Philip Lee Williams, "The Color of All Things: 99 Love Poems." 7:15 p.m. April 7. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=775. Townsend Prize and Georgia Author of the Year winner Williams ("The Heart of a Distant Forest") touches on the universality of love and the beauty of the natural world.
Nina MacLaughlin, "Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter." 7:30 p.m. April 7. Reading, signing. Suggested donation: $5. Charis Books & More, 1189 Euclid Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-524-0304, charisbooksandmore.com/event/nina-maclaughlin-reads-hammer-head-making-carpenter. In her 20s, MacLaughlin applied for a carpenter's assistant job despite being unable to tell a Phillips from a flathead screwdriver; her new book tells how becoming a carpenter changed the way she sees the world.
Ricks Carson and David Hutto. 9 p.m. April 8. Poetry reading. $5. Tickets sold at the door, cash/check only. Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, 980 Briarcliff Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-872-5338. Ext. 228; callanwolde.org/calendar.
Robin Oliveira, "I Always Loved You." 7:15 p.m. April 8. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=769. Oliveira re-creates the world of Belle Époque Paris in this novel about the relationship between young Mary Cassatt and Impressionist painter Edgar Degas.
Louis Masur, "Lincoln's Last Speech: Wartime Reconstruction and the Crisis of Reunion." 8 p.m. April 9. Lecture, signing. $10. Reservations required. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com/tags/lectures. Lincoln's final speech gives a clear indication of what his postwar policy on Reconstruction might have looked like — differing starkly from what happened in the tumultuous decade that followed.
Amanda Palmer, "The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help." 8 p.m. April 9. $25-$28. Variety Playhouse, 1099 Euclid Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-524-7354, www.variety-playhouse.com. A 2013 TED talk by punk musician Palmer became the basis for a book that details the emotional, philosophical and practical aspects of asking for help.
Pate McMichael, "Klandestine: How a Klan Lawyer and a Checkbook Journalist Helped James Earl Ray Cover Up His Crime." 7 p.m. April 9. Reading, talk, signing. Free. Manuel's Tavern, 602 N. Highland Ave. Atlanta. 404-525-3447, acappellabooks.com/event/pate-mcmichael-book-signing. Journalist McMichael examines the propagating of conspiracy theories surrounding the killing of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Stuart Woods, "Hot Pursuit." 7 p.m. April 10. Talk, signing. Free. Gwinnett County Public Library, Hamilton Mill Branch, 3690 Braselton Highway, Dacula. 770- 978-5154, gwinnettpl.org/event/stuart-woods-book-talk-and-signing. In Book 33 of the Stone Barrington series, Stone and a gorgeous pilot travel to Europe, where trouble soon develops.
Ridley Pearson, "The Return." 4:30 p.m. April 10. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events. Book 1 of Pearson's Disney Lands series returns to the five teenagers known as the Kingdom Keepers.
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