Terry Kay, "Song of the Vagabond Bird." 7:15 p.m. Sept. 22. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=732. The best-selling author of "To Dance With the White Dog" returns with a tale of magical realism, an island of ghosts and five men determined to beat their own demons.
Lawrence Wright, "Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David." 7 p.m. Sept. 22. Reading, signing. Free; ticketed event. Day Chapel, Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov/events. Wright takes readers through each of the 13 days of the Camp David conference, to plumb the issues and enmities between Egypt and Israel and explain the relevant background to the conflict.
Anne Sarah Rubin, "Through the Heart of Dixie: Sherman's March and American Memory." 8 p.m. Sept. 23. Civil War 150 lecture, signing. $10. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com/program/civil-war-150-lecture-anne-sarah-rubin-through-heart-dixie-sherman's-march-and-american. Rubin ("A Shattered Nation: The Rise and Fall of the Confederacy, 1861-1868") shares stories and myths about Sherman's march from a wide variety of sources, including African-Americans, women, Union soldiers, Confederates and even Sherman himself.
Richard Blanco and Jericho Brown. 7:30 p.m. Sept. 25. Poetry readings. Free. Kress Auditorium, Robert C. Williams Paper Museum, 500 10th Street N.W., Atlanta. Free parking available in front of the building's entrance or through the gate, straight ahead as you turn off 10th Street. For more directions and parking information, visit ipst.gatech.edu/amp. 404-894-2000, poetry.gatech.edu/events.html. In 2013, Blanco ("Looking for the Gulf Motel") was the fifth poet to read at a presidential inauguration, becoming the youngest and the first Latino, immigrant and openly gay writer to hold that honor. Past American Book Award winner Brown, an assistant professor in the creative writing program at Emory University, continues his examination of race, masculinity and sexuality in his second book, "The New Testament."
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, "What is an American Muslim? Embracing Faith and Citizenship." 7:30 p.m. Sept. 25. Reading, discussion, signing. Suggested donation: $5. Charis Books & More, 1189 Euclid Ave N.E., Atlanta. 404-524-0304, charisbooksandmore.com/event/community-discussion-muslim-american-community-and-allies-dr-abdullahi-naim-author-what-americ. A U.S. citizen born and raised in the Sudan and an internationally recognized scholar of Islam, Emory University law professor An-Na'im offers a bold, provocative take on the future of Islam in America.
Ronald Schuchard, "The Complete Prose of T.S. Eliot." 4 p.m. Sept. 26. Talk, book launch. Free. Jones Room, Level 3, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, 540 Asbury Circle, Atlanta. 404-727-6861, arts.emory.edu/calendar/#/?i=2. Emory University English professor and series editor Schuchard will talk about the publication of the first two volumes, which collect Eliot's earliest known writings.
