New York, NYToday! Tuesday 4/21 at 6 pm – Ann Marie Stock, author of On Location in Cuba: Street Filmmaking during Times of Transition (hot off the press!), will be speaking at the Havana Film Festival at the King Juan Carlos Center.

Raleigh, NC – Wed., 4/22 at 11 am – Rob Christensen, author of The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics speaks at Temple Beth Or.

Charlottesville, VA – Wed., 4/22 at 4:30 pm – Nancy Carter Crump, author of Hearthside Cooking, will be at the Jefferson Library at Monticello. Tea will be served at 4:30, the talk will begin at 5pm.

Durham, NC – Thur., 4/23 at 7 pm – Josh Howard, coauthor of Long Obstinate & Bloody will speak at the Barnes & Noble at New Hope Commons.

Madison, WI – Thur., 4/23 at 7 pm – Gerda Lerner will read and speak about her latest book, Living with History / Making Social Change at Borders.

Chapel Hill, NC – Sun., 4/26 at 2 pm – John Shelton Reed & Dale Volberg Reed, of Holy Smoke fame, will be at Market Street Books & Maps.

Asheville, NC – Sun., 4/26 at  3 pm – John Yow, author of The Armchair Birder: Discovering the Secret Lives of Familiar Birds will be at Malaprop’s Bookstore & Cafe.

Philadelphia, PA – Sun., 4/26 at 5:30 pm – The captivating E. Patrick Johnson will read from Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South at Giovanni’s Room.