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CARSON FAUST: Two-spirit enrolled member of the Edisto Natchez-Kusso Tribe of South Carolina discusses his novel “If the Dead Belong Here” with Minnesotan Dennis E. Staples, Ojibwe author of “Passing Through a Prairie Country,” talking about ghosts, hauntings, the craft of horror/thriller writing and how their indigenous backgrounds inform their writing. Presented by Minnesota Humanities Center Writers Off the Page series and Makwa Coffee’s Native Author Book Club. Free, open to the public. Registration required: registrations@mnhum.org. 6 p.m. Wednesday, Makwa Coffee, 2805 N. Hamline Ave., Roseville. 

DEBORAH KEENAN: Award-winning poet and teacher launches Arrow Broken Poetry Collective’s second year of artist readings and open mic programs. Free. 7 p.m. Thursday, 8:15 p.m. open mic. Brookside Bar & Grill, 140 Judd St., Marine on St. Croix.

KOEFED/DALGLISH: Minnesotan Susan Koefed discusses her new collection “Escapes and Other Stories” in conversation with Cass Dalglish, whose new novel is “Ring of Lions,” about murder in the Alhambra palace complex in Spain. 7 p.m. Monday, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls. Reservations required: magersandquinn.com.

PETE GALLAGHER: Discusses and signs copies of “Backwashed.” 1-3 p.m. Feb. 1, Chapter2Books, 226 Locust St., Hudson, Wis.

GREG GAUT: Discuses his book “The War at Home: Minnesota During the Great War, 1914-1920,” concluding Friends of the St. Paul Public Library’s Fireside Reading series. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Rondo Community Library at Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, 270 N. Kent St., St. Paul.

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