B. Andrew Plant and Suzanne Lea, "Crooked Letter i: Coming Out in the South." 4 p.m. July 17. Reading, signing, Q&A. Free. Phoenix & Dragon Bookstore, 5531 Roswell Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-255-5207, phoenixanddragon.com. Atlanta-based Plant and Lea are two of the 16 authors in this collection of "coming out" experiences from a cross section of gay, lesbian, and transgender Southerners.

Sally Stewart Mohney, Erin Ganaway and William Wright. 3 p.m. July 17. Meet and greet, discussion, poetry reading. Free. Barnes & Noble Buckhead, 2900 Peachtree Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-261-7747, stores.barnesandnoble.com/event.

Gillian Royes, "The Rhythm of the August Rain," and Lili Wright, "Dancing With the Tiger." 7:15 p.m. July 18. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgiacenterforthebook.org/events. In the fourth novel of Royes' Shad detective series, a woman's mysterious disappearance is investigated. In Wright's thriller, a woman tracks what may be the funerary mask of Montezuma to Mexico's underground art world.

Tom Keating, "Saturday School: How One Town Kept Out 'the Jewish' 1902-32." Noon July 19. Talk, signing. Free. DeKalb History Center Museum, 101 E. Court Square, Decatur. 404-373-1088, dekalbhistory.org. Keating will discuss how, for 30 years, the Decatur school system held classes Tuesdays-Saturdays, knowing Jews did not want their children to attend school on their Sabbath.

Lauren Weisberger, "The Singles Game." 7:30 p.m. July 20. Talk, signing. $15. Marcus Jewish Community Center, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. 678-812-4000, atlantajcc.org/pldb-live. Weisberger ("The Devil Wears Prada") returns with a tale of a tennis pro who stages a comeback with the help of a ruthless coach. She'll be joined by Jenn Hobby of Star 94.1 FM.

Mark Landler, "Alter Egos: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and the Twilight Struggle Over American Power." 7 p.m. July 21. Lecture, signing. Free. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, acappellabooks.com/event. New York Times reporter Landler follows two political archrivals with a common sense of historical destiny but whose beliefs about how to project American power are fundamentally different.

Open mic poetry night. 8 p.m. July 21. Readings. $5. Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, 980 Briarcliff Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-872-5338, Ext. 228; callanwolde.org/calendar. Open to the first 10 amateur and professional poets who call and sign up.

Wendy Wax, "Sunshine Beach," Kim Boykin, "Echoes of Mercy," and Kim Wright, "Last Ride to Graceland." 5 p.m. July 22. Talk, signing. Free. Book Exchange, 2956 Canton Road, Marietta. 770-427-4848, bookexchangemarietta.com. The fourth book of Wax's series sees three friends trying to restore an old beach-front resort; in Boykin's Lowcountry tale, a town's first female police chief reopens a decades-old case; and Wright's heroine travels to Graceland for an answer: Is Elvis Presley her father?

Sheila Grinell, "Appetite." 2 p.m. July 23. Talk, signing. Free. Tall Tales Book Shop, 2105 LaVista Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-636-2498, talltalesatlanta.com/events.html. When a woman returns from a year in India with a guru she intends to marry, her parents hope to convince her she's making a mistake.

Jane Green, "Falling: A Love Story." 1 p.m. July 23. Signing. $28, includes book. RSVP. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events. Just as an Englishwoman and her American landlord start to imagine a life together, fate intervenes.

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