A Marker To Measure Drift isn't an easy read; just know that right now. Alexander Maksik's new novel is the type of book [...]

Justin St. Germain Talks About Son of a GunSaturday, Aug. 31, 3pmBookworks4022 Rio Grande NW344-8139, bkwrks.com

[sub]Rennie Sparks reads from Wildernesswith music by The Handsome Family[/sub]Wednesday, Aug. 21, 7pmBookworks4022 Rio Grande Blvd NWFree, all-ages344-8139, bkwrks.com

[sub]James S.A. Corey discusses Abaddon’s Gate[/sub] Thursday, Aug. 22, 6:30pmAlamosa Books8810 Holly NE, Ste. D797-7101, alamosabooks.comCost: Free

To all would-be comedians: Jack Handey is better than you. All those tweets you painstakingly compose, desperately hoping to craft the perfect one-liner [...]

The Block Capitan’s Daughter by Demetria Martinez is often like Albuquerque itself: ringing with beautiful language, finding humor in dark places and, above [...]

Open up The Good Life Lab: Radical Experiments in Hands-On Living, Wendy Jehanara Tremayne’s new compendium of skills, projects and timesavers for sustainable [...]

[sub]Susannah Cahalan discusses Brain on Fire[/sub]Saturday, August 10, 3 pmUNM Medical SchoolDomenici Center Auditorium1001 Stanford NETickets: $16344-8139, bkwrks.com

A fictionalized retelling of the final years of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the famed pilot, thrill seeker and French novelist, Studio Saint-Ex seductively weaves [...]

“I was there and I ate what was in front of me.” Steal the Menu: A Memoir of Forty Years in Food is [...]