WILLIAM McDONOUGH
A party to celebrate McDonough's Something Lived, Something Dreamed: Urban Design and the American West, a handmade book that took two and a half years to produce. Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers, 208 First Ave S, 682-3545, 6 pm.
LOWEN CLAUSEN
Third and Forever is a crime novel set in this cold city. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 7 pm, free. (Also on Dec 3 at Third Place Books, 366-3333, 6:30 pm, free.)
CHRISTOPHER MOORE
The Stupidest Angel is about Christmas. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
JULIE CARR, JENNIFER DICK
They are the authors of the poetry collections Mead: An Epithalamion and Fluorescence, respectively. Open Books: A Poem Emporium, 2414 N 45th St, 633-3978, 7:30 pm, free.
DAVID GITLITZ
The historian discusses Jews and Crypto-Jews: The Early Years in the Americas. Nordstrom Lecture Hall, Seattle Art Museum, 100 University St, 425-369-3298, 7:30 pm.
* GARY SNYDER
The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet reads from his first new collection in a really long time, Danger on Peaks. Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Ave, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, $10.
* WILLIAM VOLLMAN
See review, on this page. UW Kane Hall 110, University of Washington, 634-3400, 7:30 pm, free, ticket required.
JONATHAN LEAR
The University of Chicago professor lectures on "Authenticity and Our Commitment to Values." UW Kane Hall 120, University of Washington, 634-3400, 7:30 pm, free.
ANTIONETTE BOTSFORD
The storyteller reads a story by Gabriel Garc,a Márquez. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave NE, 525-2347, 7:30 pm, free.
FRIDAY 12/3
DAVID VOLK
Volk reads from The Tribe Has Spoken: Life Lessons from Reality TV. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free. (Also on Dec 7 at Third Place Books, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.)
PABLO NERUDA
A party celebrating Neruda, who loved a lot of things. Smith Hall, Room 120, UW, 543-2022, 7 pm, free.
DALE CHASE, RITA SMILKSTEIN
Chase's poems are about technology and nature. Smilkstein's We're Born to Learn is about brain research. Student Events Center, N. Seattle Community College, 9600 College Way N, 525-5373, 7:30 pm, free.
CLIVE CUSSLER, DIRK CUSSLER
Black Wind is a "Dirk Pitt adventure." Barnes & Noble, 2675 NE University Village St, 517-4107, 7:30 pm, free.
TANKA ANTHOLOGY GROUP READING
Contributors to The Tanka Anthology, who are all in town for a haiku conference, read their stuff. Elliott Bay Books, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
SATURDAY 12/4
* LARA SWIMMER
Process: Seattle Central Library is a book of photos documenting the construction of that massive, gleaming thing downtown. Elliott Bay Books, 624-6600, 2 pm, free.
JUDI BLAZE
On Indian Time is a novel about two brothers. Elliott Bay Books, 624-6600, 4:30 pm, free.
JOSEPH HILLDORFER, ROBERT DUGONI
The Cyanide Canary details a true-life legal case involving a guy in Idaho, a fertilizer plant, and deadly gas. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 6 pm, free.
* EILEEN GUNN
Stable Strategies and Others is a collection of short fiction. Elliott Bay Books, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
SUNDAY 12/5
ROBERT RICHTER
Richter reads from Eugene O'Neill and Date Ole Devil Sea, about O'Neill's "maritime influences." Elliott Bay Books, 624-6600, 2 pm, free.
DON BERRY
A event to celebrate the release of new editions of the late novelist's books Trask, Moontrap, and To Build a Ship. Elliott Bay Books, 624-6600, 4 pm, free.
MONDAY 12/6
MARTIN CRUZ SMITH
Wolves Eat Dogs is a thriller. Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 117 Cherry St, 587-5737, noon, free. (Also at Elliott Bay Books, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.)
'PONTOON' GROUP READING
Contributors to the seventh Pontoon read their work. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
JOHN DOMINIC CROSSAN, JONATHAN L. REED
The "Jesus expert" and the archeologist talk about In Search of Paul. St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave E, 323-0300, 7:30 pm, free. (The authors also appear on Dec 8 at University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St, 634-3400, 7 pm, $3.)
JIM DIERS
Neighbor Power: Building Community the Seattle Way is a "must-read," although that's according to Paul Schell. Town Hall Seattle, 652-4255, 7:30 pm, $5.
* AMOS OZ
Israel's most famous novelist reads from his memoir A Tale of Love and Darkness, which David Remnick recently described in the New Yorker as "a digressive, ingenious work that circles around the rise of a state, the tragic destiny of a mother, a boy's creation of a new self." Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Third Ave and Union St, 425-369-3298, 7:30 pm, free.
TUESDAY 12/7
MARIE ROSE WONG
Sweet Cakes, Long Journey is a history of Portland, Oregon. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
HIROMI GOTO
Hopeful Monsters is a book of stories. Elliott Bay Books, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
KEVIN NOLAN, LISSA WOLSAK
Nolan is director of the Cambridge Conference of Contemporary Poetry. Wolsak is the author of Pen Chants or nth or 12 spirit-like impermanences and other books. Open Books, 633-3978, 7:30 pm, free.
WEDNESDAY 12/8
SEAN ASTIN
That guy who was in Lord of the Rings wrote a book, apparently. Town Hall Seattle, 634-3400, 7 pm, $5.
ANNA BALINT, MARISELA RIZIK
Balint is the author of Horse Thief (short stories). Rizik wrote Of Forgotten Times (a novel). University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
CARSON KRESSLEY
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's Carson Kressley will read from his new book, Off the Cuff. Bailey/Coy Book, 414 Broadway Ave E, 323-8842, 7 pm, price.
JENNIFER WHITEFORD, JOSH MACPHEE, MELISSA KLEIN
Klein is the author of Looking and Other Stories. Whiteford is the author of the novel Grrrl. McPhee is the author of Stencil Pirates: A Global Survey of Street Stenciling. Lots of slides and crazy shit will be shown. Confounded Books, 315 E Pine St, 382-3376, 7 pm, free.
* HILTON OBENZINGER, RICHARD MELO
Obenzinger reads from his experimental novel A*HOLE. Melo is the author of Jokerman 8. Elliott Bay Books, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
