Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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.
***
If you have a listing you’d like us to consider, please contact notableNYC@therumpus.net. In the subject line of the email, please include the event’s date. Please include the virtual platform, time zone, and a link to the event information in the body of your email.
For past events, visit the Notable Online archives here.
