Tiya Miles, "The Cherokee Rose: A Novel of Gardens and Ghosts." 7:15 p.m. July 27. Signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; acappellabooks.com/event/tiya-miles-book-signing. Based on archival research at the Chief Vann House Historic Site in Chatsworth, Miles writes of a Georgia slave plantation owned by Southern Cherokees and three women who discover long-dead secrets.
Carapace: Change. 7:30 p.m. July 28. True storytelling. Free. Manuel's Tavern, 602 N. Highland Ave. Atlanta. 404-525-3447, manuelstavern.com. Bring your 5- to 7-minute narrative about the time you were changed, made changes or had to change.
Ace Atkins, "The Redeemers." 7 p.m. July 28. Talk, signing. $5. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur. 404-486-0307, eagleeyebooks.com. In the latest of the Quinn Colson books, Quinn loses his sheriff's job, but, before he can take another offer, two men are killed — one of them the new sheriff . Quinn must reluctantly step in to investigate, and deal with the secrets he uncovers.
Lynn Pedersen and Brent Calderwood. 7:15 p.m. July 29. Poetry Atlanta readings. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=800. Pedersen is the author of two chapbooks, "Tiktaalik, Adieu," and "Theories of Rain." Carnegie Mellon University Press is publishing her collection "The Nomenclature of Small Things" in 2016. Calderwood ("The God of Longing") has published essays and reviews and is literary editor of A&U Magazine.
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