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Sunday, Nov. 9 Between the Lines Between the Lines is an intimate author-conversation series that invites you to slow down, listen deeply and explore the stories behind the stories. Jessica Watson hosts Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström and Niccara Campbell. Åkerström is an award-winning writer and photographer based in Sweden. Her latest book, “Bitter Honey,” explores the complicated bond between a mother and daughter divided by long-buried secrets. Campbell is a Baltimore-based book and lifestyle influencer, podcast host and political strategist. Watson leads Points North Studio, a Baltimore-based creative services studio that believes good design can change the world. 1-3 p.m. North (in the Garment Factory): 518 S. Conkling St., 4th floor, Baltimore. Buy tickets at eventbrite.com. Hot L Poets Series, ft. Rick Hilles & Samyak Shertok The seventh year of the Hot L Poets Series continues with professors and award-winning poets Rick Hilles and Samyak Shertok. The hosts are Clare Banks, Stephen Reichert, Dan Todd and David Yezzi. Banks and Todd are editors for and Reichert is the founder of Baltimore-based literary journal, “Smartish Pace.” Yezzi is a poet, actor and professor at Johns Hopkins University. The event includes a reading and an open mic. 4-5:30 p.m. Bird in Hand Coffee & Books: 11 E. 33rd St., Baltimore. RSVP at theivybookshop.com. Monday, Nov. 10 ‘Riding to Arms: A History of Horsemanship and Mounted Warfare’ University of Maryland professor Charles Caramello discusses his book “Riding to Arms,” which uses a literary lens to examine the evolution of horsemanship—the training of horses and riders—and its relationship over four centuries to the evolution of mounted warfare. 4-6 p.m. Maryland Horse Library & Education Center: 321 Main St., Reisterstown. RSVP at eventbrite.com. To Be Read: Elise Hooper Join the Carroll County Public Library and the “Two Sides to the Story” podcast for an online author talk with Elise Hooper. Formerly a journalist and high school teacher, the acclaimed author tends to base her characters on the lives of real women who have been frequently overlooked in history books. Her latest book, “The Library of Lost Dollhouses,” is inspired by a dollhouse that’s been in her family for five generations. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Online. RSVP at ccpl.librarymarket.com. Brian Baker: “The Road” In “The Road,” designed in collaboration with award-winning photographer and curator Jennifer Sakai, punk guitarist from Washington, D.C., Brian Baker, presents a beautiful collection of photographs from the road. The images reflect time spent inside and outside the bubble of backstages and tour buses. Tony Pence, Baltimore-based founder and owner of Celebrated Summer Records, will join Baker in conversation. 7-8 p.m. In person and virtual. Enoch Pratt Free Library — Wheeler Auditorium: 400 Cathedral St., Baltimore. RSVP at prattlibrary.org. Améfrica Press Book Launch Join Tanya Saunders, founder of Améfrica Press, for the launch of two new books and an evening with their authors, translators and collaborators. With a preface by Erica Malunguinho, the first Black, transgender woman elected as State Deputy of São Paulo’s Legislative Assembly, Tiely’s “Transpoethicalbody” draws on rich poetic traditions to navigate embodiment, memory and transformation. Tiely is Brazil’s first nationally recognized hip hop artist who is a trans man. Osmundo Pinho’s “Bondage: Anti-Blackness and Ancestrality” argues that social death and ancestry coexist, are in tension and are both transformationsm, and offers a framework to realize Black liberation. 7-8:30 p.m. Greedy Reads Remington: 320 W. 29th St., Baltimore. RSVP at greedyreads.com. Tuesday, Nov. 11 Dog Man Photo Fun Dog Man celebrates the release of the newest installment in Dav Pilkey’s “Dog Man” graphic novel series, which follows the hilarious adventures of Dog Man, a lovable canine superhero, and his friends. Pilkey has written and illustrated numerous award-winning and bestselling and children’s books, including the “Captain Underpants” series. Meet Dog Man, solve the riddles and enter in to win a large Dog Man stuffed animal. 4-6 p.m. Park Books on Main: 7566 W. Main St. #113, Sykesville. RSVP at parkbooksmd.com. Monique Couvson presents ‘Girls, Unlimited: How to Invest in Our Daughters with More Than Money’ in conversation w/ Tarana Burke In “Girls, Unlimited,” bestselling author and advocate Monique Couvson builds on her groundbreaking research into how schools systemically fail Black girls, exploring how our society overlooks the unique experiences and needs of all girls. Couvson offers a wide range of recommendations for everyone from parents to policymakers, arguing that we all benefit when girls thrive. Tarana J. Burke, an internationally acclaimed activist, writer and leader of the “Me Too” movement, will join Couvson in conversation. 