Your Week in Virtual Book Events, May 24th to May 28th

The Body Archive – Julietta Singh
Monday, May 24, 10:30 am EDT
Join Julietta Singh, author and professor at University of Richmond, USA as she reads from her book No Archive Will Restore You, a blend of memoir, theory and poetic prose engaging with both the impossibility and urgent necessity of crafting an archive of the body. This reading will be accompanied by a discussion between Julietta Singh and Professor Olivia Michiko Gagnon. Free, with registration.

Gina Nutt and Elissa Washuta in Conversation
Monday, May 24, 7:00 pm EDT
Harvard Book Store’s virtual event series welcomes acclaimed writers Gina Nutt and Elissa Washuta for a discussion of their new essay collections, Night Rooms and White Magic. Free, with registration.

Barrett Swanson in Conversation with Claire Vaye Watkins
Monday, May 24, 7:00 pm EDT
Barrett Swanson embarks on a personal quest across the United States to uncover what it means to be an American amid the swirl of our post-truth climate in this collection of critically acclaimed essays and reportage. For this event she will be in conversation with Claire Vaye Watkins, author of Gold Fame Citrus. Free, with registration.

Zibby Owens and Phyllis Grant in Conversation
Monday, May 24, 7:00 pm EDT
Zibby—who spearheads the literary podcast “Moms Don’t Have Time To Read Books”—will be hosting Phyllis Grant, an IACP finalist for Personal Essays/Memoir Writing, on Instagram Live.

Kaitlyn Greenidge: Libertie
Monday, May 24, 7:30 pm EDT
Join Kaitlyn Greenidge, author of Libertie, who will be in conversation with Salamishah Tillet, the Henry Rutgers Professor of African American Studies and Creative Writing and author of In Search of The Color Purple: The Story of an American Masterpiece. Free, with registration.

P&P Live! Joy Harjo: LIVING NATIONS, LIVING WORDS
Monday, May 24, 8:00 pm EDT
Deborah A. Miranda and Eric Gansworth join 23rd US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo as she presents a new anthology of First Peoples poetry. Free (though donations are strongly encouraged), with registration.

Mary Alice Monroe – Lynden Sculpture Garden event
Monday, May 24, 8:00 pm EDT
The Lynden Sculpture Garden, Boswell Book Company, and Milwaukee Reads presents Mary Alice Monroe, author of The Summer of Lost and Found. Tickets are $5 or upgrade to a book with admission for $28. $5 from each ticket is donated back to the Lynden Sculpture Garden. Register here.

Yair Wallach – “A City in Fragments: Urban Text in Modern Jerusalem” – Basil Salem and Andrew Katzenstein
Tuesday, May 25, 1:00 pm EDT
Yair Wallach will discuss A City in Fragments: Urban Text in Modern Jerusalem, in conversation with Basil Salem and Andrew Katzenstein. Free, with registration.

Picture Book Club: Memory Jars
Tuesday, May 25, 4:00 pm EDT
Join author-illustrator Vera Brosgol for our all-ages picture book club! In Memory Jars, Freda is devastated when she can’t eat all the delicious blueberries she’s picked. Free, with registration.

Robert B Pippin – “Philosophy by Other Means” – Jensen Suther
Tuesday, May 25, 5:00 pm EDT
Robert B Pippin will dicuss Philosophy by Other Means, about the relationship between philosophy and the arts and the importance of practicing philosophical criticism. He will be joined in conversation by Jensen Suther. Free, with registration.

East Asia by the Book! CEAS Author Talks: Alexa Alice Joubin – “Shakespeare and East Asia” – Michael Saenger
Tuesday, May 25, 6:00 pm EDT
Alexa Alice Joubin will discuss Shakespeare and East Asia, which identifies four themes that distinguish post-1950s East Asian cinemas and theatres from works in other parts of the world. She will be joined in conversation by Michael Saenger. Free, with registration.

Who’s an Immigrant?
Tuesday, May 25, 7:00 pm EDT
Music of Asian America Research Center executive director and co-founder Eric Hung will preview the podcast series, Who’s an Immigrant?, about the lesser-known stories of why Asians migrated to the U.S. and their experiences here. The topics discussed include naturalization laws, refugees, and transnational adoption. Free, with registration.

Barrett Swanson in Conversation with Rachel Poser
Tuesday, May 25, 7:00 pm EDT
Harper’s Magazine and The Mark Twain House & Museum present Lost In Summerland: Barrett Swanson in conversation with Rachel Poser. Free (though donations are welcome!), with registration.

Carol Leonnig – “Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service” – Andrea Mitchell
Tuesday, May 25, 8:00 pm EDT
Carol Leonnig will discuss Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service, about current and former agents and whistleblowers who risked their careers to speak to her about an agency that’s broken and in desperate need of a reform. She will be joined in conversation by Andrea Mitchell. Free, with registration.

Zibby Owens in Conversation with Raakhee Mirchandani and Holly Hatam
Wednesday, May 26, 1:30 pm EDT
Zibby will be hosting an event with Raakhee Mirchandani and Holly Hatam to discuss the pair’s new picture book, Hair Love. Free, via Instagram Live.

