Saturday 9/23: Dana Schwartz (that guy from your MFA program) discusses And We’re Off, her debut YA novel. B&N 82nd Street, 2 p.m., free.
Sunday 9/24: D. Foy, Sarah Gerard, and Sean Doyle read from their latest works for the Sunday Night Fiction series. KGB, 7 p.m., free.
Nick Flynn, Paul Lisicky, Hannah Beresford, Jodi Savage, and Alisson Wood join the Pigeon Pages reading series. Powerhouse Archway, 5 p.m., free.
Katie Willingham launches Unlikely Designs with readings from Adeeba Shahid Talukder, Ryan Dzelzkalns, Ananda Lima, Yuxi Lin, and K.R. Miller. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 4 p.m., free.
Monday 9/25: Elizabeth Alexander and Maria Popova join the Academy of American Poets conversation series. Housing Works, 7 p.m., free.
James Kimbrell and Timothy Liu join the Monday Night Poetry series. KGB, 7 p.m., free.
Ben Loory talks with Bud Smith about Tales of Falling and Flying. Greenlight Fort Greene, 7:30 p.m., free.
Sigrid Rausing, editor of Granta, presents the memoir Mayhem and talks with Andrew Solomon. McNally Jackson, 7 p.m., free.
David Levithan, Coe Booth, and Ariel Schrag join PEN America for a night of discussing censorship and banned books. The Strand, 7 p.m., $15.
Tuesday 9/26: Jessica Bruder presents Nomadland: Surviving American in the Twenty-First Century with Dale Maharidge. Greenlight Fort Greene, 7:30 p.m., free.
Aisha Mirza, Chanel, Wren Hanks, Kaila Philo, Ruby Brunton, and hosts Roshan Abraham and Jeremiah join the Final Fantasy series. Friends and Lovers, 8 p.m., free.
Tress Congo, Miller Oberman, Hiola Jones, Marwa Helal, Hannah Ingran, and Ricardo Maldonado confront structures of dissent. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free.
Michael Chabon talks with Emma Straub about Moonglow. Books Are Magic, 7:30 p.m., free.
Lawrence Joseph and John Freeman present a night of poetry. McNally Jackson, 7 p.m., free.
Michael Ausiello presents Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies, a memoir. Powerhouse Archaway, 7 p.m., free.
Jorge Armenteros, t thilleman, and Rich Blevins celebrate the launch of Armenteros’s The Roar of the River. KGB Bar, 7 p.m., free.
Wednesday 9/27: Mark Bray discusses ANTIFA: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, with Kim Kelly, editor at Noisey. Powerhouse Archway, 7 p.m., free.
Sarah Perry talks with Melissa Febos about After the Eclipse. Books Are Magic, 7:30 p.m., free.
Zadie Smith presents Swing Time and talks with Isaac Fitzgerald. The Berkeley Carroll School’s Marlene Clary Performance Space, 7:30 p.m., $21.69.
Stephanie Perkins celebrates There’s Someone Inside Your House. McNally Jackson, 6:30 p.m., free.
A.J. Lees and Ira Silverberg celebrate the launch of Mentored by a Madman: The William Burroughs Experiment, a look at research into Parkinson’s disease and the impact on William Burroughs. Howl! Happening, 7 p.m., free.
Thursday 9/28: Nelson George presents To Funk and Die in LA. Greenlight Fort Greene, 7:30 p.m., free.
Kathleen Alcott, Sarah Bridgins, Kyla Marshell, Aparna Nacherla, and Karen Rinaldi, join the Freya Project for a night of reading in support of North Dakota WIN Fund. Ramona, 7 p.m., $20
Nicole Cooley, Miranda Field, and Matthew Thorburn read poetry. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free.
Friday 9/29: Erica Wright launches All the Bayou Stories End with Drowned, along with readings from Ricardo Maldonado. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free.
Lucinda Rosenfeld and Eddie Joyce discuss Class. Books Are Magic, 7:30 p.m., free.
Ed Hamilton reads Lords of the Schoolyard, a novel. Bluestockings, 7 p.m., free.
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