April 7-13, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
7 MONDAY
6 P.M. Michael Eric Dyson discusses and signs April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America at Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW, 202-387-7638.
7 P.M. David Hajdu, the music critic for the New Republic magazine, discusses and signs The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-364-1919.
7:30 P.M. Nevada Barr reads from and signs her new Anna Pigeon mystery, Winter Study, at Borders Books-Baileys Crossroads, Route 7 at Columbia Pike, Baileys Crossroads, Va., 703-998-0404.
8 TUESDAY6 P.M. Animal rights activist Gene Bauer, founder of the organization Farm Sanctuary (which rescues discarded living animals from stockyards, slaughterhouses and factory farms) discusses and signs his new book, Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food, at Busboys and Poets, 202-387-7638.
7 P.M. Richard Price reads from and signs his new novel, Lush Life, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
7:30 P.M. Laura Lippman reads from and signs her new Tess Monaghan mystery, Another Thing to Fall, at Borders Books-Baileys Crossroads, 703-998-0404.
8 P.M. The Foreign Affairs Symposium at Johns Hopkins University hosts a lecture by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz, author (with Linda J. Bilmes) of The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict, at the university's Homewood Campus, Glass Pavilion, 3400 North Charles St., Baltimore, Md. Visit http://www.jhu.edu/fas.
9 WEDNESDAY5:30 P.M. The Eisenhower Institute is sponsoring a reading by Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska for his new book, America: Our Next Chapter: Tough Questions, Straight Answers (written with Peter Kaminsky), at the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW. RSVP at 202-628-4444 or http://www.eisenhowerinstiture.org/events.
6:30 P.M. Madeleine M. Kunin, the former governor of Vermont (the first woman) and an ambassador under the Clinton administration, discusses and signs her new book, Pearls, Politics, and Power: How Women Can Win and Lead, at Busboys and Poets (D.C.), 202-387-7638. She will also speak on Thursday, April 10, at 6:30 p.m. at the Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Ave. NE ( http://www.sewallbelmont.org or 202-546-1210); on Friday, April 11, at 1 p.m. at the Shirlington Public Library, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington, Va., 703-228-6545 [a book signing follows across the street at 2 p.m. at Busboys and Poets, 4251 S. Campbell Ave., 703-379-9757]; and again on Friday, April 11, at 4 p.m. at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
7 P.M. Missy Chase Lapine discusses and signs The Sneaky Chef: How to Cheat on Your Man (In the Kitchen!): Hiding Healthy Foods in Hearty Meals Any Guy Will Love at Olsson's Books-Penn Quarter, 418 Seventh St. NW, 202-638-7610.
7 P.M. Germaine Greer discusses and signs her new book on Ann Hathaway, Shakespeare's Wife, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
7:15 P.M. Shannon Thomas Perich, an associate curator in the photographic history collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, discusses her new book, The Kennedys: Portrait of a Family (with Richard Avedon's portraits from a shoot for Harper's Bazaar in the early 1960s), at the Sandy Springs School, Performing Arts Center, 16923 Norwood Rd., Silver Spring, Md. A reception and book signing follow. For details, call 301-774-7455 or visit http://www.ssfs.org.
7:30 P.M. Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Devil's Highway: A True Story and the novel The Hummingbird's Daughter, reads from his work at George Mason University, Center for the Arts, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax, Va. A book signing follows. Admission to this program, co-sponsored by the Fairfax County Public Library, is free; call 703-993-2993.
10 THURSDAY6:30 P.M. Dan Gordon discusses and signs Your Brain on Cubs: Inside the Heads of Players and Fans at Reiter's Scientific & Professional Books, 1990 K St. NW, 202-223-3327.
6:30 P.M. Michael Farr discusses and signs A Million Is Not Enough: How to Retire with the Money You'll Need at Borders Books-Downtown, 18th & L Sts. NW, 202-466-4999.
7 P.M. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll discusses and signs The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
11 FRIDAY7 P.M. Tobias Wolff reads from and signs Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
13 SUNDAY2 P.M. Aladdin's Lamp Children's Bookstore (2499 N. Harrison St., Arlington, Va.) hosts a reading and discussion with writers Moira Rose Donohue, author of Penny and the Punctuation Bee (illus. by Jenny Law); Marty Rhodes Figley, author of Prisoner of Liberty (illus. by Craig Orback); and Jacqueline Jules, author of No English (illus. by Amy Huntington). Refreshments provided. To register, call 703-241-8281.
5 P.M. Broadcast journalist Roger Mudd discusses and signs his new memoir, The Place to Be: Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of Television News, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
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