If you are the inquisitive sort, you won’t want to miss this reading series featuring some of the best nonfiction by local authors. Liz Hauck’s memoir Home Made: A Story of Grief, Groceries, Showing Up — and What We Make When We Make Dinner, attempts to answer the question “Who are we to one another?” as it details a weekly cooking program for boys in state care. Henry Louis Gates called Don Yacovone’s Teaching White Supremacy: America’s Democratic Ordeal And The Forging Of Our National Identity “the most profoundly original cultural history in recent memory.” It reveals how the myth of white supremacy was perpetuated in classrooms across the nation. Janet Pocorobba gives insight into the ancient Japanese tradition of apprenticeship with a sensei in The Fourth String: A Memoir of Sensei and Me, an account of her sojourn in Japan learning the notoriously difficult three-stringed shamisen. Stephanie Schorow relates the devastating and little-known history of the 1872 fire that destroyed Boston’s downtown in The Great Boston Fire: The Inferno That Nearly Incinerated the City. It happened in 1872 and nearly destroyed the city. William R. Cross’s biography, Winslow Homer: American Passage, has been praised by critics for its exuberant analysis of the painter’s life and role in American culture and identity. Grab a snack in the café and settle in to hear these talented authors talk about and read from their work. Hosted by Darryl C. Murphy, host of WBUR’s segment for NPR’s Consider This. Sponsored by Massachusetts Center for the Book.