ORIGINS Writers: Natalie Diaz
Wednesday, May 26, 1:30 pm EDT
In this ORIGINS Writers poet, language activist and educator Natalie Diaz will discuss her recent works, including Postcolonial Love Poem, a poetry collection exploring love and identity and hailed as “breathtaking” by the Guardian. Free, with registration.

Maggie O’Farrell + Brandon Taylor: Hamnet
Wednesday, May 25, 6:00 pm EDT
Join Maggie O’Farrell for the paperback launch of her latest book Hamnet. She will be in conversation is acclaimed author Brandon Taylor. Free, with registration.

Chiara Cordelli – “The Privatized State” – Daniel Brudney and Elisabeth S. Clemens
Wednesday, May 26, 6:00 pm EDT
Chiara Cordelli will discuss The Privatized State, which argues that privatization constitutes a regression to a precivil condition—what philosophers centuries ago called “a state of nature.” She will be joined in conversation by Daniel Brudney and Elisabeth S. Clemens. Free, with registration.

Rain Taxi: Adrian Matejka
Wednesday, May 26, 6:30 pm EDT
Join Rain Taxi to celebrate the launch of acclaimed poet Adrian Matejka’s new work, a collaboration of visual art and poetry inspired by two classic Funkadelic albums. Matejka will be joined by his visual art compatriots on the work, Kevin Neireiter and Nicholas Galanin. Free, via Crowdcast.

Yelena Moskovich and Kate Zambreno in Conversation
Wednesday, May 26, 7:00 pm EDT
Boswell presents a conversation between two writers: Yelena Moskovich—novelist, playwright, critic and curator for the 2018 Los Angeles Queer Biennial—talks to novelist Kate Zambreno about her latest work, A Door Behind A Door, about a Soviet emigré in Milwaukee.

A CEERES of Events: Paul Wilson – “The Gentle Barbarian” – Esther Peters
Wednesday, May 26, 7:00 pm EDT
Paul Wilson will discuss The Gentle Barbarian, Bohumil Hrabal’s homage to Vladimír Boudník, one of the greatest Czech artists of the 1950s and 1960s, whose life came to a tragic end shortly after the Soviet invasion of 1968. He will be joined in conversation by Esther Peters. Free, with registration.

Virtual Author Visit: Claire Fuller
Wednesday, May 26, 7:00 pm EDT
English author Claire Fuller joins us virtually from across the pond to discuss her forthcoming novel, Unsettled Ground, a tale of sacrifice and hope, of homelessness and hardship, of love and survival, in which two marginalized and remarkable people uncover long-held family secrets and, in their own way, repair, recover, and begin again. Free, with registration.

Scholastic Parents Night: The Power of Summer Reading
Wednesday, May 26, 7:00 pm EDT
At Scholastic Parents Night: The Power of Summer Reading, a virtual panel of Scholastic authors, education experts, and booksellers will give tips and book recommendations that will keep kids excited to read all summer long! Free, with registration.

Larissa Pham, in Conversation with Alexandra Kleeman
Wednesday, May 26, 7:30 pm EDT
Greenlight is thrilled to host Brooklyn artist and writer Larissa Pham for her debut work of nonfiction, Pop Song, a work that celebrates the strange and exquisite state of falling in love, whether with a painting or a person. She will be joined in conversation by Alexandra Kleeman. Free, with registration.

Arcadias: A Conversation with Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam and Lauren Groff
Thursday, May 27, 1:00 pm EDT
Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam will discuss Arcadia—a celebration and a critique of innocence in the contemporary world—with Lauren Groff, moderated by Katy Waldman. Free, with registration.

James Whorton, Jr.: New Work
Thursday, May 27, 7:30 pm EDT
James Whorton, Jr.—author of three novels, including Approximately Heaven, Frankland, and Angela Sloan—will be in conversation with Charles Lamar Phillips, author of Estranged. Free, with registration.

Of Bridges: A Virtual Book Launch with Thomas Harrison
Friday, May 28, 2:00 pm EDT
UCLA Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies presents Of Bridges, a virtual book launch by Thomas Harrison in conversation with Professors Marjorie Perloff (Stanford) and Christy Wampole (Princeton). Together, they will discuss Harrison’s Of Bridges, which gives a panoramic account of diverse meanings of bridges in seemingly unrelated times and places, questioning why they are built and where they lead. Free, via Zoom.

Reuben Jonathan Miller – “Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration” – Colette Payne, Kilroy Watkins, Alice Kim, Durrell Washington
Friday, May 28, 2:00 pm EDT
Reuben Jonathan Miller will discuss Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration. He will be joined in conversation by Colette Payne and Kilroy Watkins. The event will be moderated by Alice Kim and Durrell Washington. Free, with registration.

Joan Silber, in conversation with Peter Ho Davies
Friday, May 28, 9:00 pm EDT
Joan Silber, the author of nine books of fiction, with her most recent, Improvement, will be in conversation with Peter Ho Davies about writing, revision, and family. Free, with registration.