Literary Events
May 12-18, 2008
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12 MONDAY
10:30 A.M. Joan Bauer reads from and discusses Peeled, her new YA novel featuring a savvy student newspaper reporter, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-364-1919.
7 P.M. Former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell discusses and signs Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 (just published in paperback) at the United States Navy Memorial, Burke Theater, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. For details, call 202-737-2300 or visit http:/
7 P.M. Mary Tillman discusses and signs Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman, her reflections of her son, the college football star and Army Ranger killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan in 2004, at Olsson's Books-Penn Quarter, 418 Seventh St. NW, 202-638-7610.
7 P.M. CBS sports anchor Jim Nantz discusses and signs Always By My Side: A Father's Grace and a Sports Journey Unlike Any Other (written with Eli Spielman) at Borders Books-White Flint, 11301 Rockville Pike, Kensington, Md., 301-816-1067.
7 P.M. Chris Myers Asch discusses and signs The Senator & the Sharecropper: The Freedom Struggles of James O. Eastland and Fannie Lou Hamer at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
7 P.M. Veteran crime writers Laura Lippman, author of the new Tess Monaghan novel Another Thing to Fall, and Richard Price, author of the new novel Lush Life, chat about their work in an interview with David Simon, creator of the hit HBO series "The Wire," as part of the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program being held at the S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr. SW. A book signing follows. Admission is $25 for nonmembers; call 202-633-3030 or visit http:/
7:30 P.M. Jen Lancaster discusses and signs Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest To Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie is Not the Answer at Borders Books-Baileys Crossroads, Route 7 at Columbia Pike, Baileys Crossroads, Va., 703-998-0404.
13 TUESDAY
7:30 P.M. National Book Award-winning poet Lucille Clifton, author of the collections Good Times and Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1969-1999, presents the annual Folger Poetry Board Reading at the Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. A reception and book signing follow. Tickets are $12; call 202-544-7077 or visit http:/
14 WEDNESDAY
Noon. Public policy professor Steven M. Teles discusses and signs The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement: The Battle for Control of the Law at the Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Call 202-789-5229 or e-mail events@cato.org to RSVP.
6:30 P.M. Caroline Preston leads a discussion on classic American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, inspired by her own novel Gatsby's Girl, at the National Press Club, Zenger Room, 529 14t St. NW. This event is in conjunction with D.C.'s "Big Read," part of the NEA literacy initiative that encourages communities to read the same book over a one-month period -- Washington's selection this year is Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Call 202-662-7129 or e-mail opus@press.org to RSVP.
7 P.M. Marisa de los Santos reads from and signs her new novel, Belong to Me, at Borders Books-Fairfax, 11054 Lee Hwy., Fairfax, Va., 703-359-8420.
7 P.M. Ted Sorensen discusses and signs Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History, an account of his years as an advisor to President Kennedy, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
