* EMILY WHITE
See Stranger Suggests. Bailey/Coy Books, 414 Broadway E, 232-8842, 7 pm, free.
* MAHMOUD MAMDAMI
Professor Mamdami, the third reader in the excellent "Human Agency in a Globalizing World" lecture series, will speak about "Making Sense of Post-Colonial Violence." Communications Building, room 226, UW campus, 7 pm, free. Tickets required, available at University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400.
* JAMES McBRIDE
McBride's novel, Miracle at St. Anna, is about four buffalo soldiers who are not "in the heart of America," as Bob Marley once sang. This time around, they are in the heart of Germany during World War II. But still "tings ha'n't changed, mon," because if a buffalo soldier is not in Africa, then he is Babylon "fighting on arrival/fighting for survival." Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
TANANARIVE DUE and STEVEN BARNES
Due's new book Lion's Blood is, according to its press release, "an alternative history; what if the Americas had been settled by Islamic Africans who brought European/Druid slaves with them?" Barnes also writes this kind of speculative fiction. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, 6:30 pm, free. Also Sat March 9 at Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 2 pm, free.
BARTLETT SHER
Intiman Theatre's artistic director Bartlett Sher talks about Intiman's staging of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, the 2002 season opener. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
JIM GLADSTONE
Gladstone, a Philadelphia native who is now based in Paris, reads from his new novel, The Big Book of Misunderstanding. Patricia Nell Warren writes: "Growing-up gay stories are a dime a dozen. This one gives us an imaginative, kaleidoscopic new take on that eternal journey toward the moment when a kid decides whether to live or die." Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 3 pm, free.
* ROBERT CREELEY
Colin Booy, The Stranger's current arts intern, says, "Robert Creeley is a very famous American poet who writes usually short, enjambed lyric poetry--he is perhaps the literary successor of William Carlos Williams. He must be rather old, but is apparently still alive." ACT Theatre, Seventh & Union, 7:30 pm, 292-7676.
* MARY CUNNINGHAM
Mary Cunningham's Deadly Revenge involves a foggy night in Seattle, a car accident, and a police investigation that reveals a web of deceit, betrayal, and revenge. Cunningham is a member of Sisters-in-Crime, and a recent graduate of the Renton Police Department's Citizens' Academy. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 6 pm, free.
POETRY/OPEN MICS
* RED SKY POETRY THEATRE--The granddiddy of poetry open mics. Featured this week: Nik Chatfield. Sun March 10, 7:30 pm, sign-ups at 7 pm. Globe Cafe, 1531 14th Ave, 324-8815, free.
* HYPOCRISY--A weekly forum for writers by writers. Mondays at 7:30 pm, sign-up at 7 pm. Coffee Messiah, 1554 E Olive Way, 208-1188, free.
STAGEFRIGHT: YOUTH OPEN MIC--For aspiring writers and performers ages 14-24. Wed March 13, 7-9 pm. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 322-7030, free.
POETRY ANDANTE--Thursdays at 7:30 pm. Cafe Allegro, 4002 University Way NE, 634-2310, free.
SCRATCHING POST--Poetry open mic, all ages. Thursdays at 8 pm, sign-up at 7:30 pm. Mr. Spot's Chai House, 2213 NW Market St, 297-2424, free.
SEATTLE'S SPIT--Queer spoken word/open mic with featured readers T. Morgan, Dani Cone, and Angela O. Thurs March 7 at 8 pm, sign-up at 7:30. Wildrose, 1021 E Pike St, 271-5437, free.
"TAKE A POEM INTO YOUR HEART" POETRY SERIES--With host poet Christopher J. Jarmick, and featured poet Nancy Dahlberg. Thurs March 7, 7-9 pm. Take Another Look Books, 5023 Rainier Ave S, 721-1022, free.
POETRY GAMES--Featuring poet Sierra Nelson from Typing Explosion and fabulist Daniel Smith. Fri March 8 at 7:30 pm. Espresso Roma, 4201 University Ave, 632-6001, free.
* POETSWEST AT THE FRYE--Featuring Shannon Borg-Randolph with John Burgess, J. Glenn Evans, Julie Gerrard, Sheri Harper, Glenn Hughes, Michael Magee, Marjiann Moss, Victory Lee Schouten, Dorothy Williams, and Pieter Zilinsky. Sun March 10, 2-4 pm. Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Ave, 682-1268, free.
HOT DAMN POETRY SLAM--A benefit for the 2002 Seattle Poetry Festival. Featuring Bart Baxter, Belle Randall, and Jen Lam, with music by Nonpareilyx and James Whiton. Wed March 13 at 8 pm, 21 and over. Sit & Spin, 2219 Fourth Ave, 441-9484, $7.