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BOOKS The best local book events this week Boston-area author events Nov. 16-22 All author appearances are in person and free unless otherwise noted. SUNDAY, NOV. 16 X. Fang ("Broken“) reads her new picture book at 3 p.m. at An Unlikely Story. (Tickets are free, $22.18 for admission and a copy of the book.) Joshua Colangelo-Bryan ("Through the Gates of Hell: American Injustice at Guantanamo Bay“) is in conversation with Juliette Fay about his new book at 4 p.m. at Belmont Books. Laura Sanchez (“Piel de Tulipán”) discusses her book at 4 p.m. at JustBook-ish. (Reservation is required.) MONDAY, NOV. 17 Pam Bailey, Ahmed Alanouq, Daniel José Older, Salma Shawa, Khury Petersen-Smith, Autumn Allen, and George Abraham (“We Are Not Numbers: The Voices of Gaza’s Youth”) are in conversation with Hannah Moushabeck and read from their anthology at 6 p.m. at Cambridge Public Library, sponsored by Harvard Book Store. (Tickets are free, $26.56 for admission and a copy of the book.) Katie Parla (“Rome: A Culinary History, Cookbook, and Field Guide to the Flavors that Built a City”) discusses her new cookbook at 6 p.m. at I Am Books. (Reservation is required.) Anthony Amore (“The Rembrandt Heist: The Story of a Criminal Genius, a Stolen Masterpiece, and an Enigmatic Friendship”) is in conversation with Kelly Horan about his new book at 7 p.m. at Book Ends Winchester. (Reservation is required.) Carlo Rotella ("What Can I Get Out of This?: Teaching and Learning in a Classroom Full of Skeptics“) is in conversation with James Parker about his book at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (Reservation is required.) Daniel Whiteson (“Do Aliens Speak Physics?: And Other Questions about Science and the Nature of Reality“) is in conversation with Matt Strassler about his new book at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store. Namrata Patel (“Your Next Life Is Now”) is in conversation with Karen Winn to celebrate the release of her new book at 7 p.m. at Lovestruck Books. (Tickets start at $25.31 and include a copy of the book.) Tessa Wegert (“In the Bones: A North Country Novel”) is in conversation with Hank Phillippi Ryan about her new book at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books in Boston. (Reservation is required.) TUESDAY, NOV. 18 Ruth Chan ("Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back“) reads her graphic novel at 12:15 p.m. at the Boston Public Library at Codman Square. Ellen Pinsky, Michael Slevin, Robert Pinsky, Stephen Greenblatt, Ha Jin, and Sigrid Nunez (“Driven to Write: 45 Writers on the Motives and Mysteries of their Craft“) are in conversation with Rachel Dillon and read from their anthology at 6 p.m. at Cambridge Public Library, sponsored by Harvard Book Store. (Tickets are free, $26.55 for admission and a copy of the book.) John Edward Huth (“A Sense of Space: A Local’s Guide to a Flat Earth, the Edge of the Cosmos, and Other Curious Places“) is in conversation with Jacob Barandes about his new book at 6 p.m. at Harvard Science Center. (Tickets are free, $34.53 for admission and a copy of the book.) Kevin Tallec Marston (“Inventing the Boston Game: Football, Soccer & the Origins of a National Myth”) is in conversation with Louisa Thomas about his book at 6 p.m. at Massachusetts Historical Society and virtually. (Tickets are free for members, $10 for non-members.) Mary E. Pearson (“The Last Wish of Bristol Keats“) discusses her new book at 6:30 p.m. at An Unlikely Story. (Tickets are $6.24, $37.79 for admission and a copy of the book.) Robyn Ryle ("Sex of the Midwest“) is in conversation with Nancy Crochiere about her new book at 7 p.m. at Belmont Books. Julie C. Dao ("So Blooms the Dawn“) is in conversation with Robin Limeres about her book at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (Reservation is required.) Heather Aimee O’Neill (“The Irish Goodbye”) is in conversation with Kristin Bair about her new book at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books in Cambridge. (Reservation is required.) WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19 