Monday 5/10: Kaitlyn Greenidge, Branson Hobson, Elissa Washuta, and Dani Putney join the Franklin Park Reading Series, hosted by Marae Hart. Zoom, 8 p.m. EDT, free.
Kristin Hersh presents Seeing Sideways: A Memoir of Music and Motherhood, in conversation with Amy Ray. A Capella Books via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
Jaquira Díaz, Jennifer De Leon, Daisy Hernandez, Quiara Alegria Hudes, and Maria Hinojosa join Duende District for El Gran Combo 2021 Non-Fiction Edition. Moderated by Angie Cruz. Zoom, 8 p.m. EDT, book purchase required.
Eric Anthony Glover and Arielle Jovellanos present Black Star, in conversation with John Jennings. The Strand via Crowdcast and Facebook, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
Geoff Dyer presents See/Saw, in conversation with Rachel Cohen. Skylight Books via Crowdcast, 6:30 p.m. PDT, free.
Ann McCutchan presents The Life She Wished to Live: A Biography of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Author of the Yearling, in conversation with Leslie Brody and Liesl Schillinger. McNally Jackson via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
Maggie Shipstead and J. Courtney Sullivan present Great Circle and Friends and Strangers. Harvard Bookstore via Crowdcast, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
Alison Bechdel presents The Secret to Superhuman Strength, in conversation with Stacy Schiff. Brookline Booksmith via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
Aminder Dhaliwal presents Cyclopedia Exotica, in conversation with Ezra Claytan Daniels. Loyalty Bookstores via Crowdcast, 8 p.m. EDT, free.
Tuesday 5/11: Courtney Zoffness and Gina Frangello present Spilt Milk and Blow Your House Down. The Center for Fiction via Zoom, 7:30 p.m. EDT, free.
Eric Nguyen presents Things We Lost to the Water, in conversation with Megha Majumdar. Greenlight Bookstore via Zoom, 7:30 p.m. EDT, free.
Alice Elliott Dark, Sergio Troncoso, and Joshua Henkin join Pen Parentis for the final reading of their 25th season. Facebook and YouTube, 7 p.m. EDT, $10 suggested donation.
Jhumpa Lahiri presents Whereabouts, in conversation with Yiyun Li. Brookline Booksmith via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
Gila Ashtor presents Aural History, in conversation with Sarah Manguso. McNally Jackson via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
Henry Hoke presents The Groundhog Forever, in conversation with Lisa Locascio. Skylight Books via Crowdcast, 6:30 p.m. PDT, free.
Lara Bazelon presents A Good Mother, in conversation with Sarah Marshall. The Booksmith via GoPassage, 5 p.m. PDT, free.
Elissa Washuta, Kate Lebo, and Kathryn Nuernberger present White Magic, The Book of Difficult Fruit, and The Witch of Eye. Raven Bookstore via Zoom, 7 p.m. CDT, free.
Christopher T. George joins the Cobalt Poets series. Zoom, 7:30 p.m. PDT, free.
Sarah Pinsker presents We Are Satellites, in conversation with Annalee Newitz. The Ivy Bookshop via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
Ishle Yi Park presents Angel & Hannah, in conversation with Sally Wen Mao. Loyalty Bookstores via Crowdcast, 8 p.m. EDT, free.
Wednesday 5/12: Jeannine Ouellette and Keisha Bush presents The Part That Burns and No Heaven for Good Boys. SubText Books via Crowdcast, 7 p.m. CDT, free.
Tamara Winfrey-Harris presents Dear Black Girl: Letters from Your Sisters on Stepping into Your Power. The Ivy Bookshop via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
Wayne Bund, tammy lynne stoner, and Hannah Larrabee join Incite: Queer Writers Read, with hosts Vinnie Kinsella and Jennifer Perrine. Literary Arts via Zoom, 7 p.m. PDT, free.
Marisa Silver presents The Mysteries, in conversation with Laura van den Berg. Skylight Books via Crowdcast, 6:30 p.m. PDT, free.
Stacey Abrams discusses her latest book, While Justice Sleeps, with Brit Bennett. Moderated by Ramunda Young. Mahogany Books via Crowdcast, 7 p.m. EDT, $36 (book purchase included).
Catherine Chidgey presents Remote Sympathy, in conversation with Cheryl Pearl Sucher. McNally Jackson via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
Emily Henry and Laura Hankin present People We Meet on Vacation and A Special Place for Women. Books Are Magic via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
Sarah Sentilles presents Stranger Care: A Memoir of Loving What Isn’t Ours, in conversation with Leslie Jamison. Greenlight Bookstore via Zoom, 7:30 p.m. EDT, free.
