Literary Calendar: October 16-22, 2006

7 P.M. Historian Bart Ehrman discusses and signs The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed at Olsson's Books-Penn Quarter, 418 Seventh St. NW, 202-638-7610.

7 P.M. Alex Sanchez , author of the "Rainbow Boys" trilogy, reads from and signs his new novel for young adults, Getting It , at Lambda Rising Bookstore, 1625 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-462-6969.

7:30 P.M. Edward P. Jones , winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Known World , reads from and signs his new book, All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories , at Borders Books-Tyson's Corner, 8027 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, Va., 703-556-7766.

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Noon. Former U.S. diplomat Peter W. Galbraith is joined by Marina S. Ottaway, director of Middle East Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Christopher A. Preble, the Cato Institute's director of Foreign Policy Studies, for a discussion of The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End at the Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Call 202-789-5229 or e-mail events@cato.org to RSVP.

3 P.M. Peniel Joseph , a professor of Africana history at SUNY-Stonybrook, discusses Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America , with commentary from Ronald Walters and Elizabeth Clark-Lewis, at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Call 202-691-4147 to RSVP. He will also speak on Saturday, Oct. 21, at 5 p.m. at Busboys and Poets, 202-387-7638.

6:30 P.M. Political columnist and commentator Andrew Sullivan discusses and signs The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It, How to Get It Back at Borders Books-Downtown, 18th & L Sts. NW, 202-466-4999.

7 P.M. Ed Viesturs discusses and signs No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks (written with David Roberts) at Olsson's Books-Courthouse, 2111 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va., 703-525-4227.

7 P.M. Journalism professor June Cross discusses and signs Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away (based on her 1997 Emmy Award-winning documentary) at the New Carrollton Branch Library, 7414 Riverdale Rd., New Carrollton, Md., 301-459-6900.

7 P.M. Nell Freudenberger reads from and signs her new novel, The Dissident , at Olsson's Books-Penn Quarter, 202-638-7610.

7:30 P.M. Poets Jennifer Gresham and Richard Lyons (winner of the 2005 Washington Prize) read from their work as part of the Café Muse series at the Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 S. Park Ave., Chevy Chase, Md. An open reading (sign-up at 7 p.m.) concludes the program.

7:30 P.M. Investigative journalist Edwin Black discusses and signs Internal Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives at Barnes & Noble-Georgetown, 3040 M St. NW, 202-965-9880.

7:30 P.M. Julia Spencer-Fleming reads from and signs her new mystery, All Mortal Flesh , at Borders Books-Baileys Crossroads, Route 7 at Columbia Pike, Baileys Crossroads, Va., 703-998-0404.