Open mic poetry night at Callanwolde. 8 p.m. Aug. 14. Reading. Tickets sold at the door (cash or check only). $5. Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, 980 Briarcliff Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-872-5338, Ext. 228; www.callanwolde.org/events/index.html. Open to the first 10 poets who call and sign up.
Georgia Center for the Book's 2013 fall book preview. 7:15 p.m. Aug. 14. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Discussion. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225; www.georgiacenterforthebook.org. Fall is traditionally the time of year when publishers release the hottest books by their most popular authors. Chat with representatives from America's biggest publishers for an advance look at new titles.
Lex Luger, "Wrestling With the Devil: The True Story of a World Champion Professional Wrestler — His Reign, Ruin and Redemption." 7 p.m. Aug. 15. Signing. Free. Barnes & Noble Buckhead, 2900 Peachtree Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-261-7747, http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/1907. Three-time world heavyweight champion Luger (Larry Pfohl) wrestled with addictions to sex, drugs and alcohol, but awaiting him was his most brutal opponent yet, a stroke that left him paralyzed from the neck down. Luger reveals never-before-told stories from his career, his struggle with personal demons, and the battle he fought to walk again.
What's new in poetry: Dolly Lemke, Wendy Xu, Aubrie Marrin, Mike Young. 8 p.m. Aug. 16. Reading. Free. Ground Floor, Emory Barnes & Noble, 1390 Oxford Road, Atlanta. 404-727-6222, www.poetrycouncil.campuslifetech.org/the-whats-new-in-poetry-reading-series/2012-2013.
True Story: Charles McNair, Benjamin Carr and Emma Bolden. 8 p.m. Aug. 16. Storytelling. Free. Kavarna Bar & Coffeeshop, 707 East Lake Drive, Decatur. 404-371-1113, http://truestoryga.com. McNair, who shares book reviews weekly on Atlanta's WMLB 1690 AM, will have his second novel, "Pickett's Charge," published Sept. 20. Carr, a writer, journalist and storyteller, has performed regularly with Carapace and Stories on the Square, and has been a featured reader at Write Club Atlanta and HydeATL. Bolden is the author of "Malificae," a book-length series of poems about the witch trials in early modern Europe, and is an assistant professor of creative writing at Georgia Southern University.
Edward Kelsey Moore, "The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat." 5 p.m. Aug. 17. Reading and signing. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, www.foxtalebookshoppe.com. In the mid-1960s, three black teenage friends — dubbed "the Supremes" by their high school pals — start meeting at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat in Plainview, Ind. Forty years later, the heartwarming, funny story of their friendship and struggles with infidelity, illness and tragic family history continues at Earl's.
John Lewis, "March." 1 p.m. Aug. 17. Signing. Free. Wristband required. Barnes & Noble Buckhead, 2900 Peachtree Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-261-7747, http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/1907. U.S. Rep John Lewis was one of the key figures of the civil rights movement. His commitment to justice and nonviolence has taken him from a sharecropper's farm to Congress to receiving the Medal of Freedom. In collaboration with co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell, Lewis presents a first-hand account of his life in the form of a graphic novel trilogy. Book One spans Lewis' youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and their battle to tear down segregation through lunch counter sit-ins.
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