7 p.m. Red Emma’s: 3128 Greenmount Ave., Baltimore. RSVP at redemmas.org. Sam Sussman presents ‘Boy from the North Country’ Sam Sussman celebrates “Boy from the North Country,” acclaimed as the most beautiful and moving mother-son story in recent memory. Sussman’s bestselling debut novel is based on his Harper’s Magazine memoir, “The Silent Type: On (Possibly) Being Bob Dylan’s Son.” Joining Sussman in conversation will be Baltimore-based Marion Winik, NPR podcast host, professor and award-winning writer. 7-8:30 p.m. Greedy Reads Remington: 320 W. 29th St., Baltimore. RSVP at greedyreads.com. Wednesday, Nov. 12 Dog Man Party Dog Man celebrates the release of the newest installment in Dav Pilkey’s “Dog Man” graphic novel series, which follows the hilarious adventures of Dog Man, a lovable canine superhero, and his friends. Pilkey has written and illustrated numerous award-winning and bestselling and children’s books, including the “Captain Underpants” series. Meet Dog Man, solve the riddles and enter in to win a large Dog Man stuffed animal. 11 a.m.-noon and 5-6 p.m. Park Books: 555 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd., Severna Park. RSVP at parkbooksmd.com. Max Lawton with Will Evans and Jeanne-Marie Jackson: ‘Schattenfroh’ Max Lawton presents his translation from German of the hotly anticipated “Schattenfroh” by Michael Lentz. The book contains the endless thoughts of a narrator held in complete darkness and isolation, yielding an intricate, metaphysical and ambitious “psychogeography” of the self that disrupts and elevates the 21st-century vision of the novel. Lawton, a writer, musician and translator, will be in residence at Johns Hopkins University this November. Writer and Johns Hopkins professor Jeanne-Marie Jackson will moderate a conversation between Lawton and Will Evans. Evans is the founder and publisher of Deep Vellum, a publishing house that brings books, writers and translators into community. 5-7 p.m. Bird in Hand Coffee & Books: 11 E. 33rd St., Baltimore. RSVP at theivybookshop.com. Ben Passmore Author Talk: ‘Black Arms to Hold You Up’ Award-winning, Philadelphia-based author and political cartoonist Ben Passmore discusses “Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance.” The graphic novel is a boisterous, darkly funny and sobering march through Black militant history from 1900 to the present day. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Charm City Books: 426 W. Franklin St., Baltimore. RSVP at charmcitybooks.com. ‘The Weekend Crashers’ with Jamie Brenner Join for an evening of books and crafting. Bestselling author Jamie Brenner discusses “The Weekend Crashers,” a cozy and poignant novel about love, second chances and the unyielding bonds between mothers and daughters, set at a relaxing craft retreat gone awry with the arrival of a bachelor party. Following the book talk, attendees are invited to join Lana Lester, owner of the Columbia-based SO Original Yarn Shop, for a knitting and crocheting demonstration. 7-9 p.m. Queen Takes Book: 6955 Oakland Mills Road, Suite E, Columbia. Buy tickets at queentakesbook.com. The Author Next Door hosted by The Little Patuxent Review Get ready to meet your favorite writers at The Author Next Door, where literature comes to life. The Little Patuxent Review sponsors an evening of interviews with four authors who live in Columbia. They will talk about their work, methods of publishing and ambitions. Visit littlepatuxentreview.org for the forthcoming list of featured authors and to RSVP. 7-9 p.m. The Hawthorn Center: 6175 Sunny Spring, Columbia. Miranda Mellis presents ‘Crocosmia’ in conversation w/ Alicia Puglionesi Award-winning writer Miranda Mellis presents her novel “Crocosmia,” a philosophical fable about a character who recalls her mother’s art and the radical social and ecological change it caused. This lush fantasy, handbook to political thought and work of eco-fiction meditates on how dreams of communal care can bloom in a world on the precipice. Joining Mellis in conversation is Alicia Puglionesi. Puglionesi is an author and Johns Hopkins University professor who teaches about health politics, the political economy of care, and health and science in popular literary genres. 