Pellom McDaniels III, "The Prince of Jockeys: The Life of Isaac Burns Murphy." 3 p.m. Feb. 9. Discussion and signing. Free. Hammonds House Museum, 503 Peeples St. S.W., Atlanta. 404-730-4001, Ext. 100; www.afpls.org/aarl. McDaniels writes about the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby three times, whose life spanned the Civil War, Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era.
Edward Kelsey Moore, "The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat." 7:15 p.m. Feb. 10. Talk and signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225; www.georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=652. Dubbed "the Supremes" in high school in the 1960s, three friends weather life's storms by gathering each Sunday at Earl's diner, the first black-owned restaurant in Plainview, Ind.
Ben Marcus, "Leaving the Sea." 7:15 p.m. Feb. 12. Talk and signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225, www.georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=653. From the author of "The Flame Alphabet" comes a collection as melancholy and funny as it is surreal and morbid.
Robin Oliveira , "I Always Loved You." 6:30 p.m. Feb. 12. Talk and signing. Free; reservations recommended. H. Harper Station, 904 Memorial Drive, Atlanta. More information: A Cappella Books, 404-681-5128, www.acappellabooks.com. Oliveira ("My Name Is Mary Sutter") re-creates the golden world of La Belle Epoque through two artists who meet in Paris: Philadelphia-born Mary Cassatt and French impressionist Edgar Degas. H. Harper Station will offer a $25 selection of French-inspired small plates paired with sparkling and other wines, or attendees may order off the menu and from the bar.
Susana Morris, "Close Kin and Distant Relatives: The Paradox of Respectability in Black Women's Literature." 7:30 p.m. Feb 12. Talk and signing. $5 suggested donation. Charis Books & More, 1189 Euclid Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-524-0304, www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/close-kin-and-distant-relatives-paradox-respectability-black-womens-literature-susana-morris. Morris focuses on the literature of Paule Marshall, Jamaica Kincaid, Edwidge Danticat and Sapphire.
Alvin Townley, "Defiant." 7 p.m. Feb. 12. Reading and signing. Free. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/events. During the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese sent 11 of the most defiant prisoners of war to an isolated prison. Back home, their stalwart wives launched a campaign that ultimately sparked the nationwide POW/MIA movement.
Jamie Iredell, "I Was a Fat Drunk Catholic School Insomniac." 6 p.m. Feb. 13. Talk and signing. Free. SCAD's Ivy Hall Writers Series, Ivy Hall, 179 Ponce de Leon Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-253-3324, www.scad.edu/calendar/events. Iredell delivers essays that reveal a writer who takes on his literal highs and existential lows with the unembellished voice of an anthropologist.
Laura Lippman, "After I'm Gone." 7:15 p.m. Feb. 13. Talk and signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225; www.georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=654. A businessman disappears, and 10 years later his mistress vanishes. Decades later, a retired detective digs up a tangled web connecting the missing man's faithful wife, his dead mistress and three very different daughters.
Kelly Corrigan, "Glitter and Glue: A Memoir." 7 p.m. Feb 13. Talk and signing. $10. Margaret Mitchell House & Museum, 990 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. $5-$10, reservations requested. 404-814-4150, www.margaretmitchellhouse.com/page.asp?ID=244&EventID=122. Readers met Corrigan's father in "The Middle Place." Now Corrigan examines the bonds between mothers and daughters through a period in her life when she became nanny to two motherless children.
The Minimalists, "Everything That Remains." 6:30 p.m. Feb. 15. Signing. Free. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur. 404-486-0307, http://eagleeyebooks.com/index.html. Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus have garnered an audience of more than 2 million at theminimalists.com, where they write about living a meaningful life with less stuff. In this memoir, Millburn tells what led to his decision to let go of everything and begin living more deliberately.
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