Literary Calendar

June 2-8, 2008

2 MONDAY

Noon. Jim Webb, current U.S. senator from Virginia, discusses his new book, A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America, at the National Press Club, Holeman Lounge, 529 14th St. NW. RSVP at 202-662-7129 or opus@press.org.

7 P.M. Novelist and Yale University law professor Stephen L. Carter reads from and discusses his work, including The Emperor of Ocean Park and New England White (just published in paperback), at the Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. Tickets for this PEN/Faulkner event are $15 each; call 202-544-7077 or visit http://www.penfaulkner.org to RSVP.

7 P.M. George Lakoff discusses and signs The Political Mind: Why You Can't Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-364-1919. He will also speak on Tuesday, June 3, at 12:30 p.m. at Borders Books-Downtown, 18th & L Sts. NW, 202-466-4999.

7 P.M. Writer and photographer Stephanie Klein discusses and signs Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp at Olsson's Books-Dupont, 1307 19th St. NW, 202-737-1133.

7:30 P.M. Rick Bragg discusses and signs his new memoir, The Prince of Frogtown, at Barnes & Noble-Bethesda, 4801 Bethesda Ave., Bethesda, Md., 301-986-1761. He will also speak on Tuesday, June 3, at 7:30 p.m. at Borders Books-Baileys Crossroads, Route 7 at Columbia Pike, Baileys Crossroads, Va., 703-998-0404.

3 TUESDAY

6:30 P.M. David Iglesias, a U.S. Attorney for New Mexico from 2001-07, discusses and signs his new memoir, In Justice: Inside the Scandal That Rocked the Bush Administration (written with Davin Seay) at Borders Books-Downtown, 202-466-4999.

7 P.M. SF writers, including Arlan Andrews, John G. Hemry and Michael Swanwick, discuss how science fiction can help defend the nation at Reiter's Scientific & Professional Books, 1990 K St. NW, 202-223-3327.

7:30 P.M. Photojournalist Bill Eppridge, a photographer for Life magazine, discusses A Time It Was: Bobby Kennedy in the Sixties, a visual record of Robert Kennedy's early campaign and tragic death, at Barnes & Noble-Bethesda, 301-986-1761. A book signing follows.

7:30 P.M. The 2008 season of the Joaquin Miller Cabin Poetry Series opens with a reading by Barbara Crocker and Anne Higgins at Miller's Cabin, Picnic Grove #6, Beach Dr. at the Military Road overpass in Rock Creek Park, 703-820-8113. An open reading (sign-up at 7 p.m.) will conclude the program.

8 P.M. Novelist Chuck Palahniuk chats about his new novel, Snuff, in an interview with Eric Nuzum at the Avalon Theater, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW in an event sponsored by Olsson's Books & Records. A reading and Q&A follow. Tickets, $30 each (which includes a signed copy of the book), are available at all Olsson's Books locations or on-line at http://www.olssons.com

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4 WEDNESDAY

6:30 P.M. David Sirota, a syndicated newspaper columnist and political action organizer, discusses and signs his new book, The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington, at Borders Books-Downtown, 202-466-4999. He will also speak on Thursday, June 5, at 5:30 p.m. at the National Education Association, 1201 16th St. NW (call Politics & Prose at 202-364-1919 for details).