Literary Calendar

November 10-16, 2008

10 MONDAY

4:30 P.M. Archbishop Bruno Forte of Chieti-Vasto, Italy, will deliver a lecture, "The Theology of Beauty: A Way to Unity?," drawn from his recent book, The Portal of Beauty: Towards a Theology of Aesthetics, at Georgetown University, Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, 37th & O Sts. NW. Call 202-687-4134 or visit http://www.president.georgetown.edu for details.

7 P.M. Timothy Noah discusses and signs Reputation: Portraits in Power, a collection of short profiles of media and political figures penned by his late wife Marjorie Williams, a longtime columnist for The Washington Post, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-364-1919.

7:30 P.M. The Folger Poetry Series hosts a reading with Frank Bidart, author of Watching the Spring Festival, and Rae Armantrout, author of Next Life, at the Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. A wine reception and book signing follow. Tickets are $12 each; call 202-544-7077 or visit http://www.folger.edu/poetry to RSVP.

11 TUESDAY

7 P.M. Mike Sager discusses and signs Wounded Warriors: Those for Whom the War Never Ends at Barnes & Noble-Market Common, 2800 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington, Va., 703-248-8244.

7 P.M. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Hackett Fischer discusses and signs Champlain's Dream: The European Founding of North America at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919. [Read the review on page 5.]

12 WEDNESDAY

2 P.M. Mitchell A. Yockelson, an archivist with the National Archives, discusses his new book, Borrowed Soldiers: Americans Under British Command, 1918, as part of an "Afternoon Coffee Talk" at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, Russell Auditorium, Bldg. 54, 6900 Georgia Ave. NW (at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center). This event is free, but a photo ID will be required to enter the hospital grounds; for details, call 202-782-2200 or visit http://www.nmhm.washingtondc.museum.

7 P.M. Marion Wright Edelman, civil rights activist and founder/president of the Children's Defense Fund, discusses and signs her new book, The Sea Is So Wide and My Boat Is So Small: Charting a Course for the Next Generation, at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW in an event sponsored by Politics and Prose Bookstore. Call 202-364-1919 for details.

7 P.M. The Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington debuts its "Fiction After Dark" series with novelist Chris Bohjalian reading from and discussing his newest novel, Skeletons at the Feast. A wine and cheese reception precedes the talk at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $25 for the reception, a copy of the book and the lecture, $15 for the reception and lecture alone. The JCCGW is located at 6125 Montrose Rd., Rockville, Md.; call 301-348-3805 or visit http://www.jccgw.org for details and to RSVP.

7 P.M. Audrey Elisa Kerr discusses and signs The Paper Bag Principle: Class, Complexion, and Community in Black Washington, D.C. at Vertigo Books, 7346 Baltimore Ave., College Park, Md., 301-779-9300.

7:30 P.M. Stefan Fatsis, who has covered sports for the Wall Street Journal and NPR, discusses and signs A Few Seconds of Panic: A 5-Foot-8, 170-Pound, 43-Year-Old Sportswriter Plays in the NFL at the City of Fairfax Regional Library, 10360 North St., Fairfax, Va. Reservations are required; call 703-293-6227.

7:30 P.M. Deepak Chopra, a teacher of Eastern philosophy and spirituality, discusses and signs his new book, Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment, at the National Cathedral, Wisconsin & Massachusetts Ave. NW. Tickets are $22, $16 for students and seniors; call 877-537-2228 or visit http://www.cathedral.org.

7:30 P.M. Adam Shepard discusses and signs Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream, an account of his cross-country experiment inspired by the work of Barbara Ehrenreich, at Barnes & Noble-Georgetown, 3040 M St. NW, 202-965-9880.