Saturday
Make your own Day of the Dead figurine and listen to readings of popular Mexican folk tales in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month at 11:30 a.m. at the Woodson Regional Library, 9525 S. Halsted St.; free.
Sunday
Local author Anne Calcagno will read from her debut novel “Love Like a Dog” at Women & Children First , 5233 N. Clark St.; free.
Monday
Scholar Michal Pawel Markowski will lecture on what makes up today’s Polish literature at 5 p.m. at the UIC Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted St.; free.
Tuesday
Children in kindergarten through second grade can spend 30 minutes working on reading skills with a Chicago Public Library book buddy from 4-6 p.m. at the Sulzer Regional Library, 4455 N. Lincoln Ave.; free. Registration is required; call 312-744-7616, Ext. 3.
NPR’s Michele Norris will discuss her new book “The Grace of Silence: A Memoir,” which is about race in America, at 7:30 p.m. at Unity Temple, 875 Lake St., Oak Park; $5.
Wednesday
Joshua Ferris will read from his novel “The Unnamed” at 12:30 p.m. at Borders, 150 N. State St.; free.
Thursday
As part of the Poetry Foundation’s 2010 Fall Literary Series, Franz Wright will read his poetry at 6 p.m. in Fullerton Hall at the Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave.; free.
Chattingers, a monthly graphic novel book club, will discuss “Wilson” by Daniel Clowes at 7 p.m. at Challengers Comics + Conversation, 1845 N. Western Ave.; free.
Friday
Artifice Magazine, a nonprofit literary magazine, will celebrate the release of its second issue with readings by Craig Davis, Roxane Gay, Caroline Picard and others at 7 p.m. at the Book Cellar, 4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave.; free.
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