ALISON BECHDEL: Bestselling author of the graphic novel “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic,” adapted into a Broadway musical, and “Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama,” creator of the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For (written in part while living in Minnesota), discusses her work in the University of Minnesota Esther Freier Lecture in Literature and English. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7. To register for this Zoom event go to z.umn.edu/RegBechdel.
A MOMENT OF SILENCE: Contributors to the online anthology “A Moment of Silence” will give a virtual reading via Zoom at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, presented by Literary Lights. The anthology offers thoughts by Black Minnesota artists facing the uprisings after the killing of George Floyd and continuing restrictions caused by COVID-19. Contributors include community leaders, activists, politicians, mothers, scholars, youth, and elders. Featured readers are Abdifatah Farah, Joe Davis, ShaVunda Brown and Wisdom Youth. To register go to: newchapterbooksellers.com and click on Literary Lights’ event on the October calendar, or use the link nextchapterbooksellers.com/event/cracked-walnut-presents-literary-lights.
BOOK LOVERS BALL: Milkweed Editions celebrates the power of books at the Minneapolis publisher’s annual fundraising Book Lovers Ball, this year going virtual. Author Robin Wall Kimmerer joins the celebration from her home in upstate New York to discuss her bestseller “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants.” She will be joined by authors from across the country who will share stories and offer sneak peeks at what they are working on. 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8. Admission is free but there are special perks for donations ranging from $25 to $500. Go to: milkweed.org/event/book-lovers-ball-with-milkweed-editions.
BOOKS AND BARS: Friends of the St. Paul Public Library presents a discussion of “We Ride Upon Sticks” by Quan Barry, moderated by Jeff Kamin. It’s about a girls’ field hockey team that will do anything to make it to the state finals — even if it means tapping devilish powers. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7. Free and open to the public but registration is required. Go to thefriends.org/calendar-of-events.
SARAH M. BROOM: Discusses with Minnesota Public Radio’s Kerri Miller her National Book Award-winning debut memoir “The Yellow House,” about the shotgun house in New Orleans East that Broom’s mother bought in 1961. Along the way she tells of 100 years of her family and their relationship to home in a neglected area of one of America’s most mythologized cities. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, presented by Minnesota Public Radio and Star Tribune in the Talking Volumes series. To register go to: mprevents.org.
LAILA LALAMI: Moroccan-American novelist uses fiction to showcase overlooked North African stories and experiences, including her 2014 breakout “The Moor’s Account.” Her new release, “Conditional Citizens,” is a personal expose in which she uses her own immigration story as a starting point to explore the question: What does it mean to be American? 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, presented by Club Book, a program of Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA). Registration not required; event will be streamed in real time at facebook.com/ClubBook.
MOVING WORDS: Writers Across Minnesota/LITCHFIELD Virtual discussion with multi-genre, Minnesota Book Award-winning authors Allen Eskens, Su Hwang, Sheila O’Connor and Kao Kalia Yang. Moving Words is an opportunity for writers and readers to explore various themes together, including the impact of literature on their lives, their connection as fellow Minnesotans, and the lens through which we read. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, presented by Friends of the St. Paul Public Library as the Library of Congress-designated Center for the Book. Registration required at: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XGyfJO2wR0G6L0JwIXy8KA.
OPUS & OLIVES: Don’t forget this annual fundraiser for Friends of the St. Paul Public Library and Pioneer Press education endeavors, going virtual this year, featuring guest authors Mo Rocca (“Mobituaries”), Quan Barry (“We Ride Upon Sticks”), Alex Guarnaschelli (“Cook With Me — 150 Recipes for the Home Cook”) and Sue Monk Kidd (“The Book of Longings”). 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11. Couples ticket package is $200; individual streaming ticket is $50. Tickets at: thefriends.org/opus.
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