SCOTT DOMINIC CARPENTER >> Discusses “Paris Lost & Found,” his second memoir about living among the Parisians, in conversation with Trish Van Pilsum. 6 p.m. Thursday, Next Chapter Booksellers, 38 S. Snelling Ave., St. Paul.

MATT EICHELDINGER >> Launches “Sticky Notes: Memorable Lessons from Ordinary Moments.” 7 p.m. Tuesday, Plymouth Community Center, 14800 34th Ave. Plymouth, presented by Magers & Quinn. Ticketed event. Go to magersandquinn.com/event.

FITZGERALD IN ST. PAUL >> The St. Paul Stories discussion series, hosted by Danny Klecko and presented by Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, centers on Fitzgerald’s 1924 story “Absolution,” about a boy and a priest at confession that the author said was originally intended to be the prologue to “The Great Gatsby.” First published in American Mercury magazine, the story is included in Fitzgerald’s 1926 collection “All the Sad Young Men.” With guests JD Fratzke and Pioneer Press book columnist Mary Ann Grossmann. Free. 6 p.m. Thursday, Merriam Park Library, 1831 Marshall Ave., St. Paul.

STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES >> Discusses “The Angel of Indian Lake,” last in his horror trilogy set in Idaho, where it’s time to take a stand against the Curse of the Lake Witch. Presented by Club Book. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Free virtual event. Go to clubbook.org/authors.

MARK HABER >> Minnesota author discusses “Lesser Ruins,” his novel about a retired professor’s life work — writing a book that will stand as a cathedral to Michel de Montaigne, reframing the inventor of the essay for the modern age. But distractions keep getting in his way. Published by Minneapolis-based Coffee House Press. 6 p.m. Tuesday, Next Chapter Booksellers, 38 S. Snelling Ave., St. Paul.

C.J. LEEDE >> Presents “American Rapture” in conversation with Jacqueline Holland. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls.

MIDSTREAM READING SERIES >> Welcomes poets Rebecca Ramsden, Julie Adrian, Michael Moos and Paul Mattes. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Unity Church-Unitarian, 732 Holly Ave., St. Paul.

MARK OSHIRO >> Introduces “Jasmine Is Haunted,” a queer, Latinx take on “Ghostbusters.” It’s an original middle-grade contemporary fantasy about ghosts, grief and friends that make it all OK. In conversation with Minnesota author Anne Ursu. 6 p.m. Tuesday, Red Balloon Bookstore, 891 Grand Ave., St. Paul.

READINGS BY WRITERS >> Monthly reading series hosts poets Ted King and William Reichard, and literary historian Mark Gustafson. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, University Club, 420 Summit Ave., St. Paul.

CAROL VERBURG >> Introduces her new art book and stage biography “The Theatrical Adventures of Edward Gorey: Rare Drawings, Scripts and Stories,” a deluxe chronicle of the work of an author of sinister little storybooks. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Big Hill Books, 405 Penn Ave. S., Mpls.

What else is going on

Emilie Buchwald tried an experiment during her recent reading from her new poetry collection, “Incandescent,” at the University of Minnesota Elmer L. Andersen Library. Buchwald, retired co-founder of Milkweed Editions, asked her reading sponsor, Upper Midwest Archives directed by Kris Kiesling, if they could project her poems on a screen so that the audience could see the poems as well as hear them.

“I’ve often been frustrated by missing a line or a stanza at a poetry reading because the reader dropped her/his voice, and I often wondered about the form or design of a poem that I couldn’t see,” Buchwald shared in an email to the Pioneer Press. “My library contact for the event, Erin McBrien, said no one had asked for that option before and I know that seeing as well as hearing poetry hasn’t been a part of the protocol in most places that hold readings, maybe because it adds an extra expense to project the poems.” At the end of her reading Buchwald asked the audience (four poets were among them) for their opinion, and “it was pretty unanimous that they preferred to see as well as hear the poems,” she writes. “It’s a much more inclusive as well as a more complete experience to have both options and it might make poetry readings more popular, more of a show, to add the visual element.” (She also could have added that the aging population often has hearing problems and seeing the poem onscreen would add to their experience.)

The University of Minnesota Kerlan Collection of Children’s Literature has received the largest donation in its 155-year history, a $2 million contribution from bibliophiles and Sherlockians Glen and Cathy Miranker that establishes an endowed curatorial chair for the Kerlan, ensuring there will always be on-staff a librarian archivist with a background in children’s literature, child development, and literacy. The collection, in the Elmer L. Andersen Library, holds more than 100,000 children’s books, original manuscripts, correspondence, artworks, galleys and other material for more than 1,700 authors and illustrators, including Minnesotan Wanda Gag’s “Millions of Cats.” The collection is free to visit and open to the public. For appointments call 612-624-4576 or email asc-circ@umn.edu.

— Mary Ann Grossmann