Literary Calendar

7:30 P.M. Novelist Nani Power discusses and signs Feed the Hungry: A Memoir with Recipes at Borders Books-Baileys Crossroads, Route 7 at Columbia Pike, Baileys Crossroads, Va., 703-998-0404.

19 THURSDAY

12:30 P.M. Tracy Brown reads from and signs her new urban drama, Twisted, at Barnes & Noble-Metro Center, 555 12th St. NW, 202-347-0176.

6:30 P.M. The Phillips Collection is hosting a poetry reading with E. Ethelbert Miller (director of Howard University's African American Resource Center) and Hari Jones (curator of the African American Civil War Museum) on issues facing the African American community during the Harlem Renaissance and the Great Migration. And artist Fred Joiner will moderate a discussion on the works of Langston Hughes and Jean Toomer, exploring themes of migration, past and present. This event is in conjunction with the museum's current exhibition, "The Great American Epic: Jacob Lawrence's Great Migration Series," on view through Oct. 26. The Phillips is located at 1600 21st St. NW; call 202-387-2151.

6:30 P.M. S.E. Cupp and Brett Joshpe discuss and sign Why You're Wrong About the Right: Behind the Myths: The Surprising Truth About Conservatives at Borders Books-Downtown, 18th & L Sts. NW, 202-466-4999.

6:30 P.M. Journalists Chris Hedges and Laila al-Arian discuss and sign their new book, Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians, at Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW, 202-387-7638.

7 P.M. Leonard S. Marcus discusses and signs Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children's Literature at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.

7 P.M. David Guterson, author of the bestseller Snow Falling on Cedars, reads from and signs his new novel, The Other, at Olsson's Books-Dupont, 202-785-1133. He will also read on Friday, June 20, at 7:30 p.m. at Borders Books-Baileys Crossroads, 703-998-0404. [Read the review on page 7.]

7 P.M. Local pastry chef and entrepreneur Warren Brown, owner of the bakery CakeLove and its sister establishment Love Café, discusses his new cookbook, CakeLove: How to Bake Cakes from Scratch, at the Shirlington Branch Library, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington, Va., 703-228-6545.

20 FRIDAY

7 P.M. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, the former president of George Washington University, discusses and signs Big Man on Campus: A University President Speaks Out on Higher Education at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.

21 SATURDAY

11 A.M. Children's book author and illustrator Susan Stockdale chats about and signs copies of her new picture book, Fabulous Fishes (ages 3-6), at Aladdin's Lamp Children's Bookstore, 2499 N. Harrison St., Arlington, Va. Call 703-241-8281 to RSVP.

1 P.M. Former New York Times reporter Jane Fletcher Geniesse discusses and signs her new book, American Priestess: The Extraordinary Story of Anna Spafford and the American Colony in Jerusalem, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.

1 P.M. Journalist Chris Jones discusses Out of Orbit: The Incredible True Story of Three Astronauts Who Were Hundreds of Miles Above Earth When They Lost Their Ride Home (just published in paperback) at the National Air and Space Museum, Sixth St. & Independence Ave. SW. He will also speak on Sunday, June 22, at 1 p.m. at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, 14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy., Chantilly, Va. Visit http://www.nasm.si.edu.

6 P.M. David A. Price discusses and signs The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.

6:30 P.M. Air Force veterans and military/aviation writers Robert F. Dorr and Thomas D. Jones discuss and sign Hell Hawks!: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht at Borders Books-Stafford, 1240 Stafford Market Place, Stafford, Va., 540-720-9636.

22 SUNDAY

3 P.M. Nora Gallagher, author of the novel Changing Light, and Lauren F. Winner, author of Real Sex: The Naked Truth About Chastity, sign their work at the museum store at the Washington National Cathedral, Wisconsin & Massachusetts Ave. NW. Both authors are members of the Cathedral College faculty; call 202-537-2221 for details.

4 P.M. The Institute for Policy Studies hosts a discussion of Lessons from Iraq: Avoiding the Next War with editors Miriam Pemberton and William D. Hartung and contributor Andy Shallal at Busboys and Poets, 202-387-7638.

5 P.M. Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs discusses and signs One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.

SPECIAL NOTICE

Main Street Takoma is holding a Previously Read Book Sale on Saturday, June 21 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Sunday, June 22 (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) at "The Deck," 6903 Laurel Ave., Takoma Park, Md. Visit http://www.mainstreettakoma.org for details.