Notable NYC: 5/11–5/17
Saturday 5/11: Jacqueline Woodson reads from and discusses Harbor Me, Locomotion, If You Come Softly, and Brown Girl Dreaming. The Center for Fiction, 11 a.m., $10.
Danny Caine, BK Fischer, Christopher Gonzales, and Chelsea Fonden celebrate Continental Breakfast. Books Are Magic, 7 p.m., free.
Diana Hamilton and Lauren Levin join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5.
Sunday 5/12: Vivien Goldman presents Revenge of the She-Punks. McNally Jackson – SoHo, 3 p.m., free.
Maggie Lee, Peter BD, Nadia Bovy, and others join the Poems in th’garden series. Unnameable Books, 4 p.m., free.
Susan Choi presents Trust Exercise with Cheryl Pearl Sucher. McNally Jackson – SoHo, 7 p.m., free.
Monday 5/13: Juliet Escoria, Michele Filgate, Evan James, Dennis Norris II, and Kim Coleman Foote join the Franklin Park Reading Series. Franklin Park, 8 p.m., free.
Safia Elhillo and Fatimah Asghar present Halal If You Hear Me. 7 p.m., The Strand, $15/$19.95 with signed copy of book, tickets here.
Binnie Kirshenbaum presents Rabbits for Food. PowerHouse Arena, 7 p.m., free.
Jayson Greene talks with Dani Shapiro about Once More We Saw Stars. Books Are Magic, 7:30 p.m., free.
Piper Weiss, Britt Canty, Nancy Huang, Raad Rahman, and host Alisson Wood join the Pigeon Pages reading series. McNally Jackson – Williamsburg, 7 p.m., free.
Gracie Leavitt and Emmalea Russo join the Poetry Project series. Poetry Project, 8 p.m., $8.
Tuesday 5/14: Garnette Cadogan, Idra Novey, and John Wray join the LIC Reading series. LIC Bar, 8 p.m., free.
Star Black, Libby Burton, Cortney Lamar Charleston, and Derek Mon join the Bryant Park poetry series. Bryant Park, 7 p.m., free.
Karen Russell presents Orange World and Other Stories and talks with Rivka Galchen. Greenlight – Fort Greene, 7:30 p.m., free.
Rachel Kushner talks with Katie Kitamura about The Mars Room. Books Are Magic, 7:30 p.m., free.
Roxana Robinson and Jacki Lyen discuss Dawson’s Fall. The Center for Fiction, 7 p.m., $10.
Xuan Juliana Wang and E. Alex Jung discuss Home Remedies. McNally Jackson – Williamsburg, 7 p.m., free.
Casey McQuiston presents Red, White & Royal Blue. BookCulture – LIC, 6:30 p.m., free.
Juliet Escoria presents Juliet the Maniac with Emily Gould. McNally Jackson – SoHo, 7 p.m., free.
Wednesday 5/15: Peter BD, Caroline Hagood, Edgar Kunz, and Evan James join the Ditmas Lit reading series. Hinterlands Bar, 8 p.m., free.
Brad Felver, Lydia Fitzpatrick, Joseph Moldover, Erin Somers, Bryan Washington, and Jake Wolff are OneStory debutantes. Greenlight – Fort Greene, 7:30 p.m., free.
Cynthia Cruz, Keetje Kuipers, and Don Yorty join the Poetry Project series. Poetry Project, 8 p.m., $8.
Ben Bush and T.M. De Vos join the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation for Small Countries in Big Literature. Unnameable Books, 7 p.m., free.
Isabella Hammad and John Freeman discuss The Parisian. The Center for Fiction, 7 p.m., $10.
John Glynn talks with Tucker Bellingrath about Out East. Books Are Magic, 7:30 p.m., free.
Joel Mowdy talks with Zachary Lazar about Floyd Harbor. McNally Jackson – SoHo, 7 p.m., free.
Aimee Herman and Aaron Hamburger present their books Everything Grows and Nirvana Is Here. WORD – Jersey City, 7:30 p.m., free.
Ted Chiang presents Exhalation and talks with Joshua Rothman. Community Bookstore, 7 p.m., free.
Susan Choi join Vulture to talk about Trust Exercise. The Strand, 7 p.m., $15.
Edie Meidav, Cal Morgan, Jenni Quilter, Clarinda Mac Low, Liesl Schillinger, Andrea Scrima, Rachel Cole Dalamangas, and Sharon Guskin celebrate Strange Attractors. McNally Jackson – Williamsburg, 7 p.m., free.
Thursday 5/16: Julia Phillips presents Disappearing Earth. Greenlight – Fort Greene, 7:30 p.m., free.
Antonio Addessi, Anuradha Bhagwati, Drew Pham, and Santo Randazzo join the Pete’s Reading series. Pete’s Candy Store, 7 p.m., free.
Sujata Massey presents The Satapur Moonstone. Astoria Bookshop, 7 p.m., free.
Kathleen Alcott presents America Was Hard to Find and talks with Téa Obreht. Books Are Magic, 7:30 p.m., free.
Val Vinokur, Olga Livshin, Albert Mobilio, and Olena Jennings read poetry. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free.
Nathan Drago, Vi Khi Nao, Kathryn Scanlan, Christine Schutt, and Souvankham Thammavongsa celebrate the twenty years of NOON. The Center for Fiction, 7 p.m., free.
Friday 5/17: Amanda Stern and Piper Weiss discuss Little Panic. Books Are Magic, 7:30 p.m., free.
Joshua Escobar, DJ Ashtree, and Jerika Marchan join the Poetry Project series. Poetry Project, 8 p.m., $8.
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