THIS WEEK’S LITERARY EVENTS

Jim Jordan,“The SlaveTrader’s Letter-Book.” In Jordan’s award-winning book, 70 long-lost letters detail the illegal landing of 400 African slaves on Jekyll Island in 1858. 3 p.m. Feb. 16. Reading, signing. Free. Liberty Books, 176 W. Crogan St., Lawrenceville, 770945-9288, www.gwinnettpl. org/ Marie Benedict,“The Only

Woman in the Room.” Benedict (“The Other Einstein”) shines a literary spotlight on Hedy Lamarr, whose stardom obscured her frustrated career as a brilliant inventor. 2 p.m. Feb. 17. Talk, signing. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock, 770-516-9989, www.foxtalebookshoppe. com/events/ Atlanta Review 25th

Anniversary. Poetry @ Tech celebrates the 25th anniversary of the biannual Atlanta Review, founded in 1994 by Dan Veach, with an evening of poetry featuring David Tomas Martinez, Phillippa Yaa de Villiers, and Rosa Lane. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19. Readings. Free. Georgia Institute of Technology, Kress Auditorium, 500 Tenth St., Atlanta, 404-894-2000, poetry.gatech.edu/events Anissa Gray,“The Care and Feeding of Ravenously

Hungry Girls.” In Atlanta author Gray’s debut novel, imprisonment is the backdrop for a story about a woman who raised her siblings in the absence of their parents. After she and her husband are arrested, her two sisters

must help care for her teenage daughters. In conversation with Joshilyn Jackson (“The Almost Sisters”). 7:15 p.m. Feb 19. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur, 404370-3070, Ext. 2285, www. charisbooksandmore.com Anthony Grooms,“The Vain

Conversation.” Inspired by true events, Grooms’ novel reflects on the 1946 lynching of two black couples in Georgia from the perspectives of three characters: one of the victims, a presumed perpetrator, and a witness to the murders. 6 p.m. Feb. 20. Talk, signing. $5-$10. DeKalb History Center Museum, 101 E. Court Square, Decatur, 404-373-1088, www. dekalbhistory.org/