*LOUISE ERDRICH

Erdrich reads from her latest novel, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse. "[This] triumphant, fiercely lyrical novel places Erdrich solidly in the first rank of American writers and pre-eminently in the roster of those who depict Native American culture," says Publishers Weekly. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, $5 (tickets available at Elliott Bay Book Company).

JAMLING TENZING NORGAY

Reading and signing by the author of Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest, a memoir that Jon Krakauer (author of the wildly popular Into Thin Air describes as "enthralling to read." Kane Hall, UW Campus, 634-3400, 7 pm, tickets required (available free at University Bookstore).

SHARON CARTON

Carton, a local law professor and mystery writer, reads from and signs her latest, Agatha Christie Award-winning thriller, Sometimes You Get Killed. University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.

*CAROLE L. GLICKFELD

Glickfeld, a local author and recipient of a Literary Fellowship from the NEA, reads from her critically-acclaimed debut novel, Swimming Toward the Ocean. Tree of Life Judaica & Books, 2201 NE 65th St, 527-1130, 7 pm, free.

MOSAIC PRESENTATION

Mythologist and author Michael Mead leads a discussion on "The Genius of Youth, The Wisdom of Elders: Violence and Apathy in Contemporary Life." Nippon Kan Theatre, 628 S Washington St, 935-3665, 7 pm, $10 suggested donation.

T. JEFFERSON PARKER

Signing by the author of Silent Joe. Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 117 Cherry St, 587-5737, noon, free.

CATHARTICISM

Experimental open mic reading, everyone welcome. Coffee Messiah, 1554 E Olive Way, 652-4668, 9 pm, free.

TONY EARLEY

Reading and signing by the author of the debut novel Jim the Boy, a book that Mark Rozzo of the L.A. Times Book Review praises as "exquisitely wrought... Earley delivers Jim's bittersweet coming-of-adolescence story with the pared-down, earthy lyricism of a classic folk ballad." University Bookstore, 7 pm, free.

MICHAEL MOORCOCK

Moorcock discusses and signs The Dreamthief's Daughter, a sword-and-sorcery novel. Kane Hall, 7 pm, tickets required (available free at University Bookstore).

*CROSSING BORDERS

See Stranger Suggests. Town Hall, 465-7476, 11 am-5 pm, $25 (tickets available at Elliott Bay Book company).

CHARLES FISHMAN

Award-winning New York poet reads his latest work. Elliott Bay Book Company, 2 pm, free.

DIANE SCHOEMPERLEN

Reading by the Canadian author of Our Lady of the Lost and Found, a novel Library Journals calls "a highly intelligent and unique discourse on philosophy and the phenomenon of human faith." Elliott Bay Book Company, 7:30 pm, tickets required (available free at store).

*PICO IYER, MARTHA SHERRILL

Two writers, two readings: Iyer shares from his latest collection, The Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home; Washington Post journalist Sherrill reads from her latest study, The Buddha from Brooklyn: A Tale of Spiritual Seduction, a book that Iyer himself describes as "an unusually clear and close look at all the hazards--and potential--of trying to set up a spiritual community in America." Elliott Bay Book Company, 3 pm, tickets required (available free at store).

GAIL ANDERSON-DARGATZ

Vancouver Island-based writer reads from her latest novel, A Recipe for Bees. "In a language remarkable for its suppleness and unforced simplicity," writes Wendy Law-Yone of Washington Post Book World, "[Anderson-Dargatz] delivers both a quirky love story and a serene meditation on endurance and its rich rewards." Elliott Bay Book Company, 7:30 pm, tickets required (available free at store).

JOHN HOCKENBERRY

Reading and signing by the award-winning author of A River Out of Eden, a mystery that "carries a timely and powerful message" (Carl Hiassen). University Bookstore, 7 pm, free.

EAST INDIA TRADING COMPANY

All ages poetry, prose and spoken word open mic. Coffee Messiah, 1554 E Olive Way, 208-1188, 7 pm, free.

*MARGARET CHO

Cho reads from I'm the One That I Want, a memoir based on her off-Broadway show and film of the same name. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway, 323-8842, 7 pm, $10 (tickets available at Bailey/Coy Books).

STEPHEN J. PYNE

Reading by the author of Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910. Elliott Bay Book Company, 7:30 pm.

*SONIA GOMEZ

See Stranger Suggests. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 322-7030, 7:30 pm, $7.

*GRANT COGSWELL

Stranger writer Cogswell performs "Pacific Bell," part one of his poem cycle The Dream of the Cold War. Powerful, wonderfully sprawling, and historically acute poetry in the epic American tradition of Whitman and Ginsberg. Re-bar, 1114 Howell, 233-9873, 7 pm, $5.

CHRISTINA FINK

Discussion, slide show, and book-signing by the author of Living Silence: Burma Under Military Rule. University Bookstore, 7 pm, free.

DENIS DONOGHUE

Donoghue--the Henry James Chair of English and American Letters at New York University and recipient of the 1998 Robert Penn Warren-Cleanth Brooks Award for his book, The Practice of Reading--talks about "The Arts Without Mystery" as part of the Walker-Ames Lecture Series. Kane Hall, UW campus, 6 pm, free.

ALAN CHONG LAU

Local poet reads from his latest collection, Blues and Greens. Uwajimaya Village Food Court, 525 S Weller St, 587-2377, 6 pm, free.

MICHELINE AHARONIAN MARCOM

Reading by the author of Three Apples Fell From Heaven, a novel that focuses on the Ottoman government's campaign of genocide against the Armenians in 1915-1917. "Spectacularly gifted, tender, wise, and terrible in rage," says author Junot Diaz, "Marcom has produced a powerful novel that attempts to retrieve one of the most infamous crimes of the twentieth century from the event horizon of history." Elliott Bay Book Company, 7:30 pm, tickets required (available free at store).

36 DAYS: THE COMPLETE CHRONICLE OF THE 2000 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CRISIS

New York Times reporters Adam Clymer and Sam Howe Verhovek discuss their recent coverage of the botched, corrupted national election that put a braying jackass in office and sent this country spiraling down the shithole for good. Kane Hall, Room 120, 7 pm, free.

RUTH REICHL

The author of Tender at the Bone discusses and signs her latest book, Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table. Kane Hall, Room 130, 634-3400, 7 pm, tickets required (available free at University Bookstore).

CONNIE WILLIS

Reading and signing by the Nebula Award-winning author of Passage. See Bio Box. University Bookstore, 7 pm, free.