This week’s literary events

Berry’s latest Cotton Malone book marks the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death by examining what happened in a shocking new way. 7 p.m. March 25. Talk, signing. $10-15. Marcus Jewish Community Center, Zaban Park, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, 678-8124000, atlantajcc.org.

7 p.m. March 26. Signing. Free. Prototype Prime, 147 Technology Parkway, Suite 100, Peachtree Corners, 770-9785154, gwinnettpl.org Leahy explores why and how tumors happen, how we think and talk about them, and how we try to rid ourselves of them. 7 p.m. March 26. Lecture, signing. Free. Jimmy Carter Library & Museum, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, 404-865-7100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov

Clark’s oral biography, based on 200 hours of no-holds-barred conversations with the late Pat Conroy, includes aspects of his tumultuous life never before revealed. 7:15 p.m. March 26. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur, 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285, georgia center for the book. org/ Landrieu’s unblinking memoir confronts the racism that shapes us and argues for white America to reckon with its past. 8 p.m. March 26. Talk, signing. $10. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road NW ., Atlanta ,404-8144150, atlanta history center. com Extraordinary conversations between a confidant of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a modern-day activist examine today’s secondwave civil rights movement and the significance of recent racially motivated events. 7 p.m. March 28. Talk, signing. Free. Jimmy Carter Library & Museum, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, 404-8657100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov

Journalist Perrusquia examines the double life of famed civil rights photographer Ernest Withers, who from 1958 to 1976 documented the iconic moments of the civil rights movement. 7 p.m. March 28. Talk, signing. Free. Auburn Avenue Research Library, 101 Auburn Ave. NE., Atlanta, 404-730-4001, ext. 100, afpls.org Celebrate Duluth’s Bicentennial with Norwood’s history of the little farming village originally founded as Howell’s Cross Roads in 1821. 7 p.m. March 29. Talk, signing. Free. Duluth City Hall, 3167 Main St., Duluth, 770-4763434, duluthga.net Nezhukumatathil’s most recent collection of poems, “Oceanic,” and a book of nature essays, “World of Wonder,” are both forthcoming in 2018. 2 p.m. March 30. Colloquium. Free. Emory University, Kemp Malone Library, N301 Callaway Memorial Center, 537 Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, creativewriting.emory.edu.

4 p.m. Poetry reading, signing, reception. Joseph W. Jones Room, Level 3, Robert W. Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Circle, 404-727-6861.