THURSDAY 6/3
BILL CAMPBELL
Sunshine Patriots is a novel set in 2266. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 5:30 pm, free.
DR. VISHAL MANGALWADI
“Vishal Mangalwadi has lived and breathed the essence of worldview and its consequences,” according to the press release for this lecture, entitled “Karma, Reincarnation, and Yoga: Why Is Hinduism’s Globalization So Effective?” My question exactly. Town Hall Seattle, Eighth Ave and Seneca St, 323-0515 for info, 7 pm, $10-$15.
MARK HOFFMAN
The music writer is the co-author of Moanin’ at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin’ Wolf, about a blues musician. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
DIEUDONNE MAYI
The author discusses The Selling of Joseph: A Healing Message from History. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave NE, 525-2347, 7:30 pm, free.
FRIDAY 6/4
JEAN HEGLAND
Windfalls is a novel about youth, pregnancy, abortion, accidents, death, homelessness, other stuff. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, 6:30 pm, free.
EDDIE YUEN
Confronting Capitalism: Dispatches from a Global Movement has “the immediacy of on-the-street journalism and the perspective of thoughtful observers,” according to Howard Zinn. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
LESLEY HAZLETON
Mary: A Flesh-and-Blood Biography of the Virgin Mother is about the famous religious and historical figure who may or may not have bearing on the popular colloquialism, “Whatever, Mary.” Ravenna Third Place Books, 525-2347, 7:30 pm, free.
SATURDAY 6/5
CYNTHIA BAXTER
Dead Canaries Don’t Sing is about a veterinarian and her dead-body-discovering dogs. Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 117 Cherry St, 587-5737, noon, free.
BRIAN LEUNG
World Famous Love Acts is a book of stories. Chris Offutt, in his introduction, praises the author’s willingness to make himself vulnerable. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 3 pm, free.
YVONNE SENG
Men in Black Dresses: A Quest for the Future Among Wisdom Makers of the Middle East took Jane Goodall, by her own description, on “a journey to places utterly unknown and unimagined to most Westerners,” and she used to sleep in trees with apes. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 5 pm, free.
SUNDAY 6/6
WILLIAM PRYOR
The Survival of the Coolest is a memoir about the author’s obsessions with Beat poetry, Pink Floyd, and heroin. (Wait, Beat poetry is cool again? Fuck.) Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 2 pm, free.
POETSWEST GALA POETRY PERFORMANCE
Featuring Leonard L. Tews, Tom Erdmann Jr., Thom Stuart, Susan Casey, J. Glenn Evans, Christopher J. Jarmick, and Dennis Caswell. Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Ave, 682-1268 for info, 2 pm, free.
CATHERINE BARNETT
Into Perfect Spheres Such Holes Are Pierced is a collection of poetry. Creepy title, huh? Open Books, 2414 N 45th St, 633-0811, 3 pm, free.
NOVA POETRY PROJECT GROUP READING
The young poets of Nova School’s Poetry Project read their young work. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 4 pm, free.
RODNEY YEE
Moving Toward Balance is about yoga, life, etc. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 5 pm, free.
MONDAY 6/7
ELIZABETH LESSER
Broken Open is by the founder of the Omega Institute. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 5 pm, free.
* PETER DONAHUE, JOHN TROMBOLD
In Reading Seattle, a new anthology of essays and stories about this city (edited by Donahue and Trombold), Mary McCarthy describes Seattle as “hardly cosmopolitan.” Nancy Wilson Ross calls it “a hybrid” and “grandly beautiful” and “abnormally afraid of any intimations of the truth.” A narrator in a piece of Matthew Stadler’s fiction sees it as “a virtual monument to indiscriminate nostalgia.” Walt Crowley’s impression of it, in the early ’60s, is that it’s “puny, provincial, and puritanical,” and Emily Baillargeon Russin’s, from five years ago, is as “a vast personal playground that has become increasingly unsettling.” Roger Sale asserts that it’s “not a place that builds enduring structures” and Jonathan Raban thinks of it as “soft and pliant.” Timothy Egan defines it as “very tentative.” David Shields writes that he loves Seattle, “sort of.” The introductions to the work leave something to be desired, but there’s a ton of good work in this collection. (Don’t miss Charles D’Ambrosio’s story set on Capitol Hill.) Third Place Books, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
* BARRY LOPEZ
See Stranger Suggests, page 23. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
TUESDAY 6/8
DAVID HAGSTROM
From Outrageous to Inspired: How to Build a Community of Leaders in Our Schools draws on Hagstrom’s own experiences. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
WEDNESDAY 6/9
JAMES LEE BURKE
In the Moon of the Red Ponies is a mystery set in Montana. Montana’s a big state. Mystery abounds. Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 587-5737, noon, free. (Also at Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 5 pm, free.)
* BILL EMMOTT
The editor-in-chief of the Economist, here from England of all places, gives a wide-ranging talk about a bunch of stuff, including his recent book 20:21 Vision: Twentieth-Century Lessons for the Twenty-first Century. CityClub, Columbia Tower, 624-6600, www.seattlecityclub.org, noon, $40.
* DAVY ROTHBART
See Stranger Suggests, page 23. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
* DAVID SEDARIS
The very funny essayist (with a decidedly funny voice) reads from his new, extra-funny book, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. Go to this. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 7 pm, free tickets required.
“MARRIAGE AND FAIRNESS”
A panel discussion featuring Jonathan Rauch, author of Gay Marriage, Davina Kotulski, author of Why You Should Give a Damn About Gay Marriage, Janet Campbell, who works at St. Mark’s, and Jamie Pedersen, who works at Lambda Legal. Seattle Public Library, New Central Branch Auditorium, 1000 Fourth Ave, 323-8842 for more info, 7 pm, free.
POETRY/OPEN MICS
HOMELAND–Words. So many words. Tuesdays at 7 pm. Caffe Vita, 1005 E Pike St, 709-4440, free.
LAST WEDNESDAY–Literary, poetry, fun. Now with Haikurama! Last Wednesday of every month, signup at 7 pm, reading at 7:30 pm. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, free.
IT’S ABOUT TIME READING SERIES–Featured readers: Allen Braden, Sharon Carter, Pamela Moore Dionne, Robert Feins, and Rebecca Loudon. Sun June 6 at 2 pm. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave NE, 525-2347, free.
OPEN MIKE NIGHT–Musicians, poets, whoever. Thursdays at 8 pm. 15th Avenue Alehouse, 7515 15th Ave NW, free.
POETSWEST–Featuring Phillip Randolph, Josie Emmons Turner, and Faith Van DePutte on Sun June 6 at 7 pm. Penny Cafe, 1707 NW Market St, 682-1268, free.
RED SKY POETRY THEATER–Featured readers and an open mic. Sundays at 7 pm. Globe Cafe, 1531 14th Ave, 547-4585, free.
SCRATCHING POST–Poetry open mic, all ages. Thursdays at 8 pm, signup at 7:30 pm. Mr. Spot’s Chai House, 5463 Leary Ave NW, 297-2424, free.
SEATTLE POETRY SLAM–Open mic and slam with Karen Finneyfrock. Wednesdays at 8 pm. Capitol Hill Arts Center, 1621 12th Ave, 568-0728, $5.
SEATTLE SPIT–Queer spoken word. First Thursday of every month at 8:30 pm. Wildrose, 1021 E Pike St, 369-2471, free.
STAGE FRIGHT–Youth open mic. Fourth Wednesday of every month at 7 pm. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 322-7030, free.
TAKE A POEM INTO YOUR HEART–Poetry reading. Fourth Friday of every month at 7:15 pm. Lottie Motts Coffee Shop, 4900 Rainier Ave S, 725-8199, free.
TUESDAYS AT THE CABARET–Poets and comedians. Every Tuesday at 8 pm. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 323-7101, free.
WOMEN’S POETRY NIGHT–Spoken word from the fairer sex. Thursdays at 8 pm. Bar, 1525 E Olive Way, 322-1788, free.
