- A reading by author Rita Mae Brown, scheduled for today at 7:30 p.m. at the Borders in Baileys Crossroads and listed in the Jan. 27 Book World, has been canceled.
Literary Calendar
January 28-February 3, 2008
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28 MONDAY
11:45 A.M. The Association for Women in Communications (AWC), D.C. chapter, is hosting a luncheon with Deborah Kanafani for a discussion of her new book, Unveiled: How an American Woman Found Her Way Through Politics, Love, and Obedience in the Middle East, at the Tivoli Restaurant, 1700 N. Moore St., Arlington, Va. The event opens with registration and networking, followed by lunch and the program at 12:15 p.m. A book signing follows. Admission is $40 for nonmembers, $30 for AWC members and $20 for students. For complete details and to RSVP, visit http:/
7 P.M. Eric Weiner discusses and signs The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-364-1919.
7 P.M. Ellen Byerrum, author of the "A Crime of Fashion Mystery" series, including Grave Apparel and Raiders of the Lost Corset, reads from and discusses her work at the Martha Washington Library, 6614 Fort Hunt Rd., Alexandria, Va. Call 703-768-6700 to RSVP.
7:30 P.M. Natalie Wexler, an attorney and former clerk at the Supreme Court, reads from and signs her first novel, A More Obedient Wife: A Novel of the Early Supreme Court, at the Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 S. Park Ave., Chevy Chase, Md., 301-656-2797.
29 TUESDAY
10:30 A.M. Children's author Linda Buckley-Archer reads from and discusses The Time Thief, the second book in her "Gideon Trilogy" (a fantasy series for young readers) at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919. She will also read that evening at 5 p.m. at Borders Books-Fairfax, 11054 Lee Hwy., Fairfax, Va., 703-359-8420.
3 P.M. Lester R. Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute, discusses Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (the updated edition of his bestselling Plan B), at George Mason University, Dewberry Hall Johnson Center, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax, Va. The program is part of a one-day "teach-in" on climate change being held at more than 1100 colleges and universities nationwide; for details, visit http:/
6:30 P.M. The Goethe-Institut, located at 812 Seventh St. NW, is hosting a program on German-Jewish novelist and playwright Max Mohr that includes a discussion with novelist Frederick Reuss, author of the historical novel Mohr, and filmmaker Nicolas Humbert, who will screen his Mohr biopic "Wolfsgrub." Call 202-387-3355 for details.
7 P.M. Jim Wallis, a faith-based activist and founder of Sojourners magazine, discusses his new book, The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America, in conversation with journalist and Brookings Institution scholar E.J. Dionne at Georgetown University, Gaston Hall (off the Dahlgren Quadrangle), 2151 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Dionne's newest book is Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith & Politics After the Religious Right.
7 P.M. Russell Banks reads from and signs his new novel, The Reserve, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
30 WEDNESDAY
Noon. The Native Writers Series at the National Museum of the American Indian hosts Victor Montejo, a professor in the Native American Studies Department at the University of California (Davis) and the author of Testimony: Death of a Guatemalan Village, who will take part in an informal "meet the author" session in the Patrons' Lounge (fourth floor). At 6:30 p.m. that evening, he will be joined by the museum staff in a reading and discussion of his writing and Mayan heritage in the Rasmuson Theater. A reception and book signing follow. The museum is located at Fourth St. & Independence Ave. SW; for details, visit http:/
Noon. Professor Michael G. Long discusses and signs First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson at the National Archives, William G. McGowan Theater, 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 202-357-5000. The event marks the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's entry into major league baseball.
7 P.M. Journalist Pete Earley discusses and signs Comrade J: The Untold Secrets of Russia's Master Spy in America After the End of the Cold War at Olsson's Books-Penn Quarter, 418 Seventh St. NW, 202-638-7610.
