In this week’s SEE + HEAR + DO, we consider the world.

PAUL FITZGERALD & ELIZABETH GOULD (4/21 @ 7PM, WALTHAM)
Back Pages Books, 289 Moody Street, Waltham, MA 02453
In Crossing Zero: The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire, the authors explore the war in Afghanistan and its consequences for Pakistan, Russia, India, China, Iran, and America. Free.

GABRIEL TOSO (4/21 @ 7:30PM, LONDON)
Treadwell’s, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS
Toso lectures on Vodou Flags: Sequined Spirits of Haiti – their origins, ritualistic uses, value as art objects, and their complex iconography. £7.

ICE-T (4/25 @ 7PM, NY)
Barnes and Noble, 33 E. 17th St. New York, NY 10003
Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—From South Central to Hollywood, Ice-T’s second memoir, recounts his life’s many exploits, the roles he has played, and surviving Hollywood. Free.

PEN WORLD VOICES FESTIVAL OF INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE (4/26  @ 7:30PM, NY)
The Lighthouse, Pier 61, Chelsea Piers
PEN, the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization, kick-offs of its annual festival with words from festival chair Salman Rushdie, a literary fashion show, and entertainment from favored authors and actors galore, all to celebrate freedom of expression around the world. $30.

ASHLEY GOSSMAN (4/26 @ 7PM, PORTLAND)
Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232
Join John Sibley Williams, A. Molotkov, Carrie-Ann Tkaczyk, David Cooke and Ragon Linde for A Night of Poetry and Experimental Music. Free.

BILL MORGAN (4/26 @ 6:30PM, SF)
San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Ever wonder where the Beats loved to crash? Get your thirst quenched in Beat Atlas: A State by State Guide to the Beat Generation from City Lights. Free.