THURSDAY 2/26
IRVING WARNER
Wagner Descending is a comic novel. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
AARON ELKINS
Good Blood is a mystery. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 7 pm, free. (Also Fri Feb 27 at Third Place Books, 366-3333, 6:30 pm, free.)
“BABBLEON: NOONE UNDERSTANZAS”
Seniors at Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences read their poetry. Proceeds go toward graduation. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 322-7030, 7 pm, $3.
CHRISTOPHER PHILLIPS
Phillips reads Six Questions of Socrates: A Modern-Day Journey of Discovery Through World Philosophy. Elliott Bay, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
FRIDAY 2/27
STARBUCK O’DWYER
Read Meat Cures Cancer is a satire. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 5:30 pm, free.
ANTHONY VIDLER
The author of Warped Space gives a talk on “Reflections on Architecture and the Public Realm.” Kane Hall, Room 110, University of Washington, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
SATURDAY 2/28
WEI DJAO
Lawrence K. Hong calls Djao’s Being Chinese: Voices from the Diaspora “an amazing piece of scholarship.” Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 4 pm, free.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITERS ALLIANCE
Local writers read at this annual event in honor of African-American History Month. Elliott Bay Book Company, 722-0964 for more info, 7 pm, free.
SUNDAY 2/29
TOM LINCOLN
Crossing Saturday Furlong is a European travel memoir for people who want to “vacation vicariously.” Ravenna Third Place Books, 6508 20th Ave, 525-2790, 2 pm, free.
“PONTOON”
Poets in Pontoon: An Anthology of Washington State Poets read their work. Elliott Bay, 624-6600, 3 pm, free.
MONDAY 3/1
* CHRIS ABANI
The Nigeria-born (and subsequently exiled) poet reads from his debut novel, GraceLand, which Quincy Troupe describes as “grotesque” and “painfully hilarious.” Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
ANTHONY CHAN
UW film professor Chan reads from and signs Perpetually Cool: The Many Lives of Anna May Wong 1905-1961, a biography. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
TUESDAY 3/2
DR. TED PETERS
Peters discusses Evolution: From Creation to New Creation. Kane Hall, Room 130, University of Washington, 543-4840, 7 pm, free.
* JENNIFER VOGEL
See Stranger Suggests, page 23. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free. (Also Wed March 3 at University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.)
WEDNESDAY 3/3
JULIANA SPAHR, BILL LUOMA
Spahr is the author of the poetry collections Response and Fuck You–Aloha–I Love You. Luoma is the author of Dead Dad and several other collections. Both read from new work. Richard Hugo House, 322-7030, 7:30 pm, donation requested.
