Don’t look back in anger: What does it mean to be nostalgic for the American past? To be sentimental for your own family history? Jennifer Niesslein tackles these questions and more with humor and charisma in her new collection of essays, Dreadful Sorry, from the perspective of a liberal white woman. She reflects on her hand-to-mouth childhood, her Polish immigrant ancestors, and her working-class upbringing, while tackling topics like class, whiteness, and her family’s own racism.
Saturday 3/5. Free, 7pm. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. ndbookshop.com