Literary calendar for week of June 28
- Aamina Ahmad will discuss her book "July Sun: Stories" at Magers & Quinn on Tuesday, while Green Roof Poetry will host Poetry as Resistance at Walker Art Center on Thursday, and Joanne Esser and Pamela Carter Joern will read from their works at SubText Books on Wednesday.
AAMINA AHMAD:Award-winning author of "The Return of Faraz Ali" presents "July Sun: Stories" in conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls. Free. Register at magersandquinn.com/events .
GREEN ROOF POETRY:Presents Poetry as Resistance, featuring local voices performing "on the hill" outside Walker Art Center for a night focusing on the power of the word and community action. 7 p.m. Thursday, 725 Vineland Place, Mpls. Free; find more information at walkerart.org/whats-on/green-roof-poetry-poetry-as-resistance/ .
ESSER/JOERN:Joanne Esser reads from her new poetry collection "Nothing is Stationary," published by Holy Cow! Press, and Pamela Carter Joern reads from her collection of personal essays "At the Corner of Past and Future." 7 p.m. Wednesday, SubText Books, 6 W. Fifth St., St. Paul.
SEAN HILL:Presents "The Negroes Send Their Love: Poems, Perspectives, and Possible Futures," in conversation with Michael Kleber-Diggs, presented by Hill's publisher Milkweed Editions. Free. 6 p.m. Tuesday, Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave. S., Mpls. Information at milkweed.org/events .
SCHREIBER/MUNRO:Ann Schreiber signs her new books "Liz's Forever After" and "The House Always Wins" and Peggy Munro signs "Girls in a World at War." 10 a.m.-noon Friday, Lake Country Booksellers, 4766 Washington Ave., White Bear Lake.
