Notable Online: 9/20–9/26

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Sunday 9/20: Karin Cecile Davidson join hosts Ben Tanzer and Lori Hettler to discuss Sybelia Drive. Instagram, 2:30 p.m. EDT, free.

Monday 9/21: David Baker and Page Hill Starzinger join the Monday Night Poetry Series. KGB Bar via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.

Aimee Liu, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, and Sherri L. Smith are writing for peace. Skylight Books via CrowdCast, 5 p.m. PDT, free.

Athena Dixon, Sarah Kasbeer, Angela Chen, and Melissa Faliveno join host Lilly Dancyger for Memoir Monday. Powerhouse Arena via Zoom, 8 p.m. EDT, free.

Tuesday 9/22: Lisbeth Coiman joins the Cobalt Poets reading series. Zoom, 7:30 p.m. PDT, free.

Eileen Myles presents For Now with Ariana Reines. The Strand via CrowdCast, 7 p.m. EDT, free.

Abayomi Animashaun, Chaun Ballard, Stacey Balkun, Jaydn DeWald, Nathan McClain, and Zoë Brigley join Black Lawrence Press for a craft talk to celebrate Far Villages: Welcome Essays for New & Beginner Poets. Zoom, 8 p.m. EDT, free.

Lucy Jane Bledsoe talks with Christina Quintana and Naomi J. Williams to celebrate the paperback release of Lava Falls. The Bindery via GoPassage, 7 p.m. PDT, free.

Sah D’Simone talks with Alexandra Roxo about Spiritually Sassy: 8 Radical Steps to Activate Your Innate Superpowers. Powerhouse Arena via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.

David Goodrich presents A Voyage Across an Ancient Ocean: A Bicycle Journey Through the Northern Dominion of Oil and talks with Andrea Hansell. The Writing Center via Zoom, 7:30 p.m. EDT, free.

Claudia Rankine presents Just Us. Harvard Bookstore via CrowdCast, 7 p.m. EDT, $5.

Adrian Matejka and Megan Fernandes joins the Further Notice reading series. Zoom, 9 p.m. EDT, free.

Yaa Gyasi talks with Courtney Martin with Transcendent Kingdom. City Arts via Livestream, 7:30 p.m. PDT, $29.

Helen MacDonald talks with Jeff VanderMeer about Vesper Flights. McNally Jackson via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum launches Likes with Brandon Taylor. The Center for Fiction via CrowdCast, 7:30 p.m. EDT, free.

Molly Wizenberg presents The Fixed Stars. Loyalty Bookstores via CrowdCast, 8 p.m. EDT, free.

Wednesday 9/23: Clare McHugh talks with Alice McDermott about A Most English Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria’s Daughter. The Ivy Bookshop via Zoom, 6:30 p.m. EDT, free.

Walter Mosley, Leon Addison Brown, and Jamia Wilson join the The Center for Fiction’s Story/Teller series. The Center for Fiction via CrowdCast, 7 p.m. EDT, free.

Shalom Auslander presents Mother for Dinner. Powerhouse via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.

Melissa Faliveno, Nate Marshall, and Kukuwa Ashun join host Jiordan Castle for the latest Pigeon Pages reading series. McNally Jackson via Zoom, 8:30 p.m. EDT, free.

Makenna Goodman presents The Shame and talks with Clare Beams. White Whale Bookstore via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.

Tobias Carroll, Jason Diamond, Ava Homa, Liara Tamani, and Krithika Varagur join host Paige McGreevy for the return of the Les Bleues Literary Salon. Instagram, 7:30 p.m. EDT, free.

Mychal Denzel Smith presents Stakes Is High. Uncle Bobbie’s via CrowdCast, 7 p.m. EDT, free.

Thursday 9/24: Kelli Jo Ford, Raven Leilani, Melissa Ragsly, and host Brian Gresko returns with The Antibody reading series. Zoom, 8 p.m. EDT, free.

Susannah Marren presents A Palm Beach Scandal. Shakespeare & Co. via Zoom, 6:30 p.m. EDT, free.

Doon Arbus presents The Caretaker with Hilton Als. McNally Jackson via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.

Craig Johnson presents Next to Last Stand. Left Bank Books via Facebook, 7 p.m. CDT, free.

Shaheen Dil, Timons Esaias, Don Krieger, Arlene Weiner, and Barry Govenor join the Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange reading series. White Whale Bookstore via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.

Fowzia Karimi talks with Micheline Aharonian Marcom about Above Us the Milky Way. Brookline Booksmith via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.

Ayad Akhtar presents Homeland Elegies. Harvard Bookstore via CrowdCast, 7 p.m. EDT, $5.

Friday 9/25: Kris, Malcolm Friend, Celeste Gainey, Emily Mohn-Slate, Cameron Barnett, Jason Baldinger, Doralee Brooks, Adriana E. Ramírez, Ellen McGrath Smith, and Don Wentworth. celebrate Getting Out the Vote. White Whale Bookstore via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.

Hafizah Geter presents Un-American. Harvard Bookstore via CrowdCast, 7 p.m. EDT, $3.

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Ian MacAllen is the author of Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American (Rowman & Littlefield, April 2022). His writing has appeared in Chicago Review of Books, Southern Review of Books, The Offing, 45th Parallel Magazine, Little Fiction, Vol 1. Brooklyn, and elsewhere. He tweets @IanMacAllen and is online at IanMacAllen.com. More from this author →