7 p.m. 3128 Greenmount Ave., Baltimore. Thursday, Nov. 13 Author Event: Jamie Brenner Carroll County Public Library and Park Books on Main present bestselling author Jamie Brenner to discuss “The Weekend Crashers.” This cozy and poignant novel about love, second chances and the unyielding bonds between mothers and daughters is set at a relaxing craft retreat that goes awry with the arrival of a bachelor party. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Exploration Commons: 50 E. Main St., Westminster. RSVP at ccpl.librarymarket.com. Jason Reynolds Celebrates ‘Coach’ Join Charm City Books and Gilman School to celebrate the launch of “Coach.” This newest installment in Jason Reynolds’s “Track” series introduces Coach as a boy striving to come into his own as a track star while facing upheaval at home. Washington, D.C.-based Reynolds will join D. Watkins, University of Baltimore professor and author of “We Speak for Ourselves” and “Black Boy Smile.” The award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors will speak directly to Baltimore’s young people and inspire them to get reading. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Gilman School Auditorium (Bldg. 6): 5407 Roland Ave., Baltimore. Buy tickets at charmcitybooks.com Catherine Newman: ‘Wreck’ Catherine Newman, the acclaimed, bestselling author of “Sandwich,” presents the second book in the series: “Wreck.” The wonderful novel full of laughter and heart is about marriage, family and what happens when life doesn’t go as planned. Betsy Boyd, an award-winning writer and the director of the Creative Writing and Publishing Arts M.F.A. program at the University of Baltimore, will join Newman in conversation. 7-8 p.m. In person and virtual. Enoch Pratt Free Library — Wheeler Auditorium: 400 Cathedral St., Baltimore. RSVP at prattlibrary.org. ‘Epistemic Dissonance: The (R)existence of Black Travestis and Trans Women in Brazil’ Dr. Feibriss Ametista H. M. Cassilhas Dr. Megg Rayara Gomes de Oliveira, Dr. Letícia Carolina Nascimento and Dr. Jaqueline Gomes de Jesus are the editors of “Epistemic Dissonance.” By centering Brazil, the crucial anthology presents the interventions that “Travestis” and transgender women are making in envisioning, (re)thinking and theorizing social change. The authors encourage everyone not to just resist, but to “(R)exist.” Professor and author Dr. Feibriss Ametista H. M. Cassilhas will join the three editors in conversation. 7-8:30 p.m. Red Emma’s: 3128 Greenmount Ave., Baltimore. RSVP at withfriends.co. Friday, Nov. 14 Friends Annual Meeting & Friends Giving Afternoon Tea Join the Friends of the Carroll County Public Library for the Annual Meeting and Friends Giving Afternoon Tea. A business meeting will be followed by a talk by special guest Allie Pleiter. Pleiter is the bestselling author of more than 70 books, including “The Riverbank Knitting Mysteries,” which are set in the fictional town of Collinstown, M.d. You are invited to bring non-perishable food and personal care items for donation to local organizations. 1-3:30 p.m. Exploration Commons: 50 E. Main St., Westminster. This is an exclusive event for the Friends of CCPL. Sign up to be a Friend and RSVP at ccpl.librarymarket.com. Liz Gotauco Author Talk: ‘F*cked Up Fairy Tales’ Author Liz Gotauco (aka “Cosbrarian”) celebrates the astonishing diversity of the oral tradition and leads a discussion on our favorite fairy tales. Based on the wildly popular web series and inspired by sources from around the world, her new book “F*cked Up Fairy Tales” presents modern retellings of some of the strangest and darkest stories humans have invented. 6-7:30 p.m. Charm City Books: 426 W. Franklin St., Baltimore. RSVP at charmcitybooks.com. Jane Leavy with Kevin Brown: ‘Make Me Commissioner’ New York Times bestselling biographer, Jane Leavy, and Orioles broadcaster, Kevin Brown, discuss Leavy’s new book, “Make Me Commissioner: I Know What’s Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It.” The heartfelt manifesto takes baseball lovers on an epic journey through the game that baseball has become. 6-7:30 p.m. The Ivy Bookshop: 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore. RSVP at theivybookshop.com. Francesca Wade presents ‘Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife’ Francesca Wade releases her new biography, “Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife.” In this new biography of the polarizing, trailblazing and mythologized 20th-century literary figure, Wade rescues Stein from the tangle of contradictions that has characterized her legacy, expertly presenting her as we’ve never seen before. Baltimore-based Blake Butler, author of the bestselling memoir, “Molly,” will join Wade in conversation. 