This week’s literary events

B. Andrew Plant and Suzanne Lea, “Crooked Letter i: Coming Out in the South.” 4 p.m. today. 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. today. Meet and greet, discussion, poetry reading. Free. Barnes & Noble Buckhead, 2900 Peachtree Road N.E., Atlanta. 404261-7747, stores.barnes andnoble.com/event. Gillian Royes, “The Rhythm of the August Rain,” and Lili Wright,“Dancing

With the Tiger.” 7:15 p.m. Monday. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgia center for the book. 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 Tuesday. 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 Tues days Saturdays, knowing Jews did not want their children to attend school on their Sabbath. Lauren Weisberger, “The

Singles Game.” 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. 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. Thursday. 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. Thursday. 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. Friday. 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. 770-5169989, foxtalebookshoppe. com/events. Just as an Englishwoman and her American landlord start to imagine a life together, fate intervenes.