Twin Cities area book events May 14-21

BRIAN KING: "The Laughing Cure." 2 p.m. today. Barnes & Noble, Har Mar Mall, 2100 N. Snelling Av., Roseville.

RAKESH SATYAL: "No One Can Pronounce My Name." 7 p.m. Mon. Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls.

EDDIE GLAUDE JR.: "Democracy in Black." 7 p.m. Tue. $25-$50. Fitzgerald Theater, 10 E. Exchange St., St. Paul.

J. ROBERT LENNON: "Broken River." 7 p.m. Tue. St. Paul Athletic Club, 340 Cedar St., St. Paul.

JEREMY NIENOW: "Archaeological Leads and Mysteries of Ramsey County." 7 p.m. Tue. Roseville Library, 2180 N. Hamline Av., Roseville.

LORNA LANDVIK: "Once in a Blue Moon Lodge." 7 p.m. Tue. Barnes & Noble, Galleria, 3225 W. 69th St., Edina.

ST. PAUL ALMANAC READING: 7 p.m. Tue. Common Good Books, 38 S. Snelling Av., St. Paul.

READING BY WRITERS: Readings by John Coy, Susan Koefod, Andrew DeYoung and Julie Schumacher. 7:30 p.m. Tue. University Club of St. Paul, 420 Summit Av., St. Paul.

LORNA LANDVIK: "Once in a Blue Moon Lodge." 4:30 p.m. Wed. $10. Dock Cafe, 425 E. Nelson St., Stillwater.

JAMES KAKALIOS: "The Physics of Everyday Things." 7 p.m. Wed. Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls.

BETTE HAMMEL: "Wild About Architecture." Noon Thu. Landmark Center, 75 W. 5th St., St. Paul.

AMY THIELEN: "Give a Girl a Knife." 7 p.m. Thu. Tattersall Distilling, 1620 Central Av. NE., Mpls.

JULIE KLASSEN: "The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill." 7 p.m. Thu. Le Sueur Library, 118 E. Ferry St., Le Sueur, Minn.

LESLEY NNEKA ARIMAH: "What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky." 7 p.m. Thu. Barnes & Noble, Galleria, 3225 W. 69th St., Edina.

BILL LUNN: "Heart of a Ranger." 5 p.m. Fri. Bogart's, 14917 Garrett, Apple Valley.

BRIAN LUTTERMAN: "Freefall." 1 p.m. Sat. Chapter 2 Books, 226 Locust St., Hudson, Wis.

CHUCK KLOSTERMAN: "Chuck Klosterman X: A Highly Specific, Definitely Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century." 3 p.m. Sat. Barnes & Noble, Galleria, 3225 W. 69th St., Edina.