JD FRATZKE: Chef and author celebrates release of his book “Dharma Butcher,” with music by Molly Maher. After the reading Fratzke hosts a tasting featuring some of the recipes in the book.  4 p.m. Jan. 11, The Velvet Antler on the second floor of The Gnome Pub, 498 Selby Ave., St. Paul. PEG GU ILFOYLE: Discusses her essay collection “An Eye for Joy.” 7 p.m. Thursday, Magers Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls. Free; registration required at magersandquinn.com. (Courtesy of the author) RICARDO LEVINS MORALES: Minnesota artist and organizer who uses his art as a form of political “medicine” to support individual and collective healing discusses his book “The Land Knows the Way: Eco-Social Insights for Liberation” in 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. Free; Zoom information at thefriends.org. PARKINSON/TOSO: Chandra Parkinson, educator and author of “The Book of Ritual Baths: A Guide to Spiritual Cleansing and Renewal,” in conversation with Maria Tosto, yoga teacher, spiritual somatic coach and author of “Heal What Hurts.” 7 p.m. Wednesday, Magers Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls. Free; registration required at magersandquinn.com. Related Articles Readers and writers: Follow women through difficult lives in two disparate debut novels Charles Beaumont was a spy. Now he’s writing spy novels Pine Needles residency program refocuses as next group of artists and writers sought At 60, Rick Bass suited up to play semi-pro football. The result is ‘Wrecking Ball’ Readers and writers: A first look at the titles coming in 2026 ...read more read less