Galadrielle Allman, "Please Be With Me: A Song for My Father, Duane Allman." 7 p.m. April 14. Signing. Free. Barnes & Noble Buckhead, 2900 Peachtree Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-261-7747, store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/83550. Allman has no memories of her father, killed in a motorcycle accident when she was just 2 years old. Her memoir offers a double portrait: the story of a legendary musician who died too young and a daughter's quest to discover her dad.
Tom Hughes, "Hanging the Peachtree Bandit." 7:15 p.m. April 14. Talk and signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=683. Local author Hughes ("Rich Georgian Strangely Shot") recounts the story of one of the last men hanged in Atlanta.
Eric Jerome Dickey, "A Wanted Woman." 7:15 p.m. April 15. Reading and signing. Free. Stonecrest Library, 3123 Klondike Road, Lithonia. 770-482-3828, dekalblibrary.org/branches/stonecrest.html. Dickey returns to noir with a steamy thriller set in Barbados, where a female assassin has fled from a hit gone wrong.
Malcolm Gladwell, "David & Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants." 7:30 p.m. April 15. Talk and signing. $40, includes signed copy of the book. Tickets available at A Cappella Books, Woodruff Arts Center box office or online. Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. 404-733-4200, acappellabooks.com/event/evening-malcolm-gladwell. Gladwell ("The Tipping Point") looks at what it means to be discriminated against, cope with a disability, or suffer from any number of apparent setbacks.
Frances Mayes, "Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir." 7 p.m. April 15. Lecture and signing. $10, reservations required. Margaret Mitchell House & Museum, 990 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com/program/frances-mayes-under-magnolia-southern-memoir. Mayes ("Under the Tuscan Sun") revisits her early years in the Georgia town of Fitzgerald.
Bret Witter, "Stronger." 7 p.m. April 16. Signing. Free. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov/events. Witter co-authored the book with Jeff Bauman, who lost both legs when a bomb went off at his feet near the Boston Marathon finish line, and whose courage and positive attitude have inspired many.
Annabelle Gurwitch, "I See You Made an Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories From the Edge of 50." 6:30 p.m. April 16. Reading, talk and signing. Free. H. Harper Station, 904 Memorial Drive, Atlanta. 404-681-5128, acappellabooks.com/event/annabelle-gurwitch-book-signing. Actress-humorist Gurwitch, known for being fired by Woody Allen and bringing wit and wine to the TV show "Dinner and a Movie," writes about aging as an American woman.
Augusten Burroughs. 6 p.m. April 17. Lecture and signing. Free. Ivy Hall Writers Series, Fourth Floor, Building C, Ivy Hall, 179 Ponce de Leon Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-253-3324, scad.edu/event/2014-04-17-nyt-best-selling-author-closes-ivy-hall-tenure-writers-lecture. Burroughs ("Running With Scissors") concludes his weeklong Ivy Hall residency with a lecture covering his career, books and life.
Mustafa Akyol, "Islam Without Extremes." 11 a.m. April 18. Reading. Free, ticketed event, reservations recommended. Centennial Hall Auditorium, 100 Auburn Ave., Atlanta. arts.gsu.edu/16159.html. Turkish columnist Akyol reveals the little-understood roots of political Islam.
Pearl Cleage, "Things I Should Have Told My Daughter: Lies, Lessons & Love Affairs." 7:30 p.m. April 18. Signing. Free. $5 recommended donation. Charis Books & More, 1189 Euclid Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-524-0304, charisbooksandmore.com/event/pearl-cleage-charis-things-i-should-have-told-my-daughter-lies-lessons-love-affairs. Cleage's new memoir documents the art of juggling marriage, motherhood and politics in Atlanta during the 1970s and '80s.
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