LINDA CARLSON
Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest chronicles large movements (housing, religion) and minor incidents (sawmill accidents, town picnics, etc.). Third Place Books, 17171 Lake Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
ANDY SERKIS
The Hollywood behind-the-scenes big cheese signs The Lord of the Rings: Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic. University Bookstore, 4326 University Way, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
SAUL LANDAU
The scholar, commentator, and author (his latest is The Pre-Emptive Empire) disses George W. Bush. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, 628-0888, 7:30 pm, $10.
FRIDAY 1/16
PO BRONSON
What should you do with your night? Go see Bronson discuss What Should I Do With My Life? (now in paperback). Third Place Books, 366-3333, 6:30 pm, free.
TIMOTHY EGAN
The New York Times journalist reads from his new novel The Winemaker's Daughter. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free. (Also on Wed Jan 21 at Third Place Books, 366-3333, at 7 pm.)
KEVIN PHILLIPS
The economist and historian's most recent book is Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich. Town Hall, 628-0888, 8 pm, $15.
SATURDAY 1/17
ELLEN WATERSTON
Then There Was No Mountain is about mothers and daughters and addiction. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave NE, 525-2347, 6 pm, free.
PETER PEREIRA, TED McMAHON
The poets, both doctors, read from new work. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
MONDAY 1/19
* GARY LUTZ
See Stranger Suggests, page 21. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 322-7030, 7:30 pm, $5.
* STEVEN SHAVIRO
The UW prof and Stranger contributor reads from Connected, or What It Means to Live in the Network Society. Elliott Bay, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
TUESDAY 1/20
RICHARD H. DICKINSON
The Silent Men is a novel about snipers in Vietnam. University Bookstore, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
JACK NISBET
Visible Bones: Journeys Across Time in the Columbia River Country is a guide to salamanders, rocks, etc. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
SAM HAMILL, KATHLEEN FLENNIKEN, PETER PEREIRA
The poets and editors discuss the art (and business) of publishing poetry. Hugo House, 322-7030, 7:05 pm, free.
HAVEN KIMMEL
Something Rising is a novel set in a small town. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
WEDNESDAY 1/21
WALTER WILLIAMS
Reaganism and the Death of Representative Democracy is about corporate power and corruption, both of which are, of course, alive and well today. University Bookstore, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
MIAN MIAN
When the Shanghai-based novelist reads from her novel about urban China, Candy, the Seattle-based Andrew Lingefelter will translate. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
POETRY/OPEN MICS
IT'S ABOUT TIME READING SERIES--Featured readers: Joseph Kelly, Richard Gold, and Jed Myers on Sun Jan 18 at 7:30 pm. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave NE, 525-2347, free.
POETSWEST--Featuring Richard K. Brugger, Glenn Reed, Leonard Tews. Sun Jan 18 at 7 pm. Penny Cafe, 1707 NW Market St, 682-1268, free.
RED SKY POETRY THEATER--Featured reader on Sun Jan 18 at 7 pm: Karyna McGlynn. Globe, 1531 14th Ave, 547-4585, free.
