Bay Area writer Anne Lamott is well known for her classic parenting memoir Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son’s First Year and other autobiographical volumes. Now the author has come out with a new book—Dusk, Night, Dawn—with the hope of offering joy and stability during these dark times.  Listen to her optimistic wisdom at a special online presentation, sponsored by Kepler’s Literary Foundation and held on March 1 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $26–$36 and include a copy of Dusk, Night, Dawn. Register at tinyurl.com/190m99tu.