readings listings

Thursday 8/17

CHARLIE VALENTINE
Better Days Ahead is a novel set in America in the 1950s. Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park), 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333. Free. 7 pm.

DAN BERGER
Outlaws of America is a nonfiction book about the Weather Underground. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600. Free. 7:30 pm.

ELI HASTINGS
Falling Room is a memoir set in urban and pastoral settings. Ravenna Third Place, 6504 20th Ave NE, 525-2347. Free. 7:30 pm.

Friday 8/18

DEAN KUIPERS
Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke, a nonfiction account of something that went down in Michigan in 2001, begins: "Rainbow Farm campground was empty on the Friday morning Tom Crosslin burned the place to the ground. Two teenage lovers named Omar Alham and Vanessa Hunckler has been the last to leave, taking down their tent two days earlier, but that red morning they were flying toward it again, fishtailing down the dirt road, dust billowing in a monster ecru cloud behind. Tom hadn't really told them why they had to leave, only that 'stuff's happening'... The campers at Rainbow Farm had called the car the Hempulance because Omar took the county roads like he was operating an emergency vehicle. He drove fast as a point of pride, always arriving just in time with the antidote to ordinary blues. Many were saved, and many believed the cannabis plant could save the world. But now it seemed like it was Rainbow Farm that needed saving." University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400. Free. 7 pm.

JOSEPH APRILE
Impaled on Time's Illustrious Arrow is a collection of poems. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600. Free. 7:30 pm.

Saturday 8/19

NEW VOICES 9
College students read excerpts from their novels in process. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600. Free. 2 pm.

Sunday 8/20

CARLETTA CARRINGTON WILSON, AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITER'S ALLIANCE
She reads from her poetry and discusses her exhibit of mixed media collage Constellation of Shadows and Leaves. Columbia City Gallery, 4864 Rainier Ave S, 760-9843. Free. 2 pm.

Monday 8/21

BOB SEIDENSTICKER
He reads from Future Hype: The Myths of Technology Change. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400. Free. 7 pm.

KEITH DONOHUE
The Stolen Child is a debut novel about a kid kidnapped by a pack of hobgoblins. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600. Free. 7:30 pm.

Tuesday 8/22

G.M. FORD
Blown Away is a thriller. Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park), 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333. Free. 7 pm.

PETER JAMERO
He reads from Growing up Brown: Memoirs of a Filipino American. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400. Free. 7 pm.

ERIC GREENWALT, DOUG NUFER
Greenwalt reads from Spontaneous Human Combustion: A Case History. Nufer reads from The Mudflat Man/The River Boys (see review, page 32). Barça, 1510 11th Ave, 325-8263. Free. 7:30 pm.

VIVIANA CARBALLO
Havana Salsa: Stories & Recipes is a memoir. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600. Free. 7:30 pm.

TRAPDOOR 62
A panel of good-on-their-feet writers (Matt Briggs, Shannon Borg, Stacey Levine, Anna Maria Hong) wear costumes, quote Jung, and interpret audience members' dreams. It's funny. Plus, live music. Rendezvous, 2320 Second Ave, 441-5823. $8. 8 pm.

Wednesday 8/23

AMY DeZELLAR
Dating Amy: 50 True Confessions of a Serial Dater chronicles 50 dates. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400. Free. 7 pm.

PATRICK DONOVAN
The Face of Consciousness is about how to "transcend death and transform illness into greater life," according to press materials. "I wouldn't usually be inclined to list such a reading," says books intern Andrew Bleeker, "but this one will teach me how to transcend death!" Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park), 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333. Free. 7 pm.

ELI HASTINGS
Falling Room is a memoir set in urban and pastoral settings. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600. Free. 7:30 pm.

POETSWEST
Featured readers and an open mic. Saturdays at 6 pm. at Epilogue Books, 2005 NW Market St, 682-1268. Free. Sat, 6 pm. SCRATCHING POST Poetry open mic, all ages. Thursdays at 8 pm, signup at 7:30 pm. at Mr. Spots Chai House, 5463 Leary Ave NW, 297-2424. Free. Thurs, 8 pm. SEATTLE POETRY SLAM Every Tuesday at 8 pm. at Mirabeau Room, 529 Queen Anne Ave N, 217-2800. $5. Tues, 8 pm. TAKE A POEM INTO YOUR HEART Featured readers. Third Friday of every month at 7 pm, signup at 6:45 pm. at Bookworm Exchange, 4860 Rainier Ave, 722-6633. Free. Third Fri, 7 pm.