Reader, Meet Author
MONDAY:
The Beauty Myth author Naomi Wolf will be at the Arlington County Public Library in Shirlington to read from her new book, The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot, in which Wolf outlines how events of the last six years parallel steps taken in the early years of the 20th century's worst dictatorships such as Germany, Russia, China, and Chile. 5 p.m., free.
TUESDAY:
Erudite actor Alan Alda will be at Politics and Prose to discuss and sign copies of Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself, his latest memoir in the form of a collection of essays. 7 p.m., free.
WEDNESDAY:
Looking for tips on where the best hikes are in the metro area? Head over to the Barnes & Noble in Rockville to meet Paul Elliot, author of Sixty Hikes Within Sixty Miles, Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, and pick his brain for suggestions. 7:30 p.m., free.
CNN's Senior Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin will be at Politics and Prose at 7 p.m. for a reading of his new book, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court. Consider taunting Toobin by proudly displaying your Nina Totin' Bag. Free.
THURSDAY:
Porochista Khakpour is the precocious young immigrant novelist du jour. Hear her read from her debut, Sons and Other Flammable Objects, concerning the Iranian-American experience, at Bourbon in Adams Morgan. 9 p.m.
FRIDAY:
Already hooked on Ken Burn's new PBS documentary, The War? Get more insane detail at Politics and Prose at from Andrew Nagorski, a senior editor at Newsweek who served two tours as Moscow bureau chief as he reads from his new book about the Battle of Moscow, The Greatest Battle: Stalin, Hitler, and the Desperate Struggle for Moscow That Changed the Course of World War II. 7 p.m., free.
Caribbean poet Kwame Dawes and D.C.'s own Reuben Jackson will read from their own poems, and from the new collection, Poems from Guantanamo, at Chapters. 7 p.m., free.