Boston area author visits, April 12-18

By Judith Maas

No SUNDAY listings.

MONDAY: Kevin Phillips discusses “Bad Money,” at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge … Jay McInerney reads from “How It Ended,” at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith, Coolidge Corner, Brookline … John Coleman discusses “How to Argue Like Jesus,” at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop, Cambridge … Sports author Bill Littlefield speaks at 7 p.m., at the Peabody Institute Library, 82 Main St., Peabody; to register, call 978-531-0100 x 10 … Michael A. King discusses “The Heartbreak Years,” at 7:30 p.m., at Dover Town Library, 56 Dedham St., Dover.

TUESDAY: Jim Lehrer discusses “Oh, Johnny,” at 6 p.m., at Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline ($5) … Jane Hamilton discusses “Laura Rider’s Masterpiece,” at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books … Wells Tower reads from “Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned,” at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge … Jay McInerney reads from “How It Ended,” at 7 p.m., at Jabberwocky Bookshop, 50 Water St., Newburyport.

WEDNESDAY: Jon Ginoli discusses “Deflowered: My Life in Pansy Division,” at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith … Faye George reads from “Marchenhaft,” at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books … George Scialabba discusses “What Are Intellectuals Good For?,” at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store … Cervena Barva Press holds its four-year anniversary reading at 7 p.m., at Pierre Menard Gallery, 10 Arrow St., Cambridge … David Sanger discusses “The Inheritance,” at 5 p.m., and Eva Selhub discusses “Love Response,” at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop, Cambridge … Edward Zine and Michael Jenike discuss “Life in Rewind,” at 7 p.m., at Wellesley Booksmith, 82 Central St., Wellesley … William Marchione reads from “Boston Miscellany,” at 7 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, Boston University, Kenmore Square.

THURSDAY: Bernd Heinrich reads from “Summer World,” at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books … Wells Tower discusses “Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned,” at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith … Gary Marcus discusses “Kluge,” at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store … Poet Susan Stewart speaks at 7:30 p.m., at First Parish Church, 3 Church St., Harvard Square, Cambridge … Paul Tremblay (“The Little Sleep”) and Dave Zeltserman (“Small Crimes”) read at 7 p.m., at Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville … Anne Easter Smith reads from “The King’s Grace,” at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop … Michael Jenike, Terry Murphy, and Edward Zine discuss “Life in Rewind,” at 6 p.m., at Borders, 511 Boylston St.; for information on 7 p.m. author reception at the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, call 617-973-5801 … Poet Kevin Young reads at 6:30 p.m., at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 100 Northern Ave.; tickets available at the ICA admission desk one hour before program.

FRIDAY: Loren Graham discusses “Naming Infinity,” at 3 p.m., at Harvard Book Store … Bernd Heinrich discusses “Summer World, A Season of Bounty,” at 7 p.m., at Jabberwocky Bookshop … Chris Bradford discusses the "Young Samurai" series at 4 p.m., at Wellesley Booksmith.

SATURDAY: Poet Adam Zagajewski will read at 7 p.m. at Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main St., Concord … M.T. Anderson (“The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing”) discusses “The Kingdom of the Seas,” at 1:30 p.m., at the USS Constitution Museum store, Bldg. 22, Charlestown Navy Yard … Lisa Genova discusses “Still Alice,” at 4 p.m., at Inkwell Bookstore, 199 Main St., Falmouth.

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