Notable Twin Cities: 2/9–2/15

Sunday 2/9: Donna Isaac hosts a Literary Lights reading featuring local writers Hawona Sullivan-Janzen, Brenda Brown Bell, James Bernard Short, A. Rafael Johnson, Mary Moore Easter, and Clarence White. Next Chapter Booksellers, 2 p.m., free.

Monday 2/10: Poet Sean Hill opens the Literary Witnesses’s 2020 season with Erin Lynn Marsh, Preeti Kaur Rajpal, Naomi Cohn, and Julian Randall. Plymouth Congregational Church, 7 p.m., free.

Tuesday 2/11: Books & Bars book club will discuss The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North. Moon Palace Books, 7 p.m., free.

Wednesday 2/12: Poet Laurie Allmann will read from her book, An Hour from Now, as a part of the Fireside Reading Series. Hamline Midway Library, 7 p.m., free.

Leslie Morgan presents her memoir The Naked Truth. Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 7 p.m., free.

Thursday 2/13: Marlin M. Jenkins celebrates the release of his debut chapbook, Capable Monsters, with readings from poets Thea Rowe, Annie Liu, and torrin a. greathouse, and a conversation with poet Danez Smith. Milkweed Books, 7 p.m., free.

Cracked Walnut presents an evening of breakup poems, featuring local poets Joseph Michael Davis, Jessica Winnie, Eric Tu, Brett Elizabeth Jenkins, Tony Plocido, and Jessi Marie. Honey, 7 p.m., free (donations accepted).

Saturday 2/15: Saint Paul Public Library’s Read Brave book club will discuss The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline. Sun Ray Branch Library, 10 a.m., free.

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