THURSDAY 6/16

D. TRAVERS SCOTT, FRANCISCO IBANEZ-CARRASCO

See Stranger Suggests, p. 29. Bailey/Coy Book Company, 101 S Main St, 323-8842, 7 pm, free.

DAVID PHILLIPS

The Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations reads from his book Losing Iraq. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.

YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA

The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet reads from Pleasure Dome. Cat & Cannon Books, 12513 Lake City Way, 367-6370, 7 pm, free.

KEVIN BOYLE

Boyle's National Book Award-winning Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age is now in paperback. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.

GEORGE LAKOFF

The author of Don't Think of an Elephant is "one of the most influential thinkers of the progressive movement," says Howard Dean. Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Ave, 325-3554, 7:30 pm, www.foolproof.org for tickets, $15.

SARAH MANGOLD, KREG HASEGAWA, K. GROSSMAN

The writers and editors read from new work. Gallery of the Senses, 1402 E Pike St, 568-0291, 7:45 pm, $5.

FRIDAY 6/17

CLYDE FORD

The Bellingham author reads from Red Herring. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, 6:30 pm, free.

NISI SHAWL

The science fiction author (The Blazing World) talks about "Escaping Slavery: Science Fiction Fugitives." University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.

LUIS ALBERTO URREA

The author of The Devil's Highway reads from The Hummingbird's Daughter, set in the 19th century. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.

CRANKY LITERARY JOURNAL RELEASE

The recent addition of book reviews to Cranky, a journal that started out publishing only creative writing, is a commendable move. This reading for the new issue features, among other readers, Anna Maria Hong. Ravenna Third Place, 6504 20th Ave NE, 525-2347, 7:30 pm, free.

SATURDAY 6/18

RONNE HARTFIELD

Another Way Home is about Hartfield's family. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 4:30 pm, free.

MICAH NATHAN

Gods of Aberdeen is a suspenseful novel set at a New England college. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 6 pm, free.

ADAM FAWER, JAMES ROLLINS

Fawer's debut novel is Improbable. Rollins' fifth book is Map of Bones. They're both thrillers. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.

SUNDAY 6/19

BETSY LEONDAR-WRIGHT

Leondar-Wright reads from Class Matters: Cross-Class Alliance Building for Middle-Class Activists. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 2 pm, free.

GARRISON KEILLOR

The hugely popular storyteller tells a story. Marymoor Park, 6046 West Lake, Sammamish Parkway Northeast, 425-486-3755, 7 pm, www.ticketmaster.com, $38.50-$58.50.

MONDAY 6/20

GEORGE SINGLETON

The main character's name in Novel is Novel. His brother's name is James and his sister's name is Joyce. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.

TUESDAY 6/21

ROBERTA PRICE

Price reads from Huerfano: A Memoir of Life in the Counterculture. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 5:30 pm, free.

CURTIS SITTENFELD

Prep is a novel about a college-bound high-schooler. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.

JOANNE OTNESS, JENA MacPHERSON

They are the coauthors of Chasing Galahad. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.

JOHN E. WOODS, THOMAS MANN

Woods reads from his new translation of Mann's novel Joseph and His Brothers. Mann, being dead, won't be present. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.

OCTAVIA BUTLER

The serious sci-fi author casts a spell. Experience Music Project, 325 Fifth Ave N, 367-5483,7:30 pm, $4 general, $3 seniors/students.

D. TRAVERS SCOTT, REBECCA BROWN, ADRIAN RYAN, T. MORGAN

Hooray for being gay! Wildrose, 1021 E Pike St, 21+, 779-7056, 8:30 pm, free.

WEDNESDAY 6/22

BRAD MATSEN

Matsen discusses Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.

BRUCE & JU-CHAN FULTON, HWANG SUN-WON

The translator reads from his translation of the late Hwang Sun-won's novel Trees on a Slope. Seattle Public Library, 1000 Fourth Ave, 386-4650, 7 pm, free.

QWO-LI DRISKELL

Walking with Ghosts is a book of poetry. Antioch University, 2326 Sixth Ave, Room 100, 268-4906, 7 pm, free.

SHANNON APPLEGATE

Living Among Headstones is by the inheritor of a small cemetery in Oregon. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.

MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM

The novelist (The Hours) signs his newest, Specimen Days. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.