Join Chris La Tray at Waucoma Bookstore for their First Friday Book Signing, a book signing and mingling opportunity for his latest work, Becoming Little Shell.

Join Keith S. Wilson, Taylor Byas, Bryan Byrdlong, jason crawford, and Shaneika McIntosh for the Poetry Foundation’s “Facing Pages,” a reading and celebration of the poets’ new or forthcoming collections.

Join Chris Santiago, Steven Reigns, and féi iká shumarí at Beyond Baroque for an installment of The NEW Series, dedicated to premiering wholly original work from three writers on a shared theme.

Join Lewis Hyde with Lawrence Rosenwald at Wellesley Books for a reading and discussion of The Essays of Henry David Thoreau, edited by Lewis Hyde.

Join Ada Limón at Trinity Church for a reading and celebration of her newest collection, Startlement. Books will be available for sale through Kepler’s Books.

Milkweed Editions presents poet and novelist Grady Chambers in Minneapolis to launch his newest novel, Great Disasters, with Aamina Ahmad.

Visit loft.org to sign up for this class.

Join us to launch Jennifer Eli Bowen’s debut The Book of Kin at Open Book.

Join Helen Whybrow at the Meridan Public Library for a reading and discussion of her latest work, The Salt Stones.

Join Jason Allen-Paisant alongside fellow poets Derron Sandy, Rosamond S. King, Kei Miller, Ras Atiba, and Nadia Alexis for “The Mouth of the Root: On Oral Tradition and Living Memory” hosted by Derron Sandy.