GAIL BURTON >> Launches “Drown Me with Dreams.” 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls.

HENGEVELD/BARONE >> Poetry with Minnesotans Nancy Hengeveld and Patricia Barone. Hengeveld, a retired psychologist, teacher and columnist, reads from “Petrichor,” her first full-length book, and award-winner Patricia Barone from her recently published sixth collection, “Future Rounds the Curve.” 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, SubText Books, 6 W. Fifth St., St. Paul.

WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER >> Signs copies of his 20th Cork O’Connor thriller, “Spirit Crossing.” 9:30-111:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23, Lake Country Booksellers, 4766 Washington Square, White Bear Lake.

POETRY READING >> Featuring Lauren Russell (“A Window That Can Neither Open Nor Close”) with Joanna Furhman and Paula Cisewski. 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, Milkweed Books in the Open Book building, 1011 Washington Ave. S., Mpls.

MARY KAY RUMMEL >> Presents her latest poetry collection, “Little River of Amazements,” with fellow poets Thomas R. Smith and Michael S. Moos. 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, SubText Books, 6 W. Fifth St., St. Paul.

JUNE THOMAS >> Presents “A Place of Our Own: Six Spaces that Shaped Queer Women’s Culture” in conversation with Krista Burton. 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls.

— Mary Ann Grossmann