Joe Hill (“King Sorrow”) celebrates the release of his new book at 6 p.m. at Coolidge Corner Theatre, sponsored by Brookline Booksmith. (Tickets are $48.44 and include a signed copy of the book.) Joshua McFadden ("Six Seasons of Pasta: A New Way with Everyone’s Favorite Food“) discusses his new cookbook at 6 p.m. at the Brattle Theatre, sponsored by Harvard Book Store. (Tickets are $12, $45 for admission and a copy of the book.) Eric Foner ("Our Fragile Freedoms: Essays“) is in conversation with Lisa Krassner and Ryan J. Woods at 6 p.m. virtually, sponsored by Massachusetts Historical Society. (Tickets are $15, $48 for admission and a mailed signed copy of the book.) Becky Thompson (“This Unruly Witness: June Jordan’s Legacy”) is in conversation with Regie Gibson, Porsha Olayiwola, Priya Vulchi, and Imani Davis about her book at 6 p.m. at The Loring Greenough House, sponsored by Papercuts Bookshop as a part of the Jamaica Plain Literary Series. (Reservation is required.) Diane Botnick (“Becoming Sarah”) discusses her book at 6 p.m. at Trident Booksellers & Cafe. (Reservation is required.) E.B. Moore (“Silent Cauldron”) is in conversation with Michelle Hoover about his book at 7 p.m. at Belmont Books. Parker-Vincent Alva, Crystal Valentine, and Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah (“Not Without Small Joys”) read their poetry at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (Reservation is required.) W. David Marx (“Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century“) is in conversation with Josh Lambert about his upcoming book at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store. Sangamithra Iyer ("Governing Bodies: A Memoir, a Confluence, a Watershed“) is in conversation with E.B. Bartels about her new memoir at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books in Boston. (Reservation is required.) Cass R. Sunstein (“On Liberalism: In Defense of Freedom”) discusses his novel at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books in Cambridge. (Reservation is required.) THURSDAY, NOV. 20 Roan Parrish ("The Most Unusual Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy“) discusses and signs his book at 6:30 p.m. as a part of Lovestruck Books’ Queer Book Club. (Tickets are $7.18, $26.38 for admission and a copy of the book.) Deborah Leipziger (“Story & Bone”), Donna Spruijt-Metz (“To Phrase a Prayer for Peace”), Ron Slate (“Joy Ride“), and Ruth C. Chad ("In the Absence of Birds“) read their poetry at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (Reservation is required.) Didi Jackson (“My Infinity”) and K Prevallet (“A Varied and Tender Multiplicity: A Materia Medica of Plants, Poems, and Spells”) are in conversation with Chloe Garcia Roberts and read their poetry at 7 p.m. at Grolier Poetry Book Shop and virtually via Zoom. (Tickets range from $5 to $10.) Oyinkan Braithwaite (“Cursed Daughters“) is in conversation with Hanna Halperin about her new book at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store. FRIDAY, NOV. 21 Kareem Khubchandani ("Lessons in Drag: A Queer Manual for Academics, Artists, and Aunties“) is in conversation with Durba Mitra at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store. SATURDAY, NOV. 22 Heather Lang and Jamie Harper ("Supersquads!: Animal Heros“) read their upcoming picture book at 11 a.m. at The Silver Unicorn Bookstore. Brian Lies (“Cat Nap”) reads and signs his picture book at 2 p.m. at Blue Bunny Books. Malinda Lo ("Last Night at the Telegraph Club“) is in conversation with Franchesca Viaud about her new book at 4 p.m. at JustBook-ish. (Reservation is required.) Cha McCoy ("Wine Pairing for the People: The Communion of Wine, Food, and Culture from Africa and Beyond“) discuses her new book at 5 p.m. at the Museum of African American History. (Reservation is required.) Jim Clyburn (“The First Eight: A Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation“) discusses his new book at 7 p.m. at First Parish Church, sponsored by Harvard Book Store. (Tickets are $25, $50 for admission and a copy of the book.) Advertisement
