Notable Los Angeles: 7/17–7/23
Monday 7/17: Jesus Ramirez-Valles discusses and signs Queer Aging: The Gayby Boomers and a New Frontier for Gerontology. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
90×90 presents: Wirecutter. Celebrate the release of PAPERS with poets Bridgette Bianca, Amanda Wang, and Rebecca Lee, and artist Ana Chaidez. 8 p.m. at Cielo Galleries/Studios.
Tuesday 7/18: ALOUD presents An Evening with Sherman Alexie. Doors open at 7 p.m. at the Aratani Theatre. Tickets start at $38 here.
Curtis Armstrong discusses and signs Revenge of the Nerd: Or…the Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would Be Booger. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Group signing for Once Upon a Time in Compton. 7:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
The Live Again Project presents An Evening of Inspiring Stories. Featuring stories by Robert Di Massa and Nicholas Arquette, with a talk from Michael Eselun. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Nicole J. Georges discusses her graphic memoir Fetch. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
90×90 presents: The Wandering Song Anthology. Featuring Susana Aguilar-Marcelo, Iris de Anda, William A. González, Cynthia Guardado, GusTavo Adolfo Guerra Vásquez, Adolfo Hernández, Rossana Perez, and William Archila. 8 p.m. at Cielo Galleries/Studios.
Wednesday 7/19: Daryl Gregory discusses and signs Spoonbenders. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Karin Esterhammer discusses and signs So Happiness to Meet You: Foolishly, Blissfully Stranded in Vietnam. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Paul Madonna discusses his book On to the Next Dream. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Thursday 7/20: James Forman Jr. signs his new book, Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. 7 p.m. at Eso Won Bookstore.
Book signing for Daddy Drinks. Featuring author-dads Henry Dittman, Padraic Duffy, Victor Isaac, Michael Lanahan, Jacob Sidney, and French Stewart. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Adam Novak discusses and signs Freaks of the Industry. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Rachel Ignotofsky discusses and signs Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Chalk Rep’s Open Circle presents: Play. Featuring writing from Andrea Wachner and a talk by Kara Fortier. Sign-ups for the “open share” portion begin at 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Richard Lange reads from his new novel The Smack. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
90×90 presents: Ramadan Reading. Featuring “an eclectic group of Muslim-ish poets,” Tanzila Ahmed, Ramy El-Etreby, Naazneen Diwan, Khadija Anderson, Kirin Khan, Karimi Robert, Tom Earl, Azeem M. Khan, Sahar Pirzada, Traci Akemi Kato-kiriyama, Neelanjana Banerjee, Art Currim, Paradise Khanmalek, Zawar Jafri, Azeem M. Khan, Ruman Kazi, Iram Parveen Bilal, Mark Gonzales, Prof. Najeeba Syeed, and Youssef Kromah. 8 p.m. at Cielo Galleries/Studios.
Friday 7/21: Rachel Khong, with Stephanie Danler, discusses and signs Goodbye, Vitamin. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Bianca Marais discusses and signs Hum If You Don’t Know the Words. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Chris D. reads from his books and shows selections from his films. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
90×90 presents: Non-English Zines. Come see what zines are out there beyond the English-speaking limitations. 8 p.m. at Otros Libros (Other Books).
Saturday 7/22: Andrew Shtulman discusses and signs Scienceblind: Why Our Intuitive Theories about the World Are So Often Wrong. 3 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Tristine Rainer discusses her book Apprenticed to Venus. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Bao Phi reads from Thousand Star Hotel, and Scott Kurashige reads from The Fifty-Year Rebellion. 6 p.m. at Beyond Baroque in The Poets Garden. Free.
Michael Connelly presents and reads from The Late Show, introducing his new character Renée Ballard. 8 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Sunday 7/23: The Nebraska Girl open reading. Hosted by Wyatt Underwood. Sign-ups open at 1:30 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. Free.
Fourth Sundays Poetry hosts a memorial reading for Bruce Williams and Jim Lyons. 2 p.m. at the Claremont Public Library.
Cindy Rinne reads from Listen to the Codex, with special guests Melisa Malvin-Middleton and Nancy Carroll. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
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