Book It: Book Events This Week

May winds down with some excellent book events addressing issues from economics to politics to the art of writing. There's even a double-whammy of Wrights reading poetry tomorrow night.

Monday, May 26th, 7pm, Brookline Booksmith
Franz Wright, God’s Silence
C.D. Wright, Rising, Falling, Hovering

Tuesday, May 27th, 6pm, Brattle Theatre, $5
sponsored by Harvard Book Store
Ted Sorensen, Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History

Tuesday, May 27, 7pm, Porter Square Books
Leif Enger, So Brave, Young, and Handsome

Tuesday, May 27th, 7pm, Brookline Booksmith
Nam Le, The Boat

Wednesday, May 28th, 6pm, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Tickets $5
James Frey, Bright Shiny Morning: A Novel
Sponsored by Brookline Booksmith

Wednesday, May 28th, 7pm, Harvard Book Store
Margot Livesey, The House on Fortune Street: A Novel

*Thursday, May 29th, 6pm, Brattle Theatre, $5
sponsored by Harvard Book Store
Russell Banks, Mike Gravel, and Howard Zinn
"A Conversation on American Identity"

Thursday, May 29, 6:30pm, Florian Hall, Dorchester
Raise the Roof II, a benefit for renovations to Interim House
Readings by Michael Patrick MacDonald, George Pelecanos, Joe Pernice, Tom Perrotta, Warren Zanes

*Thursday, May 29, 7pm, Porter Square Books
Jared Bernstein, Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed?

Thursday, May 29th, 7pm, Brookline Booksmith
Kathleen Spivack, Moments of Past Happiness

Next week, both Lewis Black and David Sedaris are in town to tickle our funnybones. Sedaris is already sold out, but it looks like Lewis tickets are still available. Get 'em while you can!