MICHAEL HOMER, author of "On the Way to Somewhere Else: European Sojourners in the Mormon West," will discuss his book, Sunday, 3 p.m., University of Utah Olpin Union Building, Panorama East, fourth floor. Part of Friends of the Marriott Library Sunday Afternoon Books and Authors Series.
RICHARD L. BUSHMAN, professor of history emeritus, Columbia University, and author of "Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling," a cultural biography of Mormonism's founder, will lecture about his book, Monday, 7 p.m., Smith Lecture Hall, Wattis Business Building, Weber State University, Ogden.
THOMAS GLAVE, author of "Whose Song? and Other Stories," will read from his new collection, "Words to our Now: Imagination and Dissent," Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Ashton Room, Carlson Hall, U.
NANCY TAKACS and KATIE KINGSTON, poets, will read from their work, Wednesday, 7 p.m., Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 500 South, as part of the City Art reading series. Each poet has a new chapbook to offer.
CHARLES WEINER, a science historian, will deliver a lecture, "The Atomic Fallout Controversies of the 1950s and 1960s: The Baby Tooth Survey," Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Deep Canyon Adventure Spa at Flanigan's Inn, 428 Zion Park Blvd., Springdale.
LEE ANN RORIPAUGH, poet and author of "Beyond Heart Mountain," and English professor at the University of South Dakota,and MICHAEL SOWDER, poet and author of "The Empty Boat," and English professor at Utah State University, will read from their work, Thursday, 7 p.m., Gore School of Business Auditorium, Westminster College, 1840 S. 1300 East.
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