Local book events: Feb. 19-25

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MONDAY

Alice Waters: The author, activist and restaurateur appears as a guest of the Progressive Forum, 7:30 p.m. Monday (Feb. 20), Wortham Center, Cullen Theater, 501 Texas; 832-251-0706. Tickets: $14 & up.

TUESDAY

Diana Untermeyer: The author will sign and discuss Qatar: Sand, Sea and Sky, 7 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 21), Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet; 713-523-0701 or brazosbookstore.com.

WEDNESDAY

Dixie Swanson: The author will sign and discuss Accidental Senator, 11 a.m. Wednesday (Feb. 22), The Forum, 777 N. Post Oak Rd.; 832-693-3955.

Andrew Imbrie Dayton and Elahe Talieh Dayton: The authors will sign The House That War Minister Built, 7 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 22), Barnes & Noble, 2030 W. Gray; 713-522-8571.

Breathless Reads Tour: Marie Lu will discuss and sign Legend; Jessica Spotswood will discuss and sign Born Wicked; Andrea Cremer will discuss and sign Bloodrose; and Beth Revis will discuss and sign A Million Suns, 7 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 22), Blue Willow Bookshop, 14532 Memorial; 281-497-8675 or bluewillowbookshop.com for more details.

THURSDAY

Angie Cathro: The author will sign and discuss I Know Why the Tattered, Torn, and Bruised are Beautiful, 5-7 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 23), River Oaks Bookstore, 3270 Westheimer; 713-520-0061 or riveroaksbookstore.com.

Susan Briggs Wright, Mel Gallagher, Dorothy Greenberg, Lisa Hankamer and others: The authors will discuss and sign Coping with Transition: Men, Motherhood, Money and Magic, 7 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 23) Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet; 713-523-0701 or brazosbookstore.com.

SATURDAY

Mignette Patrick Dorsey: The author will discuss her book about her father, Speak Truth to Power: The Story of Charles Patrick, a Civil Rights Pioneer, 1 p.m. Saturday, Henington-Alief Regional Library, 7979 South Kirkwood; 832-393-1820.

Poets included in Improbable Worlds: Poets whose work has been collected in Improbable Worlds, edited by Martha Serpas, will discuss and sign the collection, 2 p.m. Saturday, Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet; 713-523-0701 or brazosbookstore.com.

Shawnna Poor and Debbie Spurr: Poor will sign What Kind of a Name is That? and Spurr will sign Where do Butterflies Go When It Rains?, 3 p.m. Saturday, Blue Willow Bookshop, 14532 Memorial; 281-497-8675 or bluewillowbookshop.com for more details.

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