It's hot outside. Cool off your body and rev up your mind with a book reading this week. Superstar Andrew Dubus (III) will be here, and up-and-coming novelist Jonathan Miles will dis everyone's favorite hatred target: airlines. You can also learn about expensive wine and ponder why we all own so much stuff. Monday, June 9th, 6:00pm, Brattle Theatre, $5 Andre Dubus III, Garden of Last Days: A Novel Monday, June 9th, 7pm, Brookline Booksmith......

Deborah Weisgall The World Before Her 7pm tonight, Porter Square Books, free! Massachusetts resident and New Yorker writer Deborah Weisgall recently released a book, The World Before Her, which examines author Marian Evans' (you might know her better as George Eliot) unusual marriage following the death of her long-time lover. The book juxtaposes Eliot's story with the tale of a modern-day marriage's impending demise. Focused on themes of love and longing, The World Before Her......

Mark Vonnegut Armageddon in Retrospect Presentation & Discussion Brattle Theatre 6 p.m. $5 Full Details If we have to explain who Kurt Vonnegut is, you’re probably not interested in attending this event, or maybe you’ve just beamed down from Tralfamadore or something like that. Whatever your situation may be, the late legend Kurt Vonnegut is obviously best known for a little war book called Slaughterhouse-Five, but the rest of his works deserve even more attention......