Reader, Meet Author
TUESDAY:
National Public Radio veteran Daniel Schorr will be at Politics and Prose to talk about his book Come to Think of It: Notes on the Turn of the Millennium, a collection of Schorr's observations on politics and American life from the years 1990 to the present. 7 p.m.
Need a new job? Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio will be at the Olsson's in Crystal City to discuss their book, The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear: Valuable Lessons, True Stories, and Tips for Using What You've Got (a Brain!) to Make Your Worklife Work For You. 6 p.m.
WEDNESDAY:
Army Colonel (Ret.) and diplomat Ann Wright, who resigned her State Department post in protest of the Iraq war, will be at Busboys and Poets in D.C. to discuss and sign copies of her book Dissent: Voices of Conscience. 6:30 p.m.
Theologian Jim Wallis will be at Politics and Prose to discuss his latest book, The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America. 7 p.m.
THURSDAY:
Randall Kennedy will make an appearance at the Olsson's in Penn Quarter to discuss Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal. 7 p.m.
In The Logic of Life, Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, Why the Poor Are Poor — And Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!, looks at the logic behind the seemingly irrational decisions we make. He'll be at Politics and Prose to explain more and hopefully answer readers' questions. We have some irrational decisions that need analyzing. 7 p.m.
FRIDAY:
Carole Burns, Marie Arana, Mary Kay Zuravleff, Alice McDermott and Carolyn Parkhurst will be at Politics and Prose to reflect on where a novel comes from, how writers know when they've finished a book, and other questions — all part of Off the Page: Writers Talk about Beginnings, Endings, and Everything in Between. 7 p.m.