Notable Philadelphia: 9/19–9/25
Tuesday 9/19: Cortney Lamar Charleston: A Poetry Reading. 6 p.m. at Kelly Writers House.
Tom Perrotta presents Mrs. Fletcher. 7:30 p.m. at The Free Library of Philadelphia.
Wednesday 9/20: Woke & Well-Read Book Club. Facilitated by Jamila Latham. 7 p.m. at Big Blue Marble Bookstore.
Thursday 9/21: Book signing, reading, and reception for I Hear My People Singing with author Kathryn “Kitsi” Watterson. 6 p.m. at Penn Book Center.
Community Writing Workshop for Women. Facilitated by Kamillah Abdul-Malik. 6 p.m. at The Common Room.
Friday 9/22: Adam Gopnik presents At the Strangers’ Gate: Arrivals in New York. 7:30 p.m. at The Free Library of Philadelphia.
Poetry Aloud and Alive. Featuring Hiram Larew. 7:15 p.m. at Big Blue Marble Bookstore.
Hands-On Tour: Banned Books. 3 p.m. at The Rosenbach.
Saturday 9/23: Finally Got the News: The Printed Legacy of the U.S. Radical Left book launch with author Brad Duncan. 7 p.m. at Wooden Shoe Books and Records.
Hugely Popular Reading Series. Featuring Joanna C. Valente, Chris McCreary, and Matthew Landis. 7 p.m. at Brickbat Books.
Books from Banned Lands: Libya—In the Country of Men. 3 p.m. at Penn Book Center.
Sunday 9/24: Make a Space for Me. Featuring Rindon Johnson, Ser Serpas, Leigh Marques, Carmichael Jones, Jahmal B. Golden, and Misty Pollen. 7 p.m. at Philadelphia Printworks.
Monday 9/25: New Fiction Book Club Discussion: So Much Blue. 7:15 p.m. at Head House Books.
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Philly Recommended Reading: Each week we’ll recommend work by a local writer featured in Notable. This week, it’s five new poems by Chris McCreary published by Atrocity Exhibition in May 2016. Enjoy!
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