Verses and Flows. 3 p.m. April 28. Poetry reading. Free. Auburn Avenue Research Library, 101 Auburn Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-730-4001, www.afpls.org/aarl. Original poetry and spoken-word performances from Felton Eaddy, Lakeitha Wilson, Ravon Keith, Kimberly Payne, Keir Singleton and Kenneth Kapers.
An evening with Southern poets. 7:15 p.m. April 30. Reading. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225; www.georgiacenterforthebook.org. Atlanta poet and host Collin Kelley ("Render") welcomes 20 outstanding poets for readings from the newly published "Southern Anthology of Poetry: Georgia." Guests include Michael Diebert, Julie Bloemeke, Chelsea Rathburn, James May, Christopher Martin, Rupert Fike, Chad Davidson, Karen Head, Memye, Curtis Tucker and others.
Jeffery Small, "The Jericho Deception." 7 p.m. April 30. Barnes & Noble Buckhead, 2900 Peachtree Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-261-7747, http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/1907. In Small's latest thriller (after "The Breath of God"), a Yale neuroscientist is on the verge of a groundbreaking discovery: a machine with the ability to produce religious ecstasy.
David Stockman, "The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America." 7 p.m. May 1. Reading and signing. Free. Jimmy Carter Library & Museum, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov. Stockman, who served as budget director in the Reagan administration, argues that interference by both liberals and neoconservatives has negatively impacted the economy.
Emory Poetry Council readings: Danielle Pafunda, Shanna Compton, Jennifer L. Knox. 8 p.m. May 3. Free. Barnes & Noble @ Emory, 1390 Oxford Road, Atlanta. 404-727-6222, http://emory.bncollege.com.
Bernice McFadden, "Gathering of Waters." 2 p.m. May 4. Reading and signing. Free. Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Southwest Branch, 3665 Cascade Road S.W., Atlanta. 404-699-6363. McFadden draws upon the events of the Mississippi flood of 1927 and the brutal murder of Emmett Till in 1955 for her novel about three generations of women in Money, Miss., the town that narrates this imaginative, memorable ghost story.
Pete van Wieren, "Of Mikes and Men." 2 p.m. May 4. Signing. Free. Barnes & Noble at the Forum on Peachtree Parkway, 5141 Peachtree Parkway, Norcross. 770-209-4244, http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/2070. In 1976, Skip Caray and Van Wieren were hired to call Atlanta Braves games and soon became the voices of America's Team. The Hall of Fame broadcaster shares his memories of three decades worth of baseball's highs and lows.
Advance tickets for Neil Gaiman, "The Ocean at the End of the Lane." 7 p.m. June 22. Signing. Ticketed event. $28.88. Advance tickets are $26.99 plus tax, available with the purchase of the book through Eagle Eye Book Shop; one ticket per book, limit three tickets. Presser Hall, Agnes Scott College, 141 E. College Ave., Decatur. 404-471-6000, http://calendar.agnesscott.edu. In Gaiman's first adult novel since 2009's "Anansi Boys," an artist returns to his childhood home in the English countryside to recover his memory of events that nearly destroyed him and his family. Attendees can get as many copies of the book signed as they purchase from Eagle Eye, as well as one additional item.
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