THIS WEEK’S LITERARY EVENTS

George Weinstein,“Watch

What You Say.” A popular web-radio personality is pushed beyond her limits when her husband is kidnapped by a man who commands her to interview him live on her show. Noon Dec. 7. Talk, signing. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock, 770-5169989, foxtalebookshoppe. com/events/

Jelani M. Favors,“Shelter in a

Time of Storm.” Clayton State University associate professor Favors offers a well-researched account of historical black colleges and their influence on generations of black student leadership and activism. 3 p.m. Dec. 8. Talk, signing. Free. Auburn Avenue Research Library, 101 Auburn Ave. NE, Atlanta, 404-613-4001, afpls. org/events-aarl

Michael Eric Dyson,“Jay-Z:

Made in America.” Dyson tackles the themes of Jay-Z’s career, and recognizes the way he weaves politics into his music, making important statements about race, criminal justice, black wealth and social injustice. 7 p.m. Dec. 9. Talk, signing. Free. Carter Center’s Cecil B. Day Chapel, 453 Freedom Pkwy. NE, Atlanta, 404-420-5100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov/ events/

Kent Alexander and Kevin

Salwen,“The Suspect.” A former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia and a longtime Wall Street Journal reporter collaborate on this masterful truecrime account of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing and the security guard-turned-suspect at the heart of it all, Richard Jewell. 7 p.m. Dec. 11. Talk, signing. Free. Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum, 441 Freedom Parkway NE, Atlanta, 404-865-7100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov/ events/

Phillip DePoy,“Sidewalk

Saint.” In DePoy’s latest Foggy Moscowitz mystery, the amateur sleuth must find a missing girl with a special gift — and a secret that certain people want to make sure stays buried in her memory. With Alison Law. 7 p.m. Dec. 12. Talk, signing. Free. Wrecking Bar Brewpub, 292 Moreland Ave. NE, Atlanta, 404-6815128, acappellabooks.com/ events.php