Twin Cities area book events Feb. 11-18

GREGORY BLAKE SMITH: "The Maze at Windermere." 1 p.m. today. Subtext Bookstore, 6 W. 5th St., St. Paul.

TESS GALATI: "Holy Trinity." 4 p.m. today. Common Good Books, 38 S. Snelling Av., St. Paul.

ERICA ARMSTRONG DUNBAR: "Never Caught." 6 p.m. Tue. Bloomington Civic Plaza, 1800 W. Old Shakopee Rd., Bloomington.

LITERATURE LOVERS' NIGHT OUT: With Cynthia Swanson, Mira T. Lee, David Housewright and Gregory Blake Smith. 7 p.m. Tue. $11. The Grand Banquet Hall, 301 S. 2nd St., Stillwater.

MATT GOLDMAN: "Gone to Dust." 7 p.m. Tue. Plymouth Library, 15700 36th Av. N., Plymouth.

OMAR EL AKKAD: "American War." 7 p.m. Tue. St. Anthony Park Library, 2245 Como Av., St. Paul.

CAROLYN PORTER: "Marcel's Letters." 7 p.m. Wed. Hamline-Midway Library, 1558 W. Minnehaha Av., St. Paul; 6 p.m. Thu. Alliance Française, 113 N. 1st St., Mpls.

REBECCA SOFFER AND GABRIELLE BIRKNER: "Modern Loss." 7 p.m. Thu. Subtext Bookstore, 6 W. 5th St., St. Paul.

SARA BLAEDEL: "The Undertaker's Daughter." 7 p.m. Thu. Once Upon a Crime, 604 W. 26th St., Mpls.

SARAH BAMFORD SEIDELMANN: "Swimming With Elephants." 7 p.m. Thu. Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls.

STEVE WERLE: "The Political Rise, Demise and Redemption of Harold E. Stassen." 7 p.m. Thu. Roseville Library, 2180 N. Hamline Av., Roseville.