* BARBARA EHRENREICH
See Stranger Suggests. Celebrated writer Barbara Ehrenreich reads as part of a fundraiser for Washington Works. Tickets available through Elliott Bay Book Company. Town Hall, Eighth Ave at Seneca St, 7:30 pm, $10. Call Elliott Bay Book Company at 624-6400 for tickets.
SUSANNA KAYSEN
The author of Girl, Interrupted has written another autobiography, in a completely different way. The Camera My Mother Gave Me is about her malfunctioning vagina. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main, 624-6400, 7:30 pm, free.
MICHAEL ROMANO
Noted chef signs his book, Second Helpings from the Union Square Cafe (that's where he works). Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, 5:30 pm, free.
* LILY BURANA
Stripping and journalism are essentially the same thing. This is why journalism is honorable. Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America, is a book written by a woman who was an attractive stripper but is now an attractive journalist. But, tell me, can a nigga get a lapdance? Bailey/Coy Books, 414 Broadway, 323-8842, 7 pm, free.
MELINDA MUELLER
Mueller reads and signs What the Ice Gets: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1916, an account of the Shackleton experience as an epic poem. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 6:30 pm, free.
ELIZABETH ROYTE
With her book The Tapir's Morning Bath: Mysteries of the Tropical Rain Forest and the Scientists Who Are Trying to Solve Them, Royte humanizes the work of field scientists who study species extinction. University Book Store, 7 pm, free.
SEBASTIAN JUNGER
The author of A Perfect Storm talks about his new nonfiction book, Fire, which is about Afghan rebel guerrillas, the forensics of genocide in Kosovo, and terrorism in general. Tickets available at the University Book Store. UW Campus, Kane Hall, Room 130, 7 pm, free.
* MONA SIMPSON
A small conversation with small novelist Simpson, who wrote the small book Anywhere But Here. University Book Store, noon, free. Also tonight at Elliott Bay Book Company, 7:30, free.
* MANNING MARABLE
Marable, director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University, discusses the relationship between social struggles, scholarship, pedagogy, and the fundamental role race plays in American life. Tickets available from University Book Store. UW Campus, Kane Hall, Room 130, 7 pm, free.
GREG RUCKA
Oregonian signs and reads from his fifth mystery, Critical Space. In this book Rucka named his protagonist "Atticus Kodiak." Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 117 Cherry St, 587-5737, noon, free. Also tonight at Third Place Books, 6:30 pm, free.
* MICHAEL COLLINS
This Irish Seattleite celebrates the paperback release of his Booker Prize novel, The Keepers of Truth. The book is wonderful, and Collins is a major writer. Elliott Bay Book Company, 4:30, free.
* CHRISTOPHER LOWELL
The "popular decorating wizard" signs Seven Layers of Designs: Fearless, Fabulous Decorating, which will doubtlessly convince people that the right duvet can change their very lives. Five dollars is a small price to pay for such exquisite entertainment. Seattle Home Show, Stadium Exhibition Center, South Royal Brougham Way, 284-0960, 1 pm, $5 plus admission to the Home Show.
CLAIRE KRULIKOWSKI
Krulikowski published a journal, Moonlight on the Ganga, about the experiences she had while strolling along the sacred cow of a river. Island Books, 3014 78th SE, Mercer Island, 232-6920, 11 am, free.
* ODETTE LARSON
Larson's Flying Sparks is about growing up white, poor, and abused in Las Vegas. University Book Store, 2 pm, free. Also tonight at Elliott Bay Book Company, 7:30 pm, free.
NICK BANTOCK
Ten years after Griffin & Sabine was published, Bantock is still taking himself seriously. The fourth installment in the series, The Gryphon: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine is Rediscovered, promises the same illicit pleasure of reading other people's mail. Elliott Bay Book Company, 4 pm, free.
JAMES J. McAULEY
After 22 years of teaching in the U.S., McAuley went home to Ireland. But now he's here again, with a book of poems called Meditations, With Distractions. Elliott Bay Book Company, 7:30 pm, free.
