MARLA STREB
The mountain-bike racer reads from Downhill: The Life Story of a Gravity Goddess, her memoir. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 5 pm, free.
PETE DEXTER
The National Book Award-winning novelist's latest, Train, is a noir novel about golf. Barnes & Noble Pacific Place, 600 Pine St, 264-0156, 7 pm, free.
* EDMUND WHITE
See Stranger Suggests, page 29. Bailey/Coy Books, 414 Broadway E, 323-8842, 7 pm, free.
BARBARA SJOHOLM
Steady As She Goes is a women's adventure anthology. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
JOEL MIGDAL
The UW's Migdal discusses Palestinians: A People. University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
FRIDAY 11/21
* NANCY PEARL
Book Lust is a book of reading recommendations from America's most famous (and local!) librarian. Barnes & Noble Pacific Place, 264-0156, 12:30 pm, free.
MARK ESSIG
Edison and the Electric Chair details the electrifying history of the last piece of furniture Ted Bundy ever sat on. University Bookstore, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
* MARTIN AMIS
See Stranger Suggests, page 29. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
SATURDAY 11/22
SUSAN RESSLER, GAIL TREMBLAY
Women Artists of the American West profiles 150 artists. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 2 pm, free.
BILL TALEN (AKA REVEREND BILLY)
The actor and activist reads from What Should I Do if Reverend Billy Is in My Store?. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 4:30 pm, free.
ANDREA VOGT
Vogt discusses Common Courage: Bill Wassmuth, Human Rights, and Small-Town Activism. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave NE, 525-2347, 6 pm, free.
MILAN RAI
The Voices in the Wilderness founder discusses Regime Unchanged: Why the War on Iraq Changed Nothing. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
SUNDAY 11/23
ALISON WATT
The Last Island: A Naturalist's Sojourn on Triangle Island is about puffins and other weird ocean life. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 3 pm, free.
BELLE RANDALL, CLEMENS STARCK
The poets are the authors of the collections True Love and Traveling Incognito, respectively. Open Books: A Poem Emporium, 2414 N 45th St, 633-0811, 3 pm, free.
SHORT STORIES LIVE!
Actors stage short stories by Edith Wharton, Michael Cunningham, and Ellen Gilchrist. Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Ave, 652-4255, 4 pm, $16.
MONDAY 11/24
TOM LINNEMAN
Linneman talks about Weathering Change: Gays and Lesbians, Christian Conservatives, and Everyday Hostilities. University Bookstore, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
LEO BRAUDY
The historian reads from and signs his new work, From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
SIBYL JAMES
Ho Chi Minh's Motorbike is a memoir. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 323-4316, 7:30 pm.
TUESDAY 11/25
JEROME GOLD
How I Learned That I Could Push the Button draws on Gold's post-Vietnam experiences. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
* CHARLES MUDEDE AND OTHERS
Salon Mudede is a weekly roundtable of rotating local luminaries. CHAC, 1621 12th Ave, 568-0728, 8 pm, $7.
