Author Events, Jan 6-12

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SUNDAY (Jan 6)
Lisa Alcalay Klug, “Hot Mamalah,” 4 p.m.
This “ultimate guide for every woman of the tribe” is a start-to-finish celebration of the strengths, challenges, and triumphs of Jewish women—the good, the great, the PMS-y, and the menopausal! This “ABCs of She” dishes up a delicious smorgasbord of everything whole-y and holy feminine for having fun and having chutzpah, with humorous essays, adorable illustrations, how-to’s and more. From cocktails to cupcakes, Purim costumes to bar aliases, Hot Mamalah whets an appetite for getting the most out of life, love, and your closet.
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960, bookpassage.com.

TUESDAY (Jan 8)
Beat Poetry Reading in tribute to Jack Kerouac and “On the Road,”  8 p.m
Hosted by noted Kerouac biographer Gerald Nicosia, author of “Memory Babe,” and featuring Jack Marshall, Ron Loewinsohn, Clark Coolidge, Joanna McClure and more.
Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Avenue, Mill Valley. $10. Info, www.sweetwatermusichall.com.

WEDNESDAY (Jan 9)
George Howe Colt, “Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History,” 7 p.m.
Colt’s new book is an idiosyncratic and masterful blend of memoir and history featuring both the author’s three brothers and iconic brothers in history—the Booths, the Van Goghs, the Kelloggs, the Marx Brothers, and the Thoreaus. Illuminating and affecting, this book will be revelatory for any parent of sons, any sibling, anyone curious about how a man’s life can be molded by his brothers.
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960, bookpassage.com.

THURSDAY (Jan 10)
“Why There Are Words” celebrates its 3rd anniversary, 7 p.m.
Readers include Julie Bruck, Lewis Buzbee, Carolyn Cooke, Glen David Gold, Dean Rader, Melissa Stein, Cary Tennis, and Matthew Zapruder.
Studio 333, 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito. Tickets, $10. Info, whytherearewords.com or 415-331-8272.

FRIDAY (Jan 11)
Jojo Moyes, “Me Before You,” 7 p.m.
A Love Story for this generation, this story brings to life two people who couldn’t have less in common – a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks: what do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960, bookpassage.com.

SATURDAY (Jan 12)
The Word Temple Poetry Series presents Arisa White and Jacqueline Kudler, 7 p.m.
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Vets Bldg., 282 S. High Street, Sebastopol. Details, www.wordtemple.com.

To submit book events for consideration in this column, contact Sara Peyton at sara.peyton@gmail.com at least three weeks in advance of the event.