Literary Calendar
April 28-May 4, 2008
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28 MONDAY
6:30 P.M. Photographer and Minnesota native Wing Young Huie discusses and signs his new book, Looking for Asian America: An Ethnocentric Tour, at the Culture Shop, 341 Cedar St. NW, 202-726-2211. He will also speak on Tuesday, April 29, at 6:30 p.m. at the University of Maryland, Riggs Alumni Center, Crist Boardroom, College Park, Md.
7 P.M. Nathaniel Rich reads from and signs his new novel, The Mayor's Tongue, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-364-1919.
29 TUESDAY
6 P.M. Writer and activist Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature (on global warming) and, most recently, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future, discusses American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau, a new Library of America anthology, which he edited (featuring an introduction by Al Gore), at the Library of Congress, James Madison Bldg., Montpelier Room, 101 Independence Ave. SE, 202-707-5221.
7 P.M. Documentary filmmakers Jules and Gédéon Naudet discuss their new compilation, In God's Name: Wisdom From the World's Great Spiritual Leaders (inspired by the filming of the documentary "9/11") , at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. Tickets for this event, co-sponsored by National Geographic's "Live!" series, are $6 each or two free with purchase of the book that evening; call 301-408-3100 or visit http:/
7 P.M. Former president Jimmy Carter discusses and signs A Remarkable Mother, his reminiscences of his late mother, Lillian Carter, at Books-A-Million, 1451 Chain Bridge Rd., McLean, Va., 703-893-7640.
7:30 P.M. Frank Fuerst discusses and signs Alzheimer's Care with Dignity: The Must-Have Handbook to Help You Care for Your Loved One at Home at Borders Books-Tysons Corner, 8027 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, Va., 703-556-7766.
30 WEDNESDAY
5 P.M. Former U.S. congressman Newt Gingrich signs (no reading) Days of Infamy, the second book in his new (World War II) alt-history series written with William R. Forstchen, at Borders Books-Downtown, 18th & L Sts. NW, 202-466-4999.
7 P.M. Jo-Marie Burt, an associate professor of government and politics at George Mason University, discusses Political Violence and the Authoritarian State in Peru: Silencing Civil Society at the Shirlington Public Library, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington, Va., 703-228-6545. A book signing will follow across the street at Busboys and Poets, 4251 S. Campbell Ave., 703-379-9756.
7 P.M. J. Peter Scoblic, executive editor of the New Republic, discusses and signs U.S. vs Them: How a Half-Century of Conservatism Has Undermined America's Security at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919. (Read the review on page 5.)
1 THURSDAY
Noon. Journalist Jefferson Morley discusses and signs Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA at the International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW, 202-393-7798.
Noon. Cass Sunstein, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, discusses Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness (co-written with Richard H. Thaler) at the Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW. He will be joined by Terence Chorvat of George Mason University Law School and the Cato Institute's Will Wilkinson; call 202-789-5229 or e-mail events@cato.org to RSVP.
5:30 P.M. Marketing expert Rohit Bhargava, author of the blog "Influential Marketing," ( http:/
