Boston area author visits, July 27-August 2

By Judith Maas
SUNDAY: Lloyd Schwartz and others read from the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop at 4 p.m., at the Longfellow National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St., Cambridge. ... Sheridan Hay (‘‘The Secret of Lost Things’’) and Steve Almond (‘‘Not That You Asked’’) speak at 2 p.m., at Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville. ... Patrick Papatiti, a leader of the Maasai in southern Kenya, speaks at 2 p.m., at Jabberwocky Bookshop, 50 Water St., Newburyport.
MONDAY: Robin Wright discusses ‘‘Dreams and Shadows,’’ at 7 p.m., at Rockport Public Library, 17 School St., Rockport. ... Poet Cleopatra Mathis and artist Vicky Tomayko speak at 7 p.m., at the Fine Arts Work Center, 24 Pearl St., Provincetown (donation, $5).
TUESDAY: Andre Dubus III reads from ‘‘The Garden of Last Days,’’ at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge. ... Poet Martha Collins and artist Jim Peters speak at the Fine Arts Work Center (donation, $5). ... Brunonia Barry reads from "The Lace Reader," at 7 p.m., at the House of the Seven Gables, 115 Derby St., Salem.
WEDNESDAY: Novelists Amy Bloom and Theresa Williams read at 7 p.m., at the Fine Arts Work Center (donation, $5). ... Brunonia Barry reads from "The Lace Reader," at 7 p.m., at Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St., Marblehead.
THURSDAY: Martin Clark reads from ‘‘The Legal Limit,’’ at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. ... Brunonia Barry reads from ‘‘The Lace Reader,’’ at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith, Coolidge Corner, Brookline. ... Marc Songini discusses ‘‘The Lost Fleet,’’ at 7 p.m., at the Hingham Public Library, 66 Leavitt St., Hingham.
FRIDAY: Xujun Eberlein, William Walsh, and Gloria Mindock read at 8 p.m., at Out of the Blue Gallery, 106 Prospect St., Cambridge. ... Henry Winkler discusses the Hank Zipzer children’s series at 7 p.m., at Sandwich High School, Quaker Meetinghouse Rd., East Sandwich.
SATURDAY: James Lecesne (‘‘Absolute Brightness’’) reads at 7 p.m., at the Fine Arts Work Center (donation, $5).

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