The listings below are adapted from my page of upcoming D.C.-area readings; please see that page for addresses, contact information, and more.
Notable Events During the Coming Week
April 18
Contributors, Full Moon on K Street: Poems about Washington, DC (Historical Society of Washington, DC)
Jennifer Gilmore, Something Red (Borders Baileys Crossroads)
April 19
Anchee Min, Pearl of China (Politics & Prose)
April 20
Martha Grimes, The Black Cat (Barnes & Noble Potomac)
The Rock Bottom Remainders (Mitch Albom, Dave Barry, Roy Blount, Jr., Greg Iles, James McBride, Ridley Pearson, Amy Tan, and Scott Turow) in conversation with Sam Donaldson (Harman Center for the Arts, 610 F Street NW, 202-547-1122; also performing April 21 at the 9:30 Club, 815 V Street NW, 202-265-0930)
April 21
Mark Kurlansky, The Eastern Stars (Politics & Prose)
April 22
Sarah Silverman, The Bedwetter (Borders L Street)
E.O. Wilson, Anthill (Smithsonian Associates)
April 23
Greg Mortenson, Stones Into Schools (Smithsonian Associates)
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April 19
Hugh Howard, Houses of the Founding Fathers (Library of Congress)
April 23
Estelle Irizarry, Christopher Columbus: The DNA of His Writings (Library of Congress)
May 1
Paul E. Sluby, Sr., Bury Me Deep: Burial Places Past and Present In and Nearby Washington, D.C. (Historical Society of Washington, DC)
May 6
Bruce Johnson, Heart to Heart (Historical Society of Washington, DC)
May 8
Sean Hannity, Conservative Victory: Defeating Obama’s Radical Agenda (Barnes & Noble Tysons Corner)
Mark Levin, Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Illustrated (Barnes & Noble Tysons Corner)
May 10
David Shaman, The World Bank Unveiled (Shirlington Public Library)
May 12
Travis Stork, The Doctor Is In (Borders Rockville)
May 16
Steve Dryden, Peirce Mill: Two Hundred Years in the Nation’s Capital (Historical Society of Washington, DC)
May 23
David Palmer, Memoirs of David Palmer (Historical Society of Washington, DC)
June 1
Mark Edmundson, The Wisdom and Perfect Teachings of the Kings of Rock and Roll (Politics & Prose)
June 2
T.H. Breen, American Insurgents (Politics & Prose)
June 3
Matt Gallagher, Kaboom (Politics & Prose)
June 4
Sasha Polakow-Suransky, The Unspoken Alliance (Politics & Prose)
June 6
Kathryn Schneider Smith, Washington at Home: An Illustrated History of Neighborhoods in the Nation’s Capital (Historical Society of Washington, DC)
June 7
Wilbert Rideau, In the Place of Justice (Politics & Prose)
June 8
Karl Marlantes, Matterhorn (Politics & Prose)
June 9
Robert McCrum, Globish (Politics & Prose)
June 10
Christopher Hitchens, TBA (Politics & Prose)
William Hogeland, Declaration (Borders L Street)
Richard Whittle, The Dream Machine: The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey (Barnes & Noble Bethesda)
June 11
Dave Jamieson, Mint Condition (Politics & Prose)
June 12
Dan Ariely, The Upside of Irrationality (Politics & Prose)
Adele Logan Alexander, Parallel Worlds (Politics & Prose)
Stephen J. Rose, Rebound: Why America Will Emerge Stronger From the Financial Crisis (Politics & Prose)
June 13
Kathryn Allamong Jacob, King of the Lobby: The Life and Times of Sam Ward, Man-About-Washington in the Gilded Age (Historical Society of Washington, DC)
Aife Murray, Maid as Muse (Politics & Prose)
June 14
Stephen Kinzer, Reset (Politics & Prose)
June 15
Alan Furst, Spies of the Balkans (Politics & Prose)
June 16
Peter Beinart, The Icarus Syndrome (Politics & Prose)
June 17
Sebastian Mallaby, More Money Than God (Politics & Prose)
June 18
Michael Pertschuk, The Demarco Factor (Politics & Prose)
June 19
Susan Coll, Beach Week (Borders Silver Spring)
Steve Dryden, Peirce Mill (Politics & Prose)
Sam Munson, November Criminals (Politics & Prose)
June 21
Bret Easton Ellis, Imperial Bedrooms (Politics & Prose)
June 24
Charles Ogletree, The Presumption of Guilt (Politics & Prose)
June 25
Piper Kerman, Orange Is the New Black (Politics & Prose)
June 26
Dan Nadel, Art in Time (Politics & Prose)
Michael O’Hanlon, Toughing It Out in Afghanistan (Politics & Prose)
June 27
Eli Kintisch, Hack the Planet (Politics & Prose)
June 28
Jennifer Egan, A Visit From the Goon Squad (Politics & Prose)
June 29
Nicholas Carr, The Shallows (Politics & Prose)
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