The following readings by two accomplished current German authors, Alina Bronsky and Felicitas Hoppe came highly recommended to us:  
 
Alina Bronsky: Broken Glass Park
Moderator: Melanie Sherwood, Lecturer in German, Brandeis University
Reading and Conversation
Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 7:00 pm
 
Felicitas Hoppe
Writer in Residence, Georgetown University, Washington, DC:
Der beste Platz der Welt
Moderator: Kurt Fendt, MIT
Reception to follow, sponsored by swissnex
Reading and Workshop
Friday, April 30, 2010, 7:00 pm
 
Both readings are held at the Goethe-Institut on 170 Beacon Street, admission is free.