Elissa Washuta presents White Magic, in conversation with Billy-Ray Belcourt. Massy Arts Society via Zoom, 7 p.m. PDT, free.
Thursday 5/13: Rachel Mennies celebrates The Naomi Letters, with Ruth Awad and Maggie Smith. Pilsen Community Books via YouTube, 7 p.m. CDT, free.
Two Dollar Radio authors Gina Nutt and Melanie Finn present Night Rooms and The Hare. A Novel Idea on Passyunk via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, $5 suggested donation.
Lilly Dancyger presents Negative Space, in conversation with Alia Volz. The Booksmith via GoPassage, 6 p.m. EDT, free.
Erica Jong, Mark Schimmoeller, Cornelia Hoogland, James Trask, Stephanie Dickinson, Paul Wuensche, Jill Hoffman, and John Yau celebrate the latest issue of Mudfish. McNally Jackson via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
Nesrine Malik presents We Need New Stories: The Myths That Subvert Freedom, in conversation with Thomas Chatterton Williams. Greenlight Bookstore via Zoom, 7:30 p.m., free.
Maggie Shipstead presents Great Circle, in conversation with Sarah Ramos. Skylight Books via Crowdcast, 6:30 p.m. PDT, free.
Rachel Eisendrath presents Gallery of Clouds, in conversation with Hisham Matar. Community Bookstore via Zoom, 6 p.m. EDT, free.
Nora Zelevansky presents Competitive Grieving, in conversation with Claire Martin. WORD Bookstore via Crowdcast, 7:30 p.m. EDT, free.
Catherine McKenzie presents Six Weeks to Live, in conversation with Rachel Stuhler. Vroman’s Bookstore via Crowdcast, 6 p.m. PDT, free.
Francisco Goldman presents Monkey Boy, in conversation with Colm Tóibín. Harvard Bookstore via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
J. T. Bushnell reads from The Step Back. Annie Bloom’s Books via Zoom, 7 p.m. PDT, free.
Ellen Lupton, Jenny Tobias, and Valentina Vergara discuss their new book Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-Racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers. The Ivy Bookshop via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
Heather Green presents No Other Rome, in conversation with Emily Holland. The Writer’s Center via Zoom, 5 p.m. EDT, free.
Eric Nguyen presents Things We Lost to the Water, in conversation with Christine Bollow. Loyalty Bookstores via Crowdcast, 6 p.m. EDT, free.
Elissa Washuta presents White Magic , in conversation with Nick White. Bexley Public Library via online, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
Karin Cecile Davidson and William Lychack present Sybelia Drive and Cargill Falls. White Whale Bookstore via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
The Still Queer reading series welcomes Melissa Febos to discuss her latest book, Girlhood, in conversation with Alexander Chee. Still North Books & Bar via Crowdcast, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
Friday 5/14: Isaac Pickell, Julianne Neely, Stephanie Cawley, and Steffan Triplett read poetry. White Whale Bookstore via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
Uzma Jalaluddin, Courtney Milan, N.G. Peltier, Erica Ridley, and Naima Simone join the Date Night series with host Alyssa Cole. Loyalty Bookstores via Crowdcast, 6 p.m. EDT, free.
Meg Bashwiner and Joseph Fink present The First Ten Years, in conversation with Erin McKeown. Brookline Booksmith via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
G’Ra Asim presents Boyz N the Void: A Mixtape to My Brother, in conversation with Carina Del Valle Schorske. The Strand via Crowdcast and Facebook, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
Gian Sardar presents Take What You Can Carry, in conversation with Meg Howrey. Vroman’s Bookstore via Crowdcast, 6 p.m. PDT, free.
Saturday 5/15: Sophie Mackintosh presents Blue Ticket, in conversation with Sarah Rose Etter. SubText Books via Crowdcast, 2 p.m. CDT, free.
Poet Najwan Darwish and translator Kareem James Abu-Zeid discuss Exhausted on the Cross, in conversation with writer Nathalie Handal. Brookline Booksmith via Zoom, 12 p.m. EDT, free.
Gwendolyn A. Mitchell and Cheyenne Matthews join the Laser Cat/Vaser Cat reading series. White Whale Bookstore via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free.
Kay Gabriel and Asiya Wadud join the Segue Reading Series. Zoom, 5 p.m. EDT, free.
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