Boston area author visits, week of June 29

By Judith Maas
SUNDAY: Poet Carolyn Forche reads at 4 p.m., at the Longfellow National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St., Cambridge.
MONDAY: Josh Emmons discusses ‘‘Prescription for a Superior Existence,’’ at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books. ... Poet Cynthia Huntington and artist Richard Baker speak at 7 p.m., at the Fine Arts Work Center, 24 Pearl St., Provincetown.
TUESDAY: Salvatore Scibona reads from ‘‘The End,’’ at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. ... Wilford Welch discusses ‘‘The Tactics of Hope,’’ at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop, Cambridge. ... Poet Catherine Bowman and artist Lauren Ewing speak at 7 p.m., at the Fine Arts Work Center.
WEDNESDAY: Paul Fisher discusses ‘‘House of Wits,’’ at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop. ... Novelist Jayne Anne Phillips and artist Rebekah Tolley speak at 7 p.m., at the Fine Arts Work Center. ... Al Kooper reads from "Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards," at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge.

Events are subject to change.