Literary Calendar

May 19-25, 2008

19 MONDAY

6:30 P.M. CBS News journalist Kimberly Dozier discusses her new memoir, Breathing the Fire: Fighting to Report--and Survive--the War in Iraq (Dozier suffered critical injuries from a roadside bomb), sponsored by the NPC Professional Development Committee at the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW. Call 202-662-7501 to RSVP.

7 P.M. Rick Perlstein discusses and signs Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America at Olsson's Books-Penn Quarter, 418 Seventh St. NW, 202-638-7610. He will also speak on Tuesday, May 20, at 5:30 p.m. at the National Press Club in an event sponsored by the Campaign for America's Future. Visit http://www.ourfuture.org to RSVP.

7 P.M. Kelly McMasters discusses and signs Welcome to Shirley: A Memoir from an Atomic Town (on growing up in the shadow of the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island) at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-364-1919.

7 P.M. The "National Geographic Live!" series is co-sponsoring a reading and discussion with John Francis, an environmental activist who detailed his journey across America on foot (while observing a vow of silence) in his new memoir, Planetwalker: 22 Years of Walking. 17 Years of Silence, at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. Tickets are $6 each, or two with purchase of the book; call 202-857-7700 or visit http://www.nglive.org to RSVP.

7:30 P.M. Maureen Freely, a professor and translator, reads from and signs Enlightenment, her new novel set in Cold War and post-9/11 Turkey, at Borders Books-Baileys Crossroads, Route 7 at Columbia Pike, Baileys Crossroads, Va., 703-998-0404.

20 TUESDAY

6 P.M. Lambda Rising Bookstore is hosting a reading and discussion with Augusten Burroughs for his new book, A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father, at the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Equality Forum, 1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW. The author takes the stage at 6:30 p.m., followed by a book signing. For further details, contact Lambda Rising at 202-462-6969 or the HRC Action Center & Store at 202-232-8621.

6:30 P.M. Lawrence Freedman, a professor of war studies at King's College, London, discusses his new book, A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle East, in a program sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Washington, D.C. and being held at 1800 K St. NW, conference room B1. A reception and book signing follow. Admission is $15 for the general public, $10 for council members. For details and to RSVP, call 202-293-1051 or e-mail event@worldaffairsdc.org.

7 P.M. Bertie Bowman, the longest-serving African American on Capitol Hill, discusses and signs Step by Step: A Memoir of Hope, Friendship, Perseverance, and Living the American Dream at Borders Books-Largo, 913-A Capital Centre Blvd., Largo, Md., 301-499-2173.

7 P.M. Benjamin Wallace discusses and signs The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine (a 1787 bottle of Château Lafite Bordeaux) at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.

7:30 P.M. Jim Sheeler discusses Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives, his new book that expands on his 2006 Pulitzer Prize-winning story of the fallen soldiers in Iraq, at Borders Books-Tysons Corner, 8027 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, Va., 703-556-7766.

7:30 P.M. Amy Bloom, author of Come to Me : Stories and, most recently, the novel Away, discusses her life and work in an interview with journalist and book reviewer Bethanne Patrick at the D.C. Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW, as part of the "nextbook" series. Tickets are $8 for nonmembers; call 202-777-3254 or visit http://www.nextbook.org for details and to RSVP.

21 WEDNESDAY

7 P.M. St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church, located at 1525 Newton St. NW, will host a reading and discussion by Honor Moore for The Bishop's Daughter, a memoir of her father, Paul Moore, who was elected bishop of Washington in 1963 (her family chose St. Stephen's as their parish). A book signing follows; call 202-232-0900 for details.