Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen, "Thanks for the Feedback." 7:15 p.m. March 17. Talk and signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=659. Stone and Heen ("Difficult Conversations") have spent 10 years working to determine what types of feedback help us learn and what gets in our way. With humor and clarity, they blend the latest insights from neuroscience and psychology with practical advice.
Paulette Livers, "Cementville." 7 p.m. March 18. Talk and signing. $10; reservations required. Margaret Mitchell House & Museum, 990 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com/visit/event/318?calendar=month. In 1969, a small Kentucky town is forever changed when seven of its local sons sent to Vietnam return in coffins, with only one surviving. Soon, new bodies begin to turn up around town.
Elisabeth Sheff, "The Polyamorists Next Door." 7:30 p.m. March 19. Panel discussion and signing. Suggested donation: $15. Charis Books & More, 1189 Euclid Ave N.E., Atlanta. 404-524-0304, charisbooksandmore.com/event/advanced-sexuality-series-i'm-poly-and…. Polyamory is the practice of having more than one intimate relationship at a time. The panel tackles how polyamorous folks live and what their beliefs entail.
Sharon Olds. 6 p.m. March 20. Reading. Free. Tickets (limit two per person) available at the box office and at A Cappella Books, Charis Books & More, Eagle Eye Book Shop and Little Shop of Stories. Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Emory University, 1700 N. Decatur Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-727-5050, web.library.emory.edu/news-events/news/2014/sharon-olds-at-emory.html. Olds is the author of 12 poetry collections, including, most recently, "Stag's Leap." Books of Olds' poetry and a limited-edition broadside will be on sale at the event.
Carolyn Curry, "Suffer and Grow Strong: The Life of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, 1834-1907." 7:15 p.m. March 20. Talk and signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=675. Curry's new book chronicles the life of another Georgian — an intelligent young woman with a love of learning who kept a diary for more than 40 years, starting before the Civil War. The 13 volumes detailed her life, her education at Wesleyan Female College in Macon, her marriage, and pre- and post-war hardships.
Louis W. Sullivan, "Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine." 3 p.m. March 22. Reading, talk and signing. Free. Auburn Avenue Research Library, 101 Auburn Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-730-4001, Ext. 100; afpls.org/events-aarl. Throughout his life, the first president of Morehouse School of Medicine has championed better health care and increased access to medical professions for the poor and people of color. His memoir takes readers from his childhood in segregated South Georgia to his years in Washington dealing with the AIDS crisis and pushing comprehensive health care reform.
Jeff High, "More Things in Heaven and Earth." 12:30 p.m. March 22. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events. When an ambitious young doctor heads to a rural Tennessee town to pay off student debt and fulfill a promise, his relationships with the locals prove more complicated than he ever imagined.
