Notable Los Angeles: 4/16–4/22
Monday 4/16: Meredith Goldstein, in conversation with Sarah Rodman, discusses and signs Can’t Help Myself: Lessons & Confessions from a Modern Advice Columnist. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Leslie Jamison discusses and signs The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Sloane Crosley discusses her new collection of essays Look Alive Out There. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Tuesday 4/17: James Dorsey discusses and signs his travel essays Baboons for Lunch: And Other Sordid Adventures. 6:30 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
Samantha Irby discusses and signs Meaty: Essays. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Meg Wolitzer discusses and signs The Female Persuasion. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Author and former porn performer Christopher Zeischegg (aka Danny Wylde) reads from his new book, Body to Job. 7 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
Wednesday 4/18: Henri Cole discusses and signs Orphic Paris. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Thursday 4/19: ENTER>text: DOCENT. Featuring Ryka Aoki, Chiwan Choi, Veronique d’Entremont, Henry Giardina, Saehee Cho, Allison Noelle Conner, Kate Durbin, Jen Hutton, and Analisa Raya-Flores. 6 p.m. at the Pasadena Museum of California Art.
Hilary Zaid, with Josh Gershick, discusses and signs Paper Is White. 6:30 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
Claremont Graduate University’s 2018 Kingsley & Kate Tufts Poetry Award winners, Patricia Smith and Donika Kelly, read from their poetry. 7 p.m. at Haaga Hall at The Huntington.
K.J. Howe, in conversation with Lissa Price, discusses and signs Skyjack: A Kidnap-And-Ransom Thriller. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Dr. Jim Bell discusses and signs The Ultimate Interplanetary Travel Guide: A Futuristic Journey Through the Cosmos. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Literary Death Match host Adrian Todd Zuniga celebrates the release of his debut novel Collision Theory with a special LATFOB event! Featuring readers Morgan Parker, Dana Schwartz, Jimmy O. Yang, and Rico Gagliano. 7:30 p.m. at Dynasty Typewriter. Tickets are $15 here or $20 at the door.
Friday 4/20: Donika Kelly, Vanessa Villarreal, and Eloisa Amezcua. 7 p.m. at Segovia Hall at Ace Hotel.
Richard Blanco will read from his book, For All of Us, One Today. Q&A to follow, conducted by Kaveh Akbar. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Mary Gaitskill and Geoff Dyer read from their works. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Saturday 4/21: LATFOB! IT’S LATFOB TIME! COME TO USC AND CELEBRATE BOOK-CHELLA! It starts at 10 a.m.
Emily Skillings, Morgan Parker, and Kate Durbin read from their poetry. 7:30 p.m. at the Poetic Research Bureau.
Shades & Shadows presents Truth to Power: Genre Fiction in Post-Fact America. Featuring panelists Cory Doctorow, Gretchen McNeil, Kate Maruyama, CB Lee, Michael Paul Gonzalez, Samuel Sattin, Jennifer Brody, Christina Cigala, and Bobby Goldstein. Moderated by Xach Fromson. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Matt Mauldin, Kerry Tepperman, and Don Kingfisher Campbell read from their works. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Sunday 4/22: LATFOB! IT’S LATFOB TIME! COME TO USC AND CELEBRATE BOOK-CHELLA! It starts at 10 a.m.
The Nebraska Girl Open Ready. Hosted by Wyatt Underwood. 2 p.m. at Beyond Baroque.
Live Talks LA presents An Afternoon with Questlove, discussing his new book Creative Quest. 4 p.m. at the Aratani Theatre. Tickets start at $25 here.
Red Hen Press Open House, featuring Peggy Shumaker and Maurya Simon, including Allison Joseph, Kim Dower, Ron Koertge, Nicelle Davis, and Sebastian Matthews. 5 p.m. at Red Hen Press.
Sasha Grey reads from and signs her new novel The Mismade Girl. 8 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe.
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