Notable NYC: 6/15–6/21
Monday 6/17: Victor LaValle, Mahogany L. Browne, Sharma Shields, Joshua Furst, and David Leo Rice join the Franklin Park Reading Series. Franklin Park, 8 p.m., free.
Alex Espinoza presents Cruising. BookCulture – 112th, 7 p.m., free.
Esi Edugyan presents Washington Black and talks Juliet Grames. Books Are Magic, 7:30 p.m., free.
Steve Almond talks with Edwin Frank about William Stoner and the Battle for the Inner Life. Greenlight – Fort Greene, 7:30 p.m., free.
Darcey Steinke presents Flash County Diary with Elissa Schappell. Greenlight – Lefferts Gardens, 7:30 p.m., free.
Tuesday 6/18: Heidi Diehl presents Lifelines with Lauren Belski. Greenlight – Fort Greene, 7:30 p.m., free.
Julie Orringer talks with Lewis Hyde. The Center for Fiction, 7 p.m., $10.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner talks with Emma Straub about Fleishman Is in Trouble. Books Are Magic, 7:30 p.m., free.
Jonathan M. Hansen presents Young Castro. BookCulture – Columbus Ave, 7 p.m., free.
Michael Bobelian presents Battle for the Marble Palace. BookCulture – 112th, 7 p.m., free.
Wednesday 6/19: Don Kulick discusses A Death in the Rainforest with Jessica Bruder. Greenlight – Fort Greene, 7:30 p.m., free.
Catherine Chung and Idra Novey discuss The Tenth Muse. Books Are Magic, 7:30 p.m., free.
Thursday 6/20: Helon Habila and Lila Azam Zanganeh discuss Travelers. Greenlight – Fort Greene, 7:30 p.m., free.
Fran Wilde, Carlos Hernandez, and Rob Cameron discuss Children Will Hear You: Navigating Emotional Challenging Topics in Middle Grade Fiction. The Center for Fiction, 7 p.m., $10.
Robert Gibbons, Kimberly Williams, David Stoelting, Autarchii, Nancy Hoch, Jessica Balter, Hazel Lynch, and Zhenia Nagorny joins the Voices of Lefferts series. Greenlight – Lefferts Gardens, 7:30 p.m., free.
Deborah Shapiro speaks with Carlene Bauer about The Summer Demands. Books Are Magic, 7:30 p.m., free.
Arlene Stein presents Unbound: Transgender Men and the Remaking of Identity. WORD – Jersey City, 7:30 p.m., $5.
Julia Phillips, T Kira Madden, and Amy Feltman join Pete’s Reading series. Pete’s Candy Store, 7 p.m., free.
Friday 6/21: Laura Tucker presents All the Greys on Greene Street. Books Are Magic, 7:30 p.m., free.
Mandy Berman, Terence Degnan, and Irina Reyn join the Brooklyn Writers Space reading. Community Bookstore, 7 p.m., free.
Adele Greceanu, Andra Rotaru, Svetlana Carstean, and Claudiu Komartin join the Romanian Cultural Institute for Poetry 4×4, a poetic bridge. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free.
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