I have no idea what to do tonight. Two of the most talented women
in literature are reading at two different venues at the exact same
time. And it doesn’t help that they’re both so scorching hot that upside-down images of them have burned into my retinas. Lahiri,
author of The Namesake, one of the best-written novels of the
last 10 years, is here with her very fine new collection of short
stories, Unaccustomed Earth… (Seattle Central Library, 1000
Fourth Ave, 624-6600. 7 pm, free.) PAUL CONSTANT