IRVING WARNER
Wagner Descending is a comic novel. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
AARON ELKINS
Good Blood is a mystery. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 7 pm, free. (Also Fri Feb 27 at Third Place Books, 366-3333, 6:30 pm, free.)
"BABBLEON: NOONE UNDERSTANZAS"
Seniors at Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences read their poetry. Proceeds go toward graduation. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 322-7030, 7 pm, $3.
CHRISTOPHER PHILLIPS
Phillips reads Six Questions of Socrates: A Modern-Day Journey of Discovery Through World Philosophy. Elliott Bay, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
FRIDAY 2/27
STARBUCK O'DWYER
Read Meat Cures Cancer is a satire. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 5:30 pm, free.
ANTHONY VIDLER
The author of Warped Space gives a talk on "Reflections on Architecture and the Public Realm." Kane Hall, Room 110, University of Washington, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
SATURDAY 2/28
WEI DJAO
Lawrence K. Hong calls Djao's Being Chinese: Voices from the Diaspora "an amazing piece of scholarship." Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 4 pm, free.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITERS ALLIANCE
Local writers read at this annual event in honor of African-American History Month. Elliott Bay Book Company, 722-0964 for more info, 7 pm, free.
SUNDAY 2/29
TOM LINCOLN
Crossing Saturday Furlong is a European travel memoir for people who want to "vacation vicariously." Ravenna Third Place Books, 6508 20th Ave, 525-2790, 2 pm, free.
"PONTOON"
Poets in Pontoon: An Anthology of Washington State Poets read their work. Elliott Bay, 624-6600, 3 pm, free.
MONDAY 3/1
* CHRIS ABANI
The Nigeria-born (and subsequently exiled) poet reads from his debut novel, GraceLand, which Quincy Troupe describes as "grotesque" and "painfully hilarious." Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
ANTHONY CHAN
UW film professor Chan reads from and signs Perpetually Cool: The Many Lives of Anna May Wong 1905-1961, a biography. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
TUESDAY 3/2
DR. TED PETERS
Peters discusses Evolution: From Creation to New Creation. Kane Hall, Room 130, University of Washington, 543-4840, 7 pm, free.
* JENNIFER VOGEL
See Stranger Suggests, page 23. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free. (Also Wed March 3 at University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.)
WEDNESDAY 3/3
JULIANA SPAHR, BILL LUOMA
Spahr is the author of the poetry collections Response and Fuck You--Aloha--I Love You. Luoma is the author of Dead Dad and several other collections. Both read from new work. Richard Hugo House, 322-7030, 7:30 pm, donation requested.
