Elissa Altman, a food writer and memoirist who has taught at the Fine Arts Work Center, will launch her new book, Motherland, about her “loving, turbulent, and toxic relationship with her mother” (per Publishers Weekly), in a virtual reading and discussion on Tuesday, September 8th at 6:00 p.m, hosted by East End Books Ptown at eastendbooksptown.com. The event is free, but pre-registration is required.