Notable NYC: 1/18–1/24
Saturday 1/18: Thomas Fucaloro, Sarah Serrano-Esquilin, and others read at the La Esquina Series. Unnameable Books, 7 p.m., free.
June Gehringer and Ru Puro join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5.
Monday 1/20: Stephanie Land presents Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive. WORD – Jersey City, 7 p.m., $5.
Tuesday 1/21: Lilly Dancyger, Marisa Siegel, and Erin Khar join moderator Mickie Meinhardt to discuss Burn It Down: Women Writing about Anger for Guernica’s Books & Bottle series. McNally Jackson – Williamsburg, 7 p.m., free.
Meng Jin presents Little Gods and talks with Catherine Chung. Books Are Magic, 7 p.m., free.
Gary Lutz talks with Sam Lipsyte about The Complete Gary Lutz. McNally Jackson – Seaport, 7 p.m., free.
Vikram Paralkar presents Night Theater with Sarah Thankam Mathews. McNally Jackson – SoHo, 7 p.m., free.
Emma Lord presents Tweet Cute with Cristina Arreola. The Strand, 7 p.m., $15.
Jeanine Cummins presents American Dirt. B&N Union Square, 7 p.m., wristbands for admission distributed with purchase of book.
Chana Porter presents The Seep and talks with Amy Brady, editor-in-chief of the Chicago Review of Books. Powerhouse Arena, 7 p.m., free.
Wednesday 1/22: Kyle Chayka talks with Laurie Marsh about The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism. Powerhouse Arena, 7 p.m., free.
Caits Meissner, Abby Conklin, Scott Hess, Kara Pernicano, and Lorin Taylor join host Amanda Miller for the latest Lyrics, Lit & Liquor. RSVP for Location, 7:30 p.m., free.
Emma Copley Eisenberg talks with Sarah Gerard about The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia. Books Are Magic, 7 p.m., free.
Tochi Onyebuchi presents Riot Baby with Marlon James. The Strand, 7 p.m., $15.
Novelists Meng Jin and Gina Apostol read from their recent books and talk about the pleasures and pains of tackling tumultuous political history in fictional work, in a conversation moderated by Nur Nasreen Ibrahim. McNally Jackson – SoHo, 7 p.m., free.
Shira Erlichman, Hannah Bae, Peach Kander, and Olivia Worden join host Alisson Wood for the Pigeon Pages reading series. McNally Jackson – Williamsburg, 7 p.m., free.
Thursday 1/23: Louise Harpman, Caroline Weaver, Maira Kalman, and Alex Kalman discuss everyday design objects and practices. McNally Jackson – Seaport, 7 p.m., free.
E. J. Koh presents The Magical Language of Others with Crystal Hana Kim. Books Are Magic, 7 p.m., free.
Emma Wipperman, Sophia Seita, and Louise Akers read poetry. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free.
The Renegade Reading Series continues although they are such renegades they have not posted the readers yet. Cafe Con Libros, 7 p.m., free.
Friday 1/24: Lisa Robertson and Hildebrand Pam Dick discuss The Baudelaire Fractal. Powerhouse Arena, 7 p.m., free.
Tishani Doshi presents Small Days and Nights and talks with Eli Gottlieb. Books Are Magic, 7 p.m., free.
***
If you have a listing you’d like us to consider, please contact [email protected]. In the subject line of the email, please include the event’s date and in the email, include a link to the event information. Deadline is Tuesday for publication on Saturday. For past events, visit the archives here.