Literary Happenings 3/31-4/5

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 3/31

• The Harvard Square Book Circle discusses Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods at Harvard Book Store, 7m

Tuesday 4/1

• Scott Helman and Jenna Russell discuss Long Mile Home: Boston Under Attack, the City's Courageous Recovery, and the Epic Hunt for Justice at Brookline Booksmith, 7pm
• Poetry open mic with Kemi Alabi at Trident Booksellers, 8pm
• Gail Caldwell discusses New Life, No Instructions at Porter Square Books, 7pm
• Sarah Lewis discusses The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery at Harvard Book Store, 7pm

Wednesday 4/2

• Deborah Feldman discusses Exodus at Brookline Booksmith, 7pm
• Martha Collins and Fail Mazur discuss Day Unto Day and Figures in a Landscape at Porter Square Books, 7pm
• Phil Klay discusses Redeployment at Harvard Book Store, 7pm
  

Thursday 4/3  

• Jared Diamond in Conversation with Toby Lester on The Third Chimpanzee at Porter Square Books, 6:30pm, 5 dollar ticket
• Lee Hager Cohen discusses No Book but the World at Porter Square Books, 7pm
• Carl Hoffman discusses Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art at Harvard Book Store, 7pm

 Friday 4/4

• An evening with poets Jan Schrelber and Paul Nemser at Brookline Booksmith, 7pm
• Kristen Weld discusses Paper Cadavers: The Archives of Dictatorship in Guatemala at Harvard Book Store, 3pm
• Teju Cole reads from Every Day is for the Thief at Harvard Book Store, 7pm

Saturday 4/5

• Elizabeth Earley presents A Map of Everything at Harvard Square Books, 7pm

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.