Boston area author visits, week of 11/12

By Judith Maas

SUNDAY, 11/12: Lois Ames' and others read from the poetry of Anne Sexton at 2 p.m., in Forsyth Chapel, Forest Hills Cemetery, 95 Forest Hills Ave. ($5)....... Glenn LaFantasie reads from ‘‘Gettysburg Requiem,’’ at 3 p.m., at the Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord....... Howie Carr discusses ‘‘The Brothers Bulger,’’ at 2 p.m., at Borders, 255 Grossman Drive, Braintree.

MONDAY: John Harris and Mark Halperin discuss ‘‘The Way to Win,’’ at 6:30 p.m., at the Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge....... Laura Zigman reads from ‘‘Piece of Work,’’ at 7 p.m., at the Wellesley Booksmith, 82 Central St., Wellesley....... Michael del Vecchio discusses ‘‘Knitting with Balls,’’ at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge....... John Allen discusses ‘‘Rabble Rouser for Peace,’’ at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Coop, 1400 Mass. Ave., Cambridge.

TUESDAY: Kate Flora reads from ‘‘Stalking Death,’’ at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books....... Erik Larson discusses ‘‘Thunderstruck,’’ at 6 p.m., at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline ($2)....... Henry Louis Gates discusses ‘‘The Annotated Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’’ at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Coop....... Poets Marc Widershien, Sarah Getty, and Wendy Mnookin read at 7 p.m., at the Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St., Newton....... Poets Daniel Tobin, Diana Der-Hovanessian, and Fred Marchant read at 7 p.m., at the Cambridge Public Library, Central Square, 44 Pearl St., Cambridge....... Norman Gautreau discusses ‘‘Island of First Light,’’ at 7 p.m., at Flint Memorial Library, 147 Park St., North Reading....... D.T. Max discusses ‘‘The Family that Couldn’t Sleep,’’ at 7 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, Boston University, Kenmore Square....... Tim Lemire discusses ‘‘I’m an English Major — Now What?’’ at 7:30 p.m., at Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville....... Poets Dara Wier and Lisa Olstein read at 8 p.m., in Adams House, 26 Plympton St., Harvard Square, Cambridge.

WEDNESDAY: Martin Espada discusses ‘‘The Republic of Poetry,’’ at 7 p.m., at the Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St., Brookline....... Dava Sobel discusses ‘‘The Planets,’’ at 7:30 p.m., at First Parish Church, 3 Church St., Harvard Square....... Gloria Steinem discusses ‘‘Enslaved,’’ at 4 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, Boston University....... Stephen McCauley reads from ‘‘Alternatives to Sex,’’ at 4 p.m., in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium, Brandeis University, 415 South St., Waltham....... Charles Pierce discusses ‘‘Moving the Chains,’’ at 7:30 p.m., at The Attic / Union Street Bar, 107 R Union St., Newton.
...... Jan Whitaker discusses ‘‘Service and Style,’’ at 12:30 p.m., at Borders Downtown Crossing, 10-24 School St....... Perri Klass discusses ‘‘Quirky Kids,’’ at 7:30 p.m., at the Striar Jewish Community Center, 445 Central St., Stoughton; for ticket information, call 781-341-2016, ext. 279....... Poets J.D. Scrimgeour and Bill Coyle read at 7:30 p.m., at the Newburyport Art Association, 65 Water St., Newburyport.

THURSDAY: Richard Ford discusses ‘‘The Lay of the Land,’’ at 6 p.m., at the Coolidge Corner Theatre ($2)....... Douglas Bauer, Andre Dubus, Steve Almond, and Margot Livesey read from ‘‘Death by Pad Thai,’’ at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books....... Laura Kipnis discusses ‘‘The Female Thing,’’ at 6:30 p.m., at the Harvard Book Store....... Richard Doubleday discusses ‘‘Jan Tschichold, Designer,’’ at 7 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, Boston University.

FRIDAY: Rosamund Purcell and Sven Birkerts discuss ‘‘Bookworm,’’ at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books....... Laura Kipnis reads from ‘‘The Female Thing,’’ at 7 p.m., at Jabberwocky Bookshop, 50 Water St., Newburyport....... James D. Hornfischer discusses ‘‘Ship of Ghosts,’’ at 7:30 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, One Worcester Road, Framingham.

SATURDAY: Kathleen Benner Duble reads from ‘‘Hearts of Iron,’’at 2 p.m., at Book Ends, 559 Main St., Winchester.

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