In his written peeks into the restaurant industry, as well as a radio show exploring the same territory, Tom Schaudel finds much to be amused by in his dining rooms.

After teaching English literature at Harvard for 10 years, Henriette Lazardis became a full-time writer with a new novel: “Terra Nova,” a story of love, betrayal and adventure set against the backdrop of Antarctic discovery.

Sociologist Jamie McCallum brings his “Essential: How the Pandemic Transformed the Long Fight for Worker Justice” to a Harvard Book Store reading on Tuesday.

The hero of Amy Baron’s “The Gentle Bulldozer” dreams of something bigger than working at construction sites – as Baron did as an optometrist who loved to write.

What inspired Robert Pinsky to begin writing the autobiographical “Jersey Breaks”? A friend who suggested he explain how he “became a poet rather than a criminal.” Pinsky reads Thursday at the Grolier Poetry Book Shop.

Being married to a pastor’s son but knowing she was queer was the starting point for Jeanna Kadlec’s journey out of the evangelical church, but her memoir “Heretic” goes deeper and broader into the religion’s hidden political and social impact.

Home is centered in the debut memoir by Vanessa A. Bee, “Home Bound: An Uprooted Daughter’s Reflections on Belonging.” She reads Tuesday in Porter Square.

After a Covid gap, Porter Square Books will again select two writers to write articles for the store’s blog, participate in literary events and use store space to work on their own pieces.

Take a ride down memory lane with Shawn Driscoll, author of “We Are But Your Children: An Oral History of the Nightclub ManRay” and a panel of guests tonight at the Cambridge Main Library.

Pandemic conditions make for a bad moment to reopen ManRay in Central Square but an ideal time to read “We Are But Your Children: An Oral History of the Nightclub ManRay,” assembled out of conversations with 120 regulars at the legendary nightclub.