DALE MULFIGER
Architect Mulfiger will discuss his ideas on residential design and cabin architecture, as featured in his book The Cabin. UW Campus, Kane Hall, Room 130, 6:30 pm, $15 general/$5 students; tickets available at American Institute of Architects, 448-4938.
TAMORA PIERCE
Pierce reads from and signs Book 3: Squire, from her Protector of the Small series, which is about aspiring young feminists who don't know their place in a medieval society. Tickets available at University Book Store. UW Campus, Kane Hall, Room 130, 7 pm, free.
REBECCA MILLER
The award-winning filmmaker of Angela presents her debut storybook, Personal Velocity. Frank McCourt, who blurbs anything that pages, says, "If I were still teaching high-school English, I'd order class sets of Rebecca Miller's Personal Velocity. I'd want my students to see the power of simplicity in her writing." Elliott Bay Book Company, 7:30 pm, free.
GEN. CLAUDIA KENNEDY
With Generally Speaking: A Memoir by the First Woman Promoted to Three-Star General in the U. S. Army, Kennedy relates her story of how she became the first woman promoted to three-star general. Free food, though. Reservations required. Columbia Tower, 701 5th Avenue, 441-5910, noon, free.
MARY ROSE O'REILLEY
O'Reilley's The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd is supposed to be funny. Elliott Bay Book Company, 6 pm, free.
JACQUES PEPIN
Meet Julia Child's crony and Charles de Gaulle's former chef, and listen to him talk about Jacques Pepin Celebrates, the companion to his PBS series debuting this fall. Third Place Books, 6 pm, free.
DR. KATHLEEN D. NOBLE
Noble reads from and signs Riding the Windhorse: Spiritual Intelligence and the Growth of Self. I have no idea what a windhorse is. University Book Store, 4 pm, free.
* LINDA BIERDS
Bierds, winner of a PEN Award for her book of poetry, The Profile Makers, and director of the UW creative writing program, will be the first speaker in the fall lecture series, "Scholarly Adventure and Creative Process." UW Campus, Kane Hall, Room 220, 543-3839, 7 pm, $15 students/$35 members/$45 non-members.
COLEMAN BARKS
Barks has worked for almost 20 years on the translations of poetry by 13th-century mystic Jelaluddin Rumi. "These new poems continue to stun," says Jane Hirschfeld. Tickets required. Elliott Bay Book Company, 7:30, free.
* MARTHA NUSSBAUM
With Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions, the philosopher argues that emotions are intelligent. Tickets available through University Book Store. UW Campus, Kane Hall, Room 130, 7 pm, free.
ANDREW SEAN GREER
Greer presents a new collection of stories, How It Was for Me, which is full of "gentle, distracted people" according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Elliott Bay Book Company, 5:30 pm, free.
CHARLES CROSS
The Rocket's former editor got ahold of Kurt Cobain's diaries, and now he's naked and famous. Tickets required, and available at University Book Store. UW Campus, Kane Hall, Walker Ames Room, 7 pm, free.
TERRY BROOKS
Brooks signs but refuses to read from his book, The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Antrax. University Book Store, 7 pm, free.
Poetry/Open Mics
* EAST INDIA TRADING CO.--Mon at 7:30 pm; sign up at 7 pm, Coffee Messiah, 1554 E Olive Way, 208-1188, free.
POETRY ANDANTE--Thurs at 7:30 pm, Cafe Allegro, 4002 University Way NE, 634-2310, free.
RE-BIRTH--Thurs at 7:30 pm. Zodiac Cafe, 605 E Broadway, 720-4502, free.
RED SKY POETRY THEATER--The granddaddy of poetry open mics. Sun at 7 pm, Globe Cafe, 1531 14th Ave, 324-8815, free.
SEATTLE POETRY SLAM--Open mic, open slam with a $25 cash-money prize, and a freestyle jazz/spoken-word forum after the show. 21 and over. Wed at 9 pm. Sit & Spin, 2219 4th Ave, 441-9484, $4.
STAGEFRIGHT--Open mic by youth for youth--ages 14-24. Wed at 7 pm. Hugo House, free.
