Literary Calendar
March 10-16, 2008
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10 MONDAY
7 P.M. Journalist Chris Hedges discusses and signs I Don't Believe in Atheists at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-364-1919.
11 TUESDAY
10:30 A.M. Children's writer and artist James Gurney reads from and discusses Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara, the newest volume in his saga of Dinotopia, a fantasy world where humans and dinosaurs co-exist, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
Noon."Family Names and Nicknames" is the theme of readings by Mary Buchinger, James L. Foy and Sheppard Ranbom in the opening of the spring season of the "Poetry at Noon" series held at the Library of Congress, James Madison Bldg., Pickford Theater, 101 Independence Ave. SE, 202-707-5394.
7 P.M. Jan Egeland, the former U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, discusses and signs A Billion Lives: An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
7:30 P.M. John Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, discusses and signs his recent memoir, Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations, at the McLean Community Center, Alden Theatre, 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean, Va. Admission to this event, sponsored by the Fairfax County Public Library (part of its "Perspectives" series), is free. Tickets will be distributed (limit four per person) beginning at 7 p.m.; call 703-324-8428 for details.
12 WEDNESDAY
6:30 P.M. Nick Taylor discusses and signs American-Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put the Nation to Work at Borders Books-Downtown, 18th & L Sts. NW, 202-466-4999.
7 P.M. Joseph Horowitz, a former New York Times music critic and executive director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, discusses and signs Artists in Exile: How Refugees from Twentieth-Century War and Revolution Transformed the American Performing Arts at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
13 THURSDAY
Noon. Former Republican congressman Mickey Edwards discusses his new book, Reclaiming Conservatism: How a Great American Political Movement Got Lost -- And How It Can Find Its Way Back, at the Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Call 202-789-5229 or e-mail events@cato.org to RSVP.
7 P.M. Veteran scriptwriter and television producer Gary David Goldberg, creator of the series "Family Ties" and "Spin City," discusses his new memoir, Sit, Ubu, Sit: How I Went from Brooklyn to Hollywood with the Same Woman, the Same Dog, and a Lot Less Hair at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. Tickets are $6; visit http:/
7 P.M. Brian Winter discusses and signs his new travelogue Long After Midnight at the Nino Bien: A Yanquis Missteps in Argentina at Olsson's Books-Dupont, 1307 19th St. NW, 202-785-1133.
7:30 P.M. Linda Fairstein reads from and signs her new Alex Cooper thriller, Killer Heat, at Borders Books-Baileys Crossroads, Route 7 at Columbia Pike, Baileys Crossroads, Va., 703-998-0404.
14 FRIDAY
10:30 A.M. Children's writer Laura Numeroff, author of the bestselling picture book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, reads from her newest picture book, The Jellybeans and the Big Dance, at Aladdin's Lamp Children's Bookstore, 2499 N. Harrison St., Arlington, Va. Call 703-241-8281 to RSVP.
