BURES/MILLER: Frank Bures talks about “Pushing the River: An Epic Battle, a Lost History, a Near Death, and Other True Canoeing Stories” in conversation with Scott Miller, leader of team Missouri River Speed Record, setting the Guinness world record for paddling the entire 2,350-mile length of the Mississippi River. 6 p.m. Tuesday, Next Chapter Booksellers, 38 S. Snelling Ave., St. Paul.

CRACKED WALNUT: As part of its “Expression!” fall poetry festival, this chapter of the League of Minnesota Poets hosts a reading by members of the Cracked Walnut poetry workshop. 10 a.m. Saturday, Highland Park library, 1974 Ford Parkway, St. Paul.

MARK DOTEN: Minnesota native and librettist presents “Whites: Stories.” 7 p.m. Thursday, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls.

KLECKO/HAMPL: Poet Dann

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