Reader, Meet Author
MONDAY:
Ori Z. Soltes, an art