THURSDAY 9/29
ANTHONY DOERRAbout Grace is a novel by the author of The Shell Collector. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
MARTIN LIMÓNDoor to Bitterness is a cop thriller. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
DAVID ROBERTSThe climber talks about and shows slides from On the Ridge Between Life and Death: A Climbing Life Reexamined. REI, 222 Yale Ave N, 223-1944, 7 pm, free.
WALTER MOSLEYThe greatest blues detective writer of the 20th century—my colleague Charles Mudede thinks he's better than Chester Himes—reads from his 10th Easy Rawlins book, Cinnamon Kiss. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St., 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
ROBERT PINSKYThe former poet laureate reads from his latest book The Life of David, which isn't poetry. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, 215-4800, 7:30 pm, $10, $8 students.
KEVIN CRAFTThe poet (and sometime Stranger contributor) reads from his first book of poems, Solar Prominence. Open Books: A Poet Emporium, 2414 N 45th St, 633-0811, 7:30 pm, free.
JIM WALLISWallis is a Christian and he's written a book called God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It. Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Ave, 652-4255, 8 pm, $25–$65.
FRIDAY 9/30
CARL HIAASENFlush is a book for young readers. It's about raw sewage. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 6:30 pm, free.
DARRYL PONICSANThe novelist reads from a reissue of his novel The Last Detail and its new sequel, Last Flag Flying. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
SATURDAY 10/1
'CRANKY' RELEASE PARTYThe featured readers are poets Olena Kalytiak Davis (of Alaska) and Matthew Zapruder (of New York). Joining them in this reading to celebrate the new issue of the local journal Cranky are local writers Anna Maria Hong, Joshua Beckman, and lots of others. Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave E, 684-4753, 6:30 pm, $3.
LEE PETERSON, SARA TERRYAll Bosnia, all the time: Peterson is the author of Rooms and Fields: Dramatic Monologues from the War in Bosnia, and Terry is the author of Aftermath: Bosnia's Long Road to Peace, a book of text and photos. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 4 pm, free.
GARY PAKLanguage of the Geckos and Other Stories is a book of stories set in Hawaii. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30, free.
SUNDAY 10/2
MICHAEL ABLEMANThe "farmer, teacher, and slow-food advocate" reads from Fields of Plenty: A Farmer's Journey in Search of Real Food and the People Who Grow It. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 4 pm, free.
MONDAY 10/3
JOHN DARNTONThe Darwin Conspiracy is a thriller. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
AUDREY NIFFENEGGERNiffenegger—what a name—reads from The Three Incestuous Sisters: An Illustrated Novel, which according to Booklist "possess[es] the sly subversion of Edward Gorey" and "the emotional valence of Edvard Munch." Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
TUESDAY 10/4
NEIL GAIMANAnansi Boys is a novel about a weird family. In other words, a family. University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St, 632-5163, 7 pm, $3.
NUALA O'FAOLAINThe Story of Chicago May is a biography of a famous turn-of-the-century Irish prostitute. The cover of the book is all legs. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
WEDNESDAY 10/5
STAN SAKAIThe comic artist talks about Usagi Yojimbo, about "a samurai rabbit wandering through an anthropomorphic 17th-century Japan." Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave, 386-4636, 7 pm, free.
TRAM NGUYENNguyen reads from We Are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories from Immigrant America After 9/11. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
STEPHEN COLLIS, CATHLEEN SHATTUCKCollis is the author of the poetry collections Mine and Anarchive. Shattuck is the author of The Three Queens and House. This is a Subtext event. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 322-7030, 7:30 pm, $5 donation suggested.
DANIEL WOLFFThe poet and journalist reads from 4th of July, Asbury Park: A History of the Promised Land. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
