Saturday 1/25: Timothy DuWhite and Trace Peterson join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5.
Brionne Janae, Malcolm Tariq, Rage Hezekiah, John Allen Taylor, and Kate Gray read poetry. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free.
Suzanne Dottino, John Domini, and Joseph Salvatore join the Guerilla Lit reading series. Dixon Place, 7:30 p.m, free.
Monday 1/27: Raphaël Liogier presents Heart of Maleness: An Exploration. WORD – Brooklyn, 7 p.m., $5.
Jeremy Jusay presents The Strange Ones with R. Sikoryak and Kseniya Yarosh. Powerhouse Arena, 7 p.m., free.
Oana Avasilichioaei and Moina Pam Dick present Eight-Track. McNally Jackson – SoHo, 7 p.m., free.
Tuesday 1/28: Dave Hill talks with Malcolm Gladwell about Parking the Moose: One American’s Epic Quest to Uncover His Incredible Canadian Roots. WORD – Brooklyn, 7 p.m., $10.
Translators Charlotte Mandell and Jeffrey Zuckerman discuss The Criminal Child: Selected Essays, by Jean Genet, with Edwin Frank. McNally Jackson – SoHo, 7 p.m., free.
William Gibson presents Agency with Joshua Rothman. Murrr, 6:30 p.m., $36.
Marina Blitshteyn, Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, Laura-Eve Engel, Tyler Mills, Sophia Starmack, and Michelle Whittaker read poetry for Hear Us Roar: Poetry for the Roaring 20s. KGB, 7 p.m., free.
Gabby Noone and Estelle Tang discuss Layoverland. Books Are Magic, 7 p.m., free.
Wednesday 1/29: Christopher Bollen presents A Beautiful Crime. McNally Jackson – SoHo, 7 p.m., free.
Lydia Denworth presents Friendship with Steven Johnson. Community Bookstore, 7 p.m., free.
Kate Aronoff and Mychal Denzel Smith discuss We Own the Future: Democratic Socialism―American Style. McNally Jackson – Seaport, 7 p.m., free.
Ximena Izquierdo Ugaz, ratna dakini mariana, Katy Bohinc, and others read poetry. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free.
Philippe Lançon and Dinaw Mengestu discuss Disturbance: Surviving Charlie Hebdo. The Center for Fiction, 7 p.m., $10.
James Macklin, Brandon McGinley, and Tara Isabella Burton celebrate the latest issue of Plough Quarterly. KGB – Red Room, 7 p.m., two drinks.
Youmna Chlala and Jennifer Firestone join the Poetry Project series. The Poetry Project, 8 p.m., free.
Saidiya Hartman and Leslie Jamison join PEN America for the PEN Out Loud series. The Strand, 7 p.m., $15.
Thursday 1/30: Andy Christie, Kevin Allison, and Katina Corrao join Leslie Goshko for the 11-year anniversary of Sidehsow Goshko. KGB, 7 p.m., free.
Charles Yu presents Interior Chinatown with Celeste Ng, Thessaly La Force, and moderator Abbe Wright. St. Francis College, 7 p.m., free.
Sarah Cole and Colm Tóibín discuss Inventing Tomorrow: H. G. Wells and the Twentieth Century. McNally Jackson – Seaport, 7 p.m., free.
Fred Kaplan presents The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War with Brooke Gladstone. Community Bookstore, 7 p.m., free.
Rabeah Ghaffari and Hooman Majd discuss To Keep the Sun Alive. Books Are Magic, 7 p.m., free.
Paul Yoon presents Run Me to Earth with Hernán Diaz. Greenlight – Fort Greene, 7:30 p.m., free.
Friday 1/31: Grace Shuyi Liew, Zefyr Lisowski, John Manuel Arias, and Heidi Andrea Restrepo Rhodes read poetry. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free.
Jessica Valenti and Jaclyn Friedman discuss Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World. Books Are Magic, 7 p.m., free.
Eoin Colfer presents Highfire with Charles Soule. The Strand, 7 p.m., $15.
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