THIS WEEK’S LITERARY EVENTS

A researcher who vanishes from a genetic technology firm leads detectives on a four-state hunt for the gene-editing tool that went missing with her. 1 p.m. July 28. Book launch, signing. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock, 770-5169989, foxtalebookshoppe. com/events/.

Law professor and author Walker employs American writers such as Robert Penn Warren, James Baldwin, Eudora Welty, Ralph Ellison, Flannery O’Connor, and Zora Neale Hurston to demonstrate that racial segregation in the Jim Crow South fostered not simply terror and violence, but also diversity. 7 p.m. July 30. Talk, signing. Free. Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, 404-8657100, jimmycarterlibrary. gov/events/

Four centuries ago, a Muslim woman ruled an empire. Emory University historian Lal recreates the life of the favorite wife of the Emperor Jahangir, whose power far exceeded the authority of her female contemporaries in Renaissance Europe, including Elizabeth I. 7 p.m. Aug. 2. Talk, signing. Free. Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum,

441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, 404-865-7100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov/ events/

Hoover (“It Ends with Us”) writes about a troubled marriage and the one forgotten promise that might be able to save it. 7 p.m. Aug. 2. Talk, signing. $17 includes copy of book. First Christian Church Of Decatur, 601 W. Ponce De Leon Ave., Decatur, 404486-0307, eagleeyebooks. com