Literary Happenings 4/28-5/2

Here at Godine we realize the importance of participating in a literary community. Luckily our home city of Boston is full of great book readings, lectures, poetry slams, and book groups. If you're looking for things to do this week, why not check out some of these events, free unless otherwise noted!:

Monday 4/28

• The Harvard Square Book Circle discusses The Round House by Louise Erdrich at the Harvard Book Store, 7pm
• LIT WEEK: Richard Hoffman reading at 41 Mt. Vernon St, Boston, 7pm
• LIT WEEK: Silent Reading Party at Sheraton Back Bay, 6pm

Tuesday 4/29

• LIT WEEK: Mona Simpson discusses Casebook at the Boston Athenaeum, 12pm
• LIT WEEK: Karaoke and Cocktails, inspired by Mexican Writers at the Painted Burro, 5pm 
• LIT WEEK: Poetry in Question at the Mary Baker Eddy Library, 5:30pm
• Daniel Palmer discusses Desperate at Brookline Booksmith, 7pm
• LIT WEEK: Healing & Humorous Poetry for the One Fund, at District Hall, 7pm
• Open mic with Kaamila Mohamed at Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 8pm
• Ramachandra Guha discusses Gandhi Before India with Pratap Bhanu Mehta at the Harvard Book Store, 7pm
• LIT WEEK: The Future of Reading and Writing at Harvard University's Lit Fest, 8pm

Wednesday 4/30

• LIT WEEK: Harvard Square Literary Walking Tour, 12pm
• LIT WEEK: A Metaphor Workshop with James Geary, at Harvard University's LitFest, 2pm
• Brookline High School Poetry Festival at Brookline Booksmith, 7pm
• An evening with Transition Magazine: What is Africa to me Now? at the Harvard Book Store, 7pm
• LIT WEEK: Literary Salon at the Hawthorne, 7pm- MUST RSVP
• LIT WEEK: Bret Anthony Johnston, Amy Hempel, Josh Bell, Jorie Graham, and Darcy Frey in discussion at Harvard University's Lit Fest, 8pm

Thursday 5/1

• LIT WEEK: Harvard Square Literary Walking Tour, 12pm
• LIT WEEK: Meet & Mingle with Literary Journal Editors at the Field in Central Square, 5pm
• LIT WEEK: A Storied Affair at Storyville, 6pm
• Anne Fadiman discusses The Opposite of Loneliness in memory of Marina Keegan at Brookline Booksmith, 7pm
• Jamie Quatro and Elizabeth Graver discuss I Want to Show You More and To the End of the Point at Newtonville Books, 7pm
• The Boston Poetry Slam's Moonlighting: A Queer Open Mic and Reading Series at Fazenda Coffee Roasters, 7:30pm

Friday 5/2 

• Serhii Plokhy discusses The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union at the Harvard Book Store, 3pm
• Anne Fadiman presents The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan at the Harvard Book Store, 7pm
• Literary Speed Dating at Rodney's Book Store, 7pm
• Rooms Down the Hallway Reading Series at the Hallway Gallery, 7pm
• Dire De Mayo: The Dire Literary Series at Out of the Blue Art Gallery, 8pm

If you know of a literary event we overlooked, add it in the comments below! If you'd like to spread the word about upcoming events to be included in our weekly Literary Happenings, please e-mail us at info@godine.com.