THURSDAY 3/10
CONNIE CZEPIEL
Czepiel reads from Defending Wild Washington: A Citizen’s Action Guide. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
JOHN CHRISTOPHER HAMM
The UW professor talks about Paper Swordsmen: Jin Young and the Modern Chinese Martial Arts Novel. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
PHILLIP MARGOLIN
Lost Lake is a mystery. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-333, 7 pm, free.
FRIDAY 3/11
PHEBE HANSON
Why Still Dance: 75 Years: 75 Poems is full of “a sense of wry amazement,” says Bill Holm. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
SATURDAY 3/12
DARIO CASTANGO
The wine drinker reads from Too Much Tuscan Sun: Confessions of a Chianti Tour Guide. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 2 pm, free.
SUNDAY 3/13
WILLIAM McCAULEY
Need is a book of short stories set in Sierra Leone. Queen Anne Books, 1811 Queen Anne Ave N, 283-5624, 3 pm, free. (Also on March 15 at University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.)
ERIC A. KIMMEL
The “noted storyteller, birdwatcher, bread baker, banjo player, traveler, and mensch” tells Jewish children’s stories and signs copies of his Jewish children’s books (Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, et al.). Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St, 525-0915, 1 pm, adults $7, children $4, family $20.
MONDAY 3/14
JEANNETTE WALLS
The Glass Castle is a memoir that begins with the author “describing looking out the window of her taxi, wondering if she’s ‘overdressed’ for the evening and spotting her mother on the sidewalk, ‘rooting through a dumpster'” (Publisher’s Weekly). Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 5 pm, free.
CHRISTOPHER RICE
Light Before Day is a mystery involving gay guys with names like Adam Murphy and Daniel Brady and a gay magazine called Glitz. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
TIM DORSEY
Torpedo Juice is a serial-killer mystery. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
TUESDAY 3/15
RAMEZ NAAM
The software inventor reads from More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
RABBI STEVEN GREENBERG
The first gay Orthodox rabbi to publicly come out reads from and signs Wrestling with God and Men: Homosexuality and the Jewish Tradition. Bailey/Coy Books, 414 Broadway Ave E, 323-8842, 7 pm, free.
WEDNESDAY 3/16
ANNE LAMOTT
The really popular Christian lady reads Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave, 624-6600, 7 pm, free.
KEVIN GUILFOILE
Cast of Shadows is a philosophical thriller involving a doctor, a murdered daughter, and cloning. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
ROBERT DUGONI, JOSEPH HILLDORFER
Cyanide Canary is about “corrupt business practices and deadly work conditions” and a run-in with a cyanide-laced storage tank. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
JERRILYN FARMER
Flaming Luau of Death is a fucking great title for a book. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
POETRY/OPEN MICS
HOMELAND–Words. So many words. Tuesdays at 7 pm. Caffe Vita, 1005 E Pike St, 709-4440, free.
IT’S ABOUT TIME READING SERIES–Featured readers: Idore Anschell, Priscilla Long, Anne Pitken, Pamela Moore Dionne on March 10 at 7:30 pm. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave NE, 525-2347, free.
POETSWEST–Featuring Ellen Elizabeth, Glenn Reed, Sharon Svendsen, Christopher Twigg. Sun March 13 at 7 pm. Penny Cafe, 1707 NW Market St, 682-1268, free.
RED SKY POETRY THEATER–Featuring Margareta Waterman, Stephen Fandrich 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. Featuring Lizz Straight on March 16. Capitol Hill Arts Center, 1621 12th Ave, 388-0500, $5.
JACK STRAW READING SERIES–Third Wednesday of every month at 7 pm. Featured readers on March 16: Elizabeth Austen, Jared Leising, Pamela Moore Dionne, Arne Phil. Jack Straw Productions, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE, 634-0919, free.
THIRD TUESDAYS POETS AND WRITERS–Third Tuesday of every month at 7 pm. Featured writers on March 15: Irene Drennan, Pesha Joyce Gertler, Esther Helfgott, Denise Calvetti Michaels, Diane Westergaard. Barnes and Noble, 2700 NE University Village, 525-4568, free.
