The Weekly Feed: Experimentation Edition
Morning Roundup: Change Edition
Former Blade Staffers Launch 'DC Agenda'
D.C. Insurance Dept. Denies Birth Control Coverage Meddling
Controversy Over Rhee Now to Include Sex, Congress
MONDAY:
Cullen Murphy, the Atlantic’s managing editor, will be at Politics and Prose to talk about his new book Are We Rome? Murphy is of course referring to spreading corruption in Washington, our imperialist tendencies and the outsourcing of government work to private contractors. Personally, we'd rather read a book comparing our government with a different empire, but we won't hold our breath on that one. 7 p.m.
TUESDAY:
Dancer and award-winning actress Victoria Rowell talks about her experience as a ward of the state in Maine, the topic of her memoir The Women Who Raised Me. Olsson's Penn Quarter, 7 p.m.
Cinderella Man author Jeremy Schapp will discuss his book Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens And Hitler's Olympics, which looks at the African-American athlete's courageous performance at the 1936 Olympics. Busboys and Poets, 6 p.m.
WEDNESDAY:
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay author Michael Chabon will be at the 6th & I Historic Synagogue to promote his new book The Yiddish Policemen's Union, which imagines an alternate history in which European Jews are resettled in Alaska after World War II. What we really want to know is: does Jonathan Franzen really fight like Anne Rice? We bet he's sick of being asked that question. 7 p.m. $12
Vanity Fair reporter David Rose will discuss The Big Eddy Club: The Stocking Stranglings and Southern Justice, the account of an African-American man who was convicted and sentenced to death for a series of murders in 1970s Columbus, Ga. While many doubt Carlton Gary is guilty of the crimes, he still sits on death row. Rose's book looks at the Big Eddy Club, an all-white club consisting of the town's most prominent lawyers and judges, and its connection to the victims. Olsson's Crystal City, 1 p.m, and Politics and Prose, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY:
Jo Barrett's book The Men's Guide to the Women's Bathroom has such a misleading title. We were expecting insight into the mysteries surrounding women's restrooms, such as why are they always 10 times nicer than the men's facilities and what's the deal with traveling in pairs. But no, Barrett has written a fictional story about a woman discovering herself after a messy divorce. Sigh. We can practically see the preview for the Kate Hudson movie now. Olsson's Dupont Circle, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY:
Chicago Tribune journalist Naftalki Bendavid will be at Politics and Prose to discuss The Thumpin', a look at Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's 30-seat victory in the House over the Republicans in 2006. 7 p.m.
SATURDAY:
Author and editor Nina Sichel will read her essay from Unrooted Childhoods: Memoirs of Growing Up Global, a collection by writers who grew up traveling the world. Olsson's Alexandria, 2 p.m.
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