Notable NYC: 7/15–7/21
Monday 7/17: Tamara Shopsin presents Arbitrary Stupid Goal and talks with Jason Fulford. Greenlight Fort Greene, 7:30 p.m., free.
Victoria Redel discusses Before Everything with Paul Lisicky. McNally Jackson Books, 7 p.m., free.
David Burr Gerrard, Hannah Lillith Assadi, Emmanuel Iduma, Deidre Coyle, and Kyle Lucia Wu join the H.I.P. Lit summer series. Nowadays, 7 p.m., free.
Tuesday 7/18: Samantha Hunt presents her short story collection The Dark Dark with James Hannaham. Greenlight Fort Greene, 7:30 p.m., free.
Daryl Gregory and Gabe Hudson talk with Isaac Fitzgerald about Spoonbenders and Gork, The Teenage Dragon. Books Are Magic, 7:30 p.m., free.
David Burr Gerrard discusses his debut novel The Epiphany Machine with Maxwell Neely-Cohen. Community Bookstore, 7 p.m., free.
Julie Klam presents The Stars in Our Eyes, a look at celebrity culture. B&N 86th Street, 7 p.m., free.
Wednesday 7/19: Jessica Berger Gross and Sari Botton discusses Estranged: Leaving Family and Finding Home. Greenlight Fort Greene, 7:30 p.m., free.
Rachel Bell, Marian Bull, Dianca London, Eleanor Stanford, and Eric Thurm join the Who Wants to Cry reading series. Hi Fi Bar, 7:30 p.m., free.
Bill Roorbach talks with Caroline Leavitt about The Girl of the Lake. Books Are Magic, 7:30 p.m., free.
Michael Robbins talks with Elif Batuman about Equipment for Living on Poetry and Pop Music. Community Bookstore, 7 p.m., free.
Zinzi Clemmons presents What We Lose with Glory Edim. WORD Brooklyn, 7 p.m., free.
Tobias Carroll, Hafizah Geter, Lena Valencia, and Joanna Valente join the Ditmas Lit reading series. Hinterlands, 7 p.m., free.
Thursday 7/20: Brandan Kiely, Nancy Hightower, David Burr Gerrard, Jen Lue, Gabriela Barretto, Marcus Jade, and Karen Lue read for Artists Resist, a night of reading and music. St. Peter’s Chelsea, 7 p.m., free / $10 suggested.
Zinzi Clemmons talks with Margo Jefferson about What We Lose. Greenlight Fort Greene, 7:30 p.m., free.
Julie Klam presents The Stars in Our Eyes, a look at celebrity. WORD Jersey City, 7:30 p.m., free.
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