Tim Dorsey, "Tiger Shrimp Tango." 7 p.m. Feb. 24. Talk and signing. Free. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur. 404-486-0307, www.eagleeyebooks.com/calendar.html. Also appearing: 6:30 p.m. Feb. 25. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, www.foxtalebookshoppe.com/events. The Sunshine State's favorite serial killer, Serge Storms, dances a tango of death and mayhem in Dorsey's latest crime caper.
Maurice C. Daniels, "Saving the Soul of Georgia: Donald L. Hollowell and the Struggle for Civil Rights." 7:15 p.m. Feb. 24. Reading, discussion and signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225; www.georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=663. In his role as a civil rights attorney during the 1950s and 1960s, Hollowell defended African-Americans against a racially hostile legal system, represented activists arrested for their civil rights work, and fought tirelessly to undermine state-sanctioned racial discrimination. Daniels' book should be required reading, journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault said.
Laszlo Excalibur Lecture: Alice Oswald, "Memorial: A Version of Homer's Iliad." 7 p.m. Feb. 25. Discussion and reading. Free. Reception Hall, Level Three, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 S. Kilgo Circle, Atlanta. 404-727-4282, www.carlos.emory.edu/visit/calendar#/?i=1. In her recent translation of the classic Greek epic, British poet Oswald strips away the narrative in order to look at the Iliad through its fatalities and similes, producing a war memorial the New York Times called "as moving as the bulletin boards of the missing after 9/11."
Poetry Atlanta presents: Robert E. Wood and Blake Leland. 7:15 p.m. Feb. 26. Readings. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225; www.georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=666. Wood will read from his latest collection, "The Awkward Poses of Others." Leland's poetry has appeared in such outlets as the New Yorker, the Indiana Review, the Atlanta Review and Commonweal.
David Beasley, "Without Mercy." 7 p.m. Feb. 26. Talk and signing. Free. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, www.acappellabooks.com/event/david-beasley-book-signing-0. The 1938 execution of six black men and the rise to power of Georgia's Klansman governor, E.D. Rivers, collide in this true story of race, crime and corruption by former Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Beasley.
Karen Russell, "Vampires in the Lemon Grove." 7 p.m. Feb. 27. Talk and signing. $10. Reservations requested. Margaret Mitchell House & Museum, 990 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, www.margaretmitchellhouse.com/page.asp?ID=244&EventID=124. Russell's new collection of short stories showcases her unique imagination and dark vision: A community of girls is held captive in a Japanese silk factory … a teenager finds meaning in the objects left behind in a seagull's nest … and, in the title story, two vampires in an Italian lemon grove try to slake their thirst for blood.
Louis W. Sullivan, "Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine." 7 p.m. Feb. 27. Reading, talk and signing. Free. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/events. In his new memoir, Sullivan recounts his trailblazing endeavors to become a physician, founder of the Morehouse School of Medicine and secretary of Health and Human Services under President George H.W. Bush.
Susan Mallery, "Evening Stars." 12:30 p.m. March 1. Signing. $20 includes desserts and a copy of the book. Reservations required. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, www.foxtalebookshoppe.com/events. Best-selling author Mallery returns with the poignant tale of two sisters on the verge of claiming their dreams.
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