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MONDAY:
Atlantic Monthly correspondent Robert D. Kaplan will be at Politics and Prose to discuss his latest book, Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts. According to Kaplan, journalists are too quick to report on the negative aspects of the military. Commence with bickering over the Iraq war ... now. 7 p.m.
TUESDAY:
Blogger Diane Vadino will be at Olsson's in Dupont Circle to read from her first novel, Smart Girls Like Me. 7 p.m. She'll also be at the Olsson's near Courthouse on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Venerable Newshour host Jim Lehrer will make an appearance at Politics and Prose to read from his latest novel, Eureka. It's about a Kansas man who experiences a midlife crisis after purchasing several nostalgic toys from his youth. We can relate. We get pretty teary-eyed when we look at our collection of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle action figures. 8:15 p.m.
WEDNESDAY:
Author Norm Solomon will be at Busboys and Poets in D.C. to discuss his new book, Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State. There also will be a screening of the film, War Made Easy. 6:30 p.m.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo will be at Politics and Prose to read from his new book, Bridge of Sighs. This one's going to be crowded, so get there early. 7 p.m.
THURSDAY:
Author of the best-selling historical novel, The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett will appear at the U.S. Department of the Interior to conduct a lecture on his latest book, World Without End. Olsson's will be on hand to sell copies. For more information and tickets, call Smithsonian Associates at 202–252–0012. 7 p.m.
Douglas Wolk will be at the Olsson's in Dupont Circle to discuss the awesomeness of graphic novels, the subject of his latest book, Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean. 7 p.m.
Francisco Goldman examines the death of Guatemalan political activist Bishop Gerardi in The Art of Political Murder. The author will be at Politics and Prose to discuss the book, his first work of nonfiction. 7 p.m.
Sue Hyde will be at Busboys and Poets in D.C. to sign and discuss her book Come Out and Win: Organizing Yourself, Your Community, and Your World (Queer Action). 6:30 p.m.
FRIDAY:
Bill Griffith, creator of the Zippy the Pinhead comic, will be at Politics and Prose to discuss Zippy: Walk a Mile in My Muu-Muu, in which the comic's hero discovers his text bubbles have been replaced by dialog taken directly from old comics such as Beach Blanket Bingo, Rusty Riley, UFO Comics, Mutt and Jeff and Steve Roper. Will Zippy get his voice back? Will Josh Fruhlinger come over from Baltimore to make fun of him in person? 9 p.m. Also, Griffith is in town for SPX, the Small Press Expo, which runs until Sunday in Bethesda.
SATURDAY:
Michael Mandelbaum, a professor of American foreign policy at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, will be at Politics and Prose to read from Democracy's Good Name, an examination of the rapid rise of democratic nations in the last quarter of a century. 1 p.m.
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Don't forget all the amazing readings at the DCJCC as part of their Jewish Literary Festival. Rutu Modan, Andre Aciman, Shalom Auslander and Daniel Mendelsohn are just a few of the authors on-tap..
Thanks for the link, DCist! Believe it or not, I'm actually going to be moderating a panel at SPX on Saturday on comic stripping, featuring Griffith among others. Will he become enraged at me and launch a vicious assualt upon my person in front of thousands of horrified onlookers? ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT!
Josh Fruhlinger