ANN BEATTIE & MARGARET WAPPLER (3/09@7PM, LA)
Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Margaret Wappler, CalArts alum, and Ann Beattie–new book Ann Beattie: The New Yorker Stories–will be featured in the Hammer’s New American Writing series this week. Parking $3 after 6PM. Free.

NOW PLAYING (3/09@8:30PM, NYC)
Astor Center, 399 Lafayette Street, New York, NY
Actor Jesse Eisenberg and actress Lili Taylor will be reading at Now Showing, a series by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers‘s fundraiser for creative scholarships. The night of lit, music, and art also includes a silent auction and the sounds of Rasputina, Max Vernon, and DJ Gilles Wasserman. $30-125.

SHERMAN ALEXIE (3/11@7PM, SEATTLE)
Barnes & Noble, 2675 NE University Village St, Seattle, WA 98105
Sherman Alexie, Native American poet, screenwriter, and author, will be reading in an event with hopes that benefit Thurgood Marshall School. Free.

SUSAN MEISELAS & WILLIAM T. VOLLMANN (3/15@7PM, LA)
Hammer Museum, Billy Wilder Theater, 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Susan Meiselas, a documentary photographer best known for her coverage of the insurrection in Nicaragua and her documentation of human rights issues in Latin America and William T. Vollmann, winner of the 2005 National Book Award for Fiction will be in discussion. Free.