Books
Ex-SNL writer Patricia Marx, who was also one of the first women to be elected to the Lampoon, will be at Borders Back Bay to talk about Him Her Him Again the End of Him, about a woman who cannot wash a supremely snotty, pretentious man out of her hair. Check out the first chapter, in which Marx's heroine describes her first encounter with "Eugene" and tries to remember what her dissertation was about in the first place. 6:00 pm. Free.

Movies
The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival begins today and runs through the 20th at the MFA and the Peabody Essex Museum. Bostonist has highlights and descriptions of the movies that will be shown, and you'll see continuing coverage from us throughout the festival.