Author Events April 8-14
Jason Reynolds, "For Every One." Award-winning writer Reynolds ("Long Way Down") offers a letter in the form of a long poem that acknowledges and encourages young people's dreams and aspirations. 3 p.m. April 8. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur, 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285, georgiacenterforthebook.org/
Rochelle Riley, "The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery." A new collection of essays edited by award-winning Detroit newspaper columnist Riley calls for America to understand what life post-slavery remains like for many African Americans: one in which they continue to fight racial injustice and rise above the lowered expectations and hateful bigotry that attempt to shackle them to the past. 3 p.m. April 8. Lecture, signing. Free. Auburn Avenue Research Library, 101 Auburn Ave. NE., Atlanta, 404-730-4001, ext. 100, afpls.org/events-aarl
Lisa See, "The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane." In the new novel by See ("Snowflower and the Secret Fan"), one of the few educated girls in a remote Chinese village rejects old customs to leave home for an education, a business, and city life — though one tradition draws her back. 7 p.m. April 9. $25. Margaret Mitchell House, 979 Crescent Ave. NE., Atlanta, 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com
Julie E. Bloemeke, Karen Head, and J.C. Reilly, "Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse." Georgia poets Bloemeke, Head and Reilly will read from a new anthology celebrating strong women who resist limitations. Joining them are special guest readers Shalonda Cash, Anjali Enjeti, and Jessica Handler. 7 p.m. April 11. Reading. $5. Oglethorpe Museum of Art, 4484 Peachtree Road NE., Atlanta, 404-364-8555, connect.oglethorpe.edu
President Jimmy Carter, "Faith: A Journey for All." In this moving reflection, President Carter examines faith's many meanings: how to accept it, live it, how to doubt and find faith again. See the link for rules about wristbands, security and the signing line, which forms at 3 p.m. outside the Carter Presidential Museum. 5:30 p.m. April 11. Signing. Free wristband for signing line with purchase of book. Jimmy Carter Library & Museum, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, 404-865-7100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov
Anthony Grooms, "The Vain Conversation." In his second novel, Grooms ("Bombingham") turns to the 1946 lynching of two black couples in Georgia — seen through the eyes of three characters, including a 10-year-old boy who witnessed the murders — to explore issues of America's racial violence and speak to broader issues of oppression and violence everywhere. 7 p.m. April 12. Talk, signing. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock, 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com
Spring Poetry Event: Stuart Dischell, David Bottoms, and Tarfia Faizullah. Dischell is the author of "Good Hope Road," a National Poetry Series Selection, and "Children With Enemies" (2017). Bottoms has written eight books of poetry, two novels, and a book of essays and interviews; his most recent book of poems is "We Almost Disappear" (2011). Faizullah is the author of the award-winning poetry collection, "Seam," and of the forthcoming "Registers of Illuminated Villages." 7:30 p.m. April 12. Readings. Free. Georgia Institute of Technology, Kress Auditorium, 500 10th St., Atlanta, 404-894-2000, poetry.gatech.edu