7-8:30 p.m. Greedy Reads Remington: 320 W. 29th St., Baltimore. RSVP at greedyreads.com. Saturday, Nov. 15 Holiday Children’s Book Signing: Ellen Oh, Dan Santat & Laurel Snyder Three award-winning children’s authors will visit and sign books. Maryland-based Ellen Oh is a founder of We Need Diverse Books and the author of middle-grade and young-adult novels, such as “The House Next Door.” Dan Santat is the author and illustrator of various books for youth, including “The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend.” Originally from Baltimore, Laurel Snyder writes novels for children, such as “The Witch of Woodland” and the “Charlie & Mouse” series. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. The Ivy Bookshop: 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore. RSVP at theivybookshop.com. Poetry Open Mic Express your inner beatnik through the spoken word. Everyone is welcome. This month’s featured poet is award-winning, Washington, D.C.-based Henry Crawford. The co-director of The Word Works Cafe Muse Literary Salon uses humor in his work to create access to the serious and often paradoxical experience of ordinary life. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. The New Deal Cafe: 113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt. See details at newdealcafe.com. Meet Dog Man at BAM! Arundel Mills Mall Celebrate “Dog Man: Big Jim Believes” with games, activities and a photo op with Dog Man. This is the newest installment in Dav Pilkey’s “Dog Man” graphic novel series, which follows the hilarious adventures of Dog Man, a lovable canine superhero, and his friends. Pilkey has written and illustrated numerous award-winning and bestselling and children’s books, including the “Captain Underpants” series. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Books-A-Million: 7000 Arundel Mills Circle, Suite B3, Severn. RSVP at eventbrite.com. K. Divia Book Launch: ‘What The Sea Knows’ Fantasy author J. K. Divia celebrates her latest release, “What The Sea Knows.” This brilliant selkie fantasy follows a character who, trapped and reeling from a brutal breakup, uproots her life and travels to Ireland. When a series of bizarre deaths threaten her budding relationship, she and her new partner decide to solve the mystery. 5-7 p.m. Charm City Books: 426 W. Franklin St., Baltimore. RSVP at charmcitybooks.com. Bruce Snider: Book Launch for ‘Blood Harmony’ (with James Arthur) Bruce Snider launches “Blood Harmony.” The poetry collection tells the story of two rural, working-class, American brothers torn apart by opioid addiction. Snider interrogates the bonds of family, exploring themes of masculinity, devotion, sexuality, and the biology of addiction. James Arthur, also a Johns Hopkins professor and award-winning writer, will join Snider in conversation. Arthur’s works include “The Suicide’s Son,” which describes the complicated personal histories that parents inherit, add to and pass on to their children. 6-8 p.m. Bird in Hand Coffee & Books: 11 E. 33rd St., Baltimore. RSVP at theivybookshop.com. Keegan Cook Finberg and Kristin Grogan present ‘Poetry in General: How a Literary Form Became Public’ and ‘Stitch, Unstitch: Modernist Poetry and the World of Work’ in conversation w/ Christopher Nealon Join Keegan Cook Finberg and Kristin Grogan in rethinking the power and labor of poetry in everyday spaces. Finberg’s “Poetry in General” explores how poets from 1960 to the present have addressed the privatization of collective life and rethought the category of the public. Grogan’s “Stitch, Unstitch” argues that, by being deeply shaped by ordinary labor and the people who performed it, modernist poetry provoked powerful political and aesthetic experiments and allowed modernist poets to imagine life beyond earning a living. Christopher Nealon, a writer and Johns Hopkins University professor, will join Finberg, a University of Maryland, Baltimore County professor, and Grogan, a Rutgers University professor, in conversation. 7-8:30 p.m. Red Emma’s: 3128 Greenmount Ave., Baltimore. RSVP at redemmas.com. Alone In My Room presents readings by Rachelle Toarmino and others The Hargrove hosts Rachelle Toarmino and Aidan Ryan, featuring local poets Kelly Xio, Aeon Ginsberg and others. Toarmino’s “Hell Yeah,” her highly anticipated second collection of poems, is an intimate, ecstatic examination of the wonders of common speech. Ryan’s “I Am Here You Are Not I Love You” is a dual biography of his aunt and uncle, artists Cindy Suffoletto and Andrew Topolski. It is a detective story, a bildungsroman and a critical reappraisal. 8-10:30 p.m. The Hargrove: 2225 Hargrove St., Baltimore. RSVP at eventbrite.com.
