David Johnson discusses and signs MWD: Hell Is Coming Home. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Tuesday 2/21: Literary Uprising, featuring Ashaki M. Jackson, and Carol V. Davis. 6 p.m. in Room A1000 at Antioch University.
Ellen Umansky discusses and signs The Fortunate Ones. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Nathalia Holt discusses and signs Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Come celebrate the final print issue of Boom: A Journal of California, “Seeing California.” Featuring D.J. Waldie, David L. Ulin, Lynell George, Alex Espinoza, Susan Straight, California’s Poet Laureate Dana Gioia, Caitlin Mohan, Peter Richardson, Nancy Scheper-Hughes, and editor Jason Sexton. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Vanessa Davis launches her new graphic memoir Spaniel Rage. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Wednesday 2/22: Min Jin Lee with Mark Sarvas discusses and signs Pachinko. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Christine Lennon discusses and signs her new book, The Drifter. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Rare Bird Books presents Jamie Mayer’s Painless. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Emily Fridlund reads from her debut novel History of Wolves. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Thursday 2/23: Heidi Mastrogiovanni discusses and signs Lala Pettibone’s Act Two. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Alvaro Enrigue discusses and signs Sudden Death. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Greg Proops launches the paperback version of The Smartest Book in the World. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
John Darnielle reads from his new novel Universal Harvester. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Friday 2/24: Sequoyah School Student Poetry Reading. 6:30 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Chris Gudgeon presents and signs Assdeep in Wonder. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Three Doug Night. Featuring F. Douglas Brown, Douglas Kearney, and Doug Knott. Hosted by Wyatt Underwood. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Saturday 2/25: Dr. Barbara Jaffe discusses and signs When Will I Be Good Enough?: A Replacement Child’s Journey to Healing. 4 p.m. at Book Soup.
Sarah Manguso discusses her new book 300 Arguments, with Ethan Nosowsky. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Lesson of the Past: An Evening With An Auschwitz Survivor. Mary Bauer discusses her experience and passages from Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Ruth Susskind-Schneider reads from her poetry. Hosted by Mariano Zaro. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. Free.
Sunday 2/26: Nebraska Girl Open Reading. Hosted by Wyatt Underwood. Sign-ups start at 1:30 p.m. at Beyond Baroque.
Joel Berg discusses and signs America, We Need to Talk: A Self-Help Book for the Nation. 3 p.m. at Book Soup.
Kevin Knight presents and signs Liberation Is Imperative, Candice Lee presents and signs Escapism: Words & Photos, and J.B. Keats presents and signs He Can See Heaven: The Heirophant. 4 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Abby Fabiaschi discusses and signs her debut novel I Liked My Life. 6 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
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