THURSDAY 7/1
HANNAH TINTI
The first sentence in Animal Crackers, Tinti’s debut story collection, is “It’s time to wash the elephant.” Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
FRIDAY 7/2
ERIC ENNO TAMM
Beyond the Outer Shores is a study of West Coast ecology. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
SATURDAY 7/3
W. DALE NELSON
Interpreters with Lewis and Clark: The Story of Sacagawea and Toussaint Charbonneau is yet another book about or related to the Lewis and Clark expedition. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 2 pm, free.
MONDAY 7/5
LARRY FLYNT
See Stranger Suggests, page 25. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, $5.
LARS CLAUSEN
One Wheel, Many Spokes is about Clausen’s bike trip around the country. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
ALMA ALEXANDER
There are eight Chinese girls in Alexander’s novel The Secrets of Jin-Shei. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
TUESDAY 7/6
BEN SHERMAN
Sherman talks about Medic! The Story of a Conscientious Objector in the Vietnam War. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
LEE STRINGER
Sleepaway School: Stories from a Boy’s Life is a memoir. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
GEOFF RYMAN
Lust: Or No Harm Done is a novel about a researcher who has sex with everyone. Weird thing: Ryman’s a sci-fi writer, and he’s gay. UW Campus, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room, 634-3400, 7:30 pm, $4.
WEDNESDAY 7/7
LAURA LIPPMAN
By a Spider’s Thread is a mystery. Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 117 Cherry St, 587-5737, noon, free. (Also at Third Place Books, 366-3333, 7:30 pm, free.)
STEPHEN G. GILBERT
Gilbert signs A Small Dose of Toxicology. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 6:30 pm, free.
GALINA POPOVA, MICHAEL BRAME
Secret Shakespeare’s Adventures of Freeman Jones has something to do with Popova and Brame’s conviction that Shakespeare was the pseudonym of an English earl. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
TOM NUSSBAUM
A publication party, open to the general public, for The Boy in the Book, a novel about a Microsoft millionaire and a homeless teenager and their gay love. Bailey/Coy Books, 414 Broadway Ave E, 323-8842, 7 pm, free.
PETER PLATE, SHAWN SHIFLETT
The two novelists read their work. Plate’s latest is Fogtown. Shiflett’s is Hidden Place. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
* SUBTEXT READING SERIES 10TH ANNIVERSARY
Readers at the aluminum anniversary of the best reading series in the city include Nico Vassilakis, April Denonno, Doug Nufer, Christine Deavel, John Olson, Robert Mittenthal, and many others. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 322-7030, 7:30 pm, free.
POETRY/OPEN MICS
HOMELAND–Words. So many words. Tuesdays at 7 pm. Caffe Vita, 1005 E Pike St, 709-4440, free.
POETSWEST–Featuring Larry Coffin, Scott Galasso, David Gravender, Joannie Strangeland. Mon July 5 at 7 pm. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave NE, 525-2347, 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, 388-0500, $5.
SEATTLE SPIT–Queer spoken word. First Thursday of every month at 8:30 pm. Wildrose, 1021 E Pike St, 369-2471, free.
