JAMES FRANCISCO BONILLA: New York-born Puerto Rican author and Hamline University retired professor launches “An Eye for an I: Growing Up with Blindness, Bigotry, and Family Mental Illness.” He has written extensively on diversity, cultural competence, and leadership, especially on how to diversify environmental organizations. 6 p.m. Thursday, Next Chapter Booksellers, 38 S. Snelling Ave., St. Paul.

OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE: Nigerian-British novelist author of “My Sister the Serial Killer,” discusses her work in a virtual event in the MELSA Club Book series. Noon Tuesday. Live streamed on facebook.com/ClubBook.

PEG GUILFOYLE: Launches “An Eye for Joy: Noticing the Good World Everywhere,” made up of essays in which she stresses that the world’s wonders can be seen and savored every day and tha

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