This week’s literary events

Jim Grimsley,“How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Lessons of a Racist Childhood.” 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Reading, signing. Emory University’s Joseph W. Jones Room, Level 3, Robert W. Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Circle, Atlanta. 404727-6861, arts.emory.edu. In Grimsley’s upcoming memoir, he recalls the integration of his school system in eastern North Carolina in 1966. Alan Lightman,“Screening Room: Family Pictures.” 7 p.m. Tuesday. Talk, signing. Free; reservations recommended. Margaret Mitchell House & Museum, 990 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com. Lightman’s memoir focuses on his roots in Memphis, including encounters with Elvis Presley and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Jamie Mason,“Monday’s Lie.” 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Reading, signing. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com. From the author of“Three Graves Full”comes a new thriller about a woman who digs into her past to confirm her suspicion that her husband wants her dead. Ai-Jen Poo,“The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America.” 7 p.m. Tuesday. Suggested donation: $5. Charis Books & More, 1189 Euclid Ave N.E., Atlanta. 404-524-0304, charisbooksandmore.com. The director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance will lead a discussion of the changes in culture and policy needed for people to age with dignity, independence and self-determination. Sara Blaedel,“The Forgotten Girls,”with Karin Slaughter. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Free. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur. 404-486-0307, eagleeyebooks.com. Atlanta author Slaughter (“Cop Town”) joins Danish crime writer Blaedel to talk about her latest novel, which stars detective Louise Rick as head of a new missing-persons department. Tom Chaffin,“Giant’s Causeway: Frederick Douglass’s Irish Odyssey and the Making of an American Visionary.” 8 p.m. Wednesday. Talk, signing. $10. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, atlan tahistorycenter.com. Atlanta author Chaffin chronicles a transformational episode — Douglass’ 1845-47 U.K. lecture tour. David Rothkopf,“National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear.” 7 p.m. Thursday. Reading, discussion, signing. Free. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov. Rothkopf examines how the threat of terrorism led U.S. presidents to adopt fear as a national policy. Carol Ann Duffy. 4 p.m. Saturday. Poetry reading. Free. Emory University’s Glenn Memorial Auditorium, 1652 N. Decatur Road, Atlanta. 404-727-5050, web.library.emory.edu. The first female — and the first openly LGBT person — to be named Britain’s poet laureate, Duffy writes about love, death and women. Zellie Rainey Orr,“First Top Guns.” 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Talk, signing. Free. AtlantaFulton Public Library, 115 Norcross St., Roswell. 770640-3075, afplweb.com. Orr will discuss black World War II aviation history.