THURSDAY 8/12
RON SILLIMAN
The poet and editor has been working on one poem since 1979. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 322-7030.
* MICHAEL COLLINS
See Stranger Suggests, page 37.
* LAURA LOVE
See Stranger Suggests, page 37. (Also on 8/18 at Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.)
FRIDAY 8/13
DAVID SHIELDS
The author reads from his latest, Body Politic: The Great American Sports Machine. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 2675 NE University Village St, 517-4107, 7 pm, free.
D’ARCY FALLON
So Late, So Soon is a memoir about a ’70s commune. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free. SATURDAY 8/14
‘WHATCOM COMES DOWN’
Various Bellinghammers hammer their hammers. Poetically. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 3 pm, free.
MILTON AND VIRGINIA KATIMS
The Pleasure Was Ours is about classical music in Seattle. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, 6 pm, free.
SUNDAY 8/15
KLANCY CLARK DE NEVERS
The author talks WWII in The Colonel and the Pacifist. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 2 pm, free.
LOUIS CROMPTON
Homosexuality & Civilization is a cultural history of pole smokers. St. Mark’s Cathedral, Bloedel Hall, 1245 10th Ave E, 323-0300, 10 am, free.
MONDAY 8/16
PETER NICHOLS
Evolution’s Captain is about the guy who took Darwin around the world. UW campus, Parrington Hall Commons, 634-3400, 7 pm, free (also on 8/17 at Elliott Bay at noon and on 8/18 at Third Place, 366-3333, at 7 pm).
MARK CRISPIN MILLER
Miller signs Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney’s New World Order. Elliott Bay, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
TUESDAY 8/17
BHARATI MUKHERJEE
The Tree Bride is literally about a girl who marries a tree. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
BRIAN HERBERT AND KEVIN J. ANDERSON
Dune: The Battle of Corrin is the last in the popular series. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
* ARUNDHATI ROY WITH DAVID BARSAMIAN
The famous novelist on empire, politics, Chomsky, etc. Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Ave, 652-4255, 7:30 pm, $8.
WEDNESDAY 8/18
DAVID NEIWERT
Death on the Fourth of July is about a hate crime. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
