Monday Night Fiction Workshop with screenwriter, playwright, and short story author Barra Grant meets each week, drop in, bring two–three pages of your own writing for reading and discussion, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free, donation suggested, 7:30 (www.beyondbaroque.org/workshops.html)
Novelist Glen David Gold reads from his new memoir, I Will Be Complete: A Memoir, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-06)
Dan Pfeiffer discusses the subject of his book, Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump, with Pod Saves America co-hosts Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor, Wilshire Ebell Theater, 4401 West 8th Street, Los Angeles, $52 ticket includes a copy of Yes We (Still) Can, 8:00 (www.writersblocpresents.com/main/dan-pfeiffer)
Vroman's Bookstore and Alta Journal present David Sedaris for a discussion on his new collection of personal essays, Calypso, signing to follow, no photography or video, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, admission $28, book signing only is also $28, 6:00-9:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/david-sedaris-presents-signs-calypso)
Poet RD Armstrong reads from and discusses his new collection of poetry, Orphaned Words: Forgotten Poems and a Haphazard Life, with Brendan Constantine, Letter to Guns, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students, seniors, members free, 4:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)