Literary Calendar

February 18-24, 2008

18 MONDAY

7 P.M. Susan Choi reads from and signs her new novel, A Person of Interest, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-364-1919.

19 TUESDAY

11:30 A.M. Veteran broadcast journalist Daniel Schorr discusses his new book, Come to Think of It: Notes on the Turn of the Millennium, at a luncheon event at the Woman's National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. The event, co-sponsored by the English-Speaking Union, begins with a cash bar followed by lunch at 12:15 p.m. and the lecture at 1 p.m. Admission is $30; call 202-234-4602 or e-mail esuwdc@msn.com to RSVP.

6:30 P.M. Roy Gutman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and foreign editor at the McClatchy newspaper group, discusses and signs How We Missed the Story: Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban and the Hijacking of Afghanistan at the Shirlington Public Library, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington, Va., 703-228-6545. A book signing will follow across the street at 7:30 p.m. at Busboys and Poets, 4251 S. Campbell Ave., 703-379-9756.

6:30 P.M. Alan Pell Crawford discusses and signs Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson at the Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW. RSVP at 202-789-5229 or events@cato.org.

7 P.M. Steve Toltz reads from and signs A Fraction of the Whole, his new comic novel, at Olsson's Books-Dupont, 1307 19th St. NW, 202-785-1133.

7 P.M. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samantha Power discusses and signs Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World, her biography of the slain UN High Commissioner, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.

20 WEDNESDAY

6:30 P.M. Mark Siegel, a longtime adviser to Benazir Bhutto, the former Pakistani prime minister assassinated in December, discusses Bhutto's posthumously-published memoir, Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West (Siegel collaborated on the book), at the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW. For details, call 202-662-7564; to RSVP, e-mail opus@press.org.

6:30 P.M. Activist and journalist Binka Le Breton discusses and signs The Greatest Gift: The Courageous Life and Martyrdom of Sister Dorothy Stang, her new book on the American missionary murdered in Brazil, at Borders Books-Downtown, 18th & L Sts. NW, 202-466-4999.

7 P.M. Alternative medicine guru and bestselling author Deepak Chopra discusses and signs his new book, The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.

7 P.M. The monthly POESIS series will feature poetry readings by Grace Cavalieri and Patricia Gray, with music by Shep Williams and friends, at Borders Books-Pentagon Centre, 1201 S. Hayes St., Arlington, Va., 703-418-0166.

7 P.M. William Cope Moyers, the son of PBS journalist Bill Moyers and currently the vice president for external affairs at the Hazelden Foundation in Minnesota, discusses his recent memoir, Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption (written with Katherine Ketcham), at the Washington National Cathedral, Wisconsin & Massachusetts Aves. NW. Tickets are $16 for the general public, $9 for students, seniors and those with a limited income; call 800-937-8728 or visit http://www.nationalcathedral.org for details. A portion of the evening's proceeds will go to the nonprofit N Street Village.

7 P.M. Stephanie Allen, a professor of writing at the University of Maryland, reads from her work, including her short story collection A Place Between Stations, as part of the "Books and Ideas" series at Montgomery College, Campus Center Bldg., Faculty/Staff Dining Room, 51 Mannakee St., Rockville, Md., 240-567-7417.