THURSDAY 6/17

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.