Raised in Northeast D.C., mid-19th century writer E.D.E.N. Southworth outsold her male contemporaries, but her work has largely been ignored.

MONDAY: Author and labor expert Les Leopold will be at Busboys and Poets in D.C. to discuss and sign copies of his new book, The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor: The Life and Times of Tony Mazzocchi, who was the late Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Union leader. 6:30 p.m. Nation magazine writer Jonathan Schell will be at Politics and Prose to discuss his latest book, The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of…