TIMOTHY B. TYSON
Blood Done Sign My Name is a family history. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 8 pm, free.
MARY POTTER ENGEL
Strangers and Sojourners is fiction. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
* ANDREI CODRESCU
Wakefield is a "dazzling" novel, says Jonathan Raban. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, 7 pm, free. (Also June 18 at Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, noon, free, and at University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.)
BARBARA SJOHOLM
Sjoholm signs The Pirate Queen. Ravenna Third Place, 6504 20th Ave NE, 525-2347, 7:30 pm, free. (Also June 18 at Elliott Bay Book Company, 7:30 pm, free.)
,br> FRIDAY 6/18
MURIEL NELSON, MAYA KHOSLA
The poets read new work. Ravenna Third Place, 525-2347, 7:30 pm, free.
SATURDAY 6/19
DAVID BIESPIEL
Wild Civility is a book of poems. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 5 pm, free.
POE BALLANTINE
God Clobbers Us All is a comic novel. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
* JAMES JOYCE
Some intrepid actors have their way with chapter 10 from Ulysses, in honor of Bloomsday. UW, Brechemin Auditorium, 528-1988 for more info, 3 pm, free.
SUNDAY 6/20
GARY GLICKMAN
Aura is a novel about five artists in New York. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 2:30 pm, free.
* SETH KANTNER
See review, page 31.
RICHARD J. MACKIN
He's a columnist for the zine Razorcake. Confounded Books, 315 E Pine St, 441-9880, 6 pm, free.
MONDAY 6/21
STEVEN BARNES
Barnes reads from Star Wars: The Cestus Deception. University Book Store, 634-4255, 7 pm, free.
GARY GROTH
The Fantagraphics copublisher gives a slide show about The Complete Peanuts (1950-1952). Third Place Books, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
* DAVID BROOKS
See Stranger Suggests, page 27.
MIMI SHERATON
Eating My Words is about being a critic. Tree of Life Judaica & Books, 527-1130, 7 pm, free. (Also on June 22 at Third Place Books, 366-3333, 6:30 pm, free.)
MARVIN BELL
Rampant is Bell's 17th book of poems. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
STIMSON BULLITT
Former mayor Charles Royer interviews the author of To Be a Politician. Town Hall, 652-4255, 7:30 pm, free.
TUESDAY 6/22
DAN CHAON
You Remind Me of Me is a debut novel. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 6 pm, free.
PAT MURPHY
The award-winning sci-fi author reads from her oeuvre. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7:30 pm, $4.
JENNY McPHEE
No Ordinary Matter is "volcanic," says Muriel Spark. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 8 pm, free.
WEDNESDAY 6/23
ALISA VALDEZ-RODRIGUEZ
The Dirty Girls Social Club is a novel. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
ALAIN DE BOTTON
Status Anxiety is a quasi-historical treatise by the author of How Proust Can Change Your Life. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
* HENRY LOUIS GATES
A smart, charming scholar. Nesholm Lecture Hall, McCaw Hall, Seattle Center, 545-6988, 7 pm, $15.
* SHERMAN ALEXIE
Ten Little Indians is a book of stories. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.