April 9-15, 2007
Sunday, April 8, 2007; Page BW13
9MONDAY
7 P.M. Poets Jason Gray and John Surowiecki read from their work as part of the "Café Muse" series held at the Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 S. Park Ave., Chevy Chase, Md. A poetry open reading (sign-up at 7 p.m.) concludes the program. Call 301-656-2797 or visit http:/
7 P.M. Ali A. Allawi, a former senior minister in the Iraqi government, discusses and signs The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-364-1919.
7:30 P.M. John Sellers reads from and discusses his new memoir, Perfect from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life, as part of the "F.W. Thomas Performance Series" hosted by Adam Mazmanian at the Warehouse, 1017-21 Seventh St. NW. Artist Mike Lowery and Glenn Dixon, former arts editor of the Washington City Paper, will take part in the program. Admission is $5; for details, call 202-783-3933.
10TUESDAY
6:30 P.M. Actor, director and screenwriter Gene Wilder reads from and signs his first novel, My French Whore: A Love Story, at the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW. Admission is free, but reservations are required; call 202-662-7129 or e-mail opus@press.org.
7 P.M. British writer Richard Mabey, author of the biography Gilbert White (a Whitbread Biography of the Year), discusses and signs his new memoir of clinical depression, Nature Cure, at Chapters Literary Bookstore, 445 11th St. NW, 202-737-5553.
7 P.M. Laura Lippman, author of the Tess Monaghan mysteries, reads from and signs her new stand-alone novel, What the Dead Know, at Olsson's Books-Penn Quarter, 418 Seventh St. NW, 202-638-7610.
11WEDNESDAY
10:30 A.M. Local children's author Jackie Urbanovic reads from and signs her new picture book, Duck at the Door, at Borders Books-Silver Spring, 8518 Fenton St., Silver Spring, Md., 301-585-0550.
6 P.M. Novelist Stephen Dixon, the two-time National Book Award nominee and author of Frog and Interstate, reads from his work in a celebration marking his retirement (after 26 years) from the Writing Seminars program at Johns Hopkins University. The event will be held at the university's Homewood Campus, Mudd Hall auditorium, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. For details, call 410-516-6139 or e-mail dbasford@jhu.edu.
6 P.M. Bryan Talbot reads from and signs his new graphic novel, Alice In Sunderland: An Entertainment, at Big Planet Comics, 4908 Fairmont Ave., Bethesda, Md., 301-654-6856.
6:30 P.M. Investment banker Jeffrey C. Hooke discusses and signs The Dinosaur Among Us: The World Bank and Its Path to Extinction at Reiter's Scientific & Professional Bookstore, 1990 K St. NW (new location), 202-223-3327.
7 P.M. Washington Post columnist David Ignatius reads from and signs his new political thriller, Body of Lies, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
12THURSDAY
10:15 A.M. Philip Zimbardo, professor emeritus of psychology at Stanford University, discusses and signs his new book, The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil, at Georgetown University, Reiss Science Bldg., Room 103, 37th & O Sts. NW. Sponsored by the university's Department of Psychology; call 202-687-4042 for details.
