Michael Taeckens, editor of Love Is a Four-Letter Word: True Stories of Breakups, Bad Relationships, and Broken Hearts, will read from and sign copies of the book, as will contributors Margaret Sartor, Wendy Brenner, and Patty Van Norman. Taeckens is the publicity director for Algonquin Books, Sartor is the author of the memoir Miss American Pie, and Brenner is the author of the short story collections Phone Calls from the Dead and Large Animals in Everyday Life.