Area author readings, week of 5/20-26

SUNDAY: Cammie McGovern reads from “Eye Contact,” at 3 p.m., at the Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord … Poets Denise Bergman and others read at 2 p.m., in Forsyth Chapel, Forest Hills Cemetery, 95 Forest Hills Ave., Jamaica Plain ($5) … Poets Gail Mazur, Mary Zoll, and Lawrence Academy freshman Stephanie Saywell read at 3 p.m., at the Concord Poetry Center, 40 Stow St., Concord … Winners of the Newburyport Art Association Poetry Contest read at 5 p.m., at the NAA Gallery, 65 Water St., Newburyport.

MONDAY: Mathew Sharpe discusses “Jamestown,” at 7 p.m., at the Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St., Brookline … Tom Roeper discusses “The Prism of Grammar,” at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop, Cambridge … Elinor Lipman reads from “My Latest Grievance,” at 7:30 p.m., at the Harvard Public Library, 4 Pond Rd., Harvard.

TUESDAY: Jennifer Belle reads from “Little Stalker,” at 7:30 p.m., at Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville … Crystal Zevon reads from “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead,” at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge … Vincent Bugliosi discusses “Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy,” at 6 p.m., at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge; tickets ($5) available from the Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, 617-661-1515 … David Gessner discusses “Soaring with Fidel,” at 7 p.m., at the Brookline Booksmith … Ben Z. Rose discusses “John Stark,” at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop … Children’s authors Jacqueline Davies, Mitali Perkins, and others read at 7:30 p.m., in Vanderslice Hall, Boston College, Chestnut Hill … Elinor Lipman reads from “My Latest Grievance,” at 7 p.m., at the Groton Public Library, 99 Main St., Groton.

WEDNESDAY: Elizabeth Hand reads from “Generation Loss,” at 6:30 p.m., at the Harvard Book Store … Libby Jacobs reads from “Wolf Note,” at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop … Mike Lupica discusses “Summer Ball,” at 12:30 p.m., at Borders Downtown Crossing, 10-24 School St. … William Martin discusses “The Lost Constitution,” at 7 p.m., at the Hingham Public Library, 66 Leavitt St., Hingham.

THURSDAY: Barbara Kingsolver discusses “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle,” at 6 p.m., at First Parish Church, 3 Church St., Cambridge; tickets ($5) available from the Harvard Book Store … Poet Franz Wright reads at 7 p.m., at the Brookline Booksmith … Scott Donaldson discusses “Edwin Arlington Robinson,” at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop … Susie Davidson reads from her Holocaust book, “I Refused to Die,” at 7 p.m., at Robbins Library, 700 Mass. Ave., Arlington … Poet Carla Schwartz reads at 7:30 p.m., at McIntyre & Moore, 255 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville.

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SATURDAY: Keith Ablow discusses “Living the Truth,” at 7 p.m., at Jabberwocky Bookshop, 50 Water St., Newburyport.

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