Thursday 7/27

SPOKEN WORD MASH UP
A bunch of people get on the mike and spit it. City Hall Plaza, 600 Fourth Ave, 684-7171. Free.

MARYANN BUCK CARVER
One of Raymond Carver's wives tells all in What It Used to Be Like. Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park), 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333. Free.

MATTHEW KANGAS
The Seattle art critic reads from his essays. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400. Free.

recommended DAVID SIROTA
The journalist talks about Hostile Takeover: How Big Money & Corruption Conquered Our Government—and How We Take It Back. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, 206-652-4255. $5.

JIM DERYCH
Confessions of a Former Dittohead is about going to the political left after being on the right. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600. Free.

Friday 7/28

PHILIP GARRISON
Because I Don't Have Wings: Stories of Immigrant Life is a book of essays. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600. Free.

Saturday 7/29

MICHAEL LAINE
LiftPort: Opening Space to Everyone is a collection of science fiction and nonfiction about how the revolutionary space elevator will allow travel to Mars. Barnes & Noble Downtown, 600 Pine St, 264-0156. Free.

JUDITH BLUESTONE
She reads from The Fabric of Autism: Weaving the Threads into a Cogent Theory. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600. Free.

WILLIAM D. LAYMAN
River of Memory: The Everlasting Columbia is a book of text, maps, and photos of the way the river used to look. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600. Free.

FRANK DELANEY
Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea is "completely absorbing, thrilling, and inspirational," says Senator John McCain. Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park), 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333. Free.

recommended SHELLEY JACKSON
Half Life is a novel about conjoined twins who are not happy with each other. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600. Free.

Monday 7/31

recommended JIM LYNCH
The Highest Tide is a novel about Puget Sound and a teenager obsessed with Rachel Carson. (Smart teenager.) Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333. Free.

Tuesday 8/1

BARRY EISLER
The Last Assassin is a novel about a Japanese-Amercan contract killer. Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 117 Cherry St, 587-5737. Free. Also Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park), 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333. Free.

KAREN FISHER
A Sudden Country is an historical novel set in 1847. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600. Free.

Wednesday 8/2

EMILY SCOTT POTTRUCK
Tails of Devotion is about people's pets. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333. Free.

ABBY DENSON
Tough Love is a teen romance and coming-out story. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600. Free.

recommended PETER JENKS, JOHN OLSON
The poets read from their latest. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 322-7030. Free.