Boston area author readings, week of Nov. 18

SUNDAY: Philip F. Gura reads from “American Transcendentalism,” at 2 p.m., at the Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord … A tribute to poet Anne Sexton takes place at 2 p.m., in Forsyth Chapel, Forest Hills Cemetery, 95 Forest Hills Ave. ($5) … Poet Kevin Young reads at 3 p.m., at the Concord Free Library, 129 Main St., Concord … Children’s author Valerie Giogas reads from “In My Backyard,” at 1:30 p.m., at Book Ends, 559 Main St., Winchester … Judith Jones reads from “The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food,” at 4 p.m., at Jabberwocky Bookshop, 50 Water St., Newburyport … Susie Davidson reads from “Jewish Life in Postwar Germany” and other works at 9:30 a.m., at Temple Emanu-El, 514 Main St., Haverhill.

MONDAY: Alex Ross discusses “The Rest Is Noise,” at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge … E.J. Corey, Barbara Czako, and Laszlo Kurti discuss “Molecules and Medicine,” at 4 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop, Cambridge … Beth Goldstein discusses “The Ultimate Small Business Marketing Toolkit,” at 7 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, Boston University, Kenmore Square … Lou Dobbs discusses “Independents Day,” at 6:30 p.m., at the Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St., Boston ... Joshua Henkin reads from "Matrimony" at 5:30 p.m., at the UMass-Boston bookstore, 100 Morrissey Blvd.

TUESDAY: Edward Ball discusses “the Genetic Strand,” at 7 p.m., at the Brookline Booksmith, Coolidge Corner, Brookline … Peggy Levitt discusses “God Needs No Passport,” at 6:30 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop.

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FRIDAY: Jill Perry Rabideau and Gail Perry Johnston (“A Rumor of Angels,” “The Wish & the Wonder”) read at 1 p.m., at Wellesley Booksmith, 82 Central St., Wellesley.

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Events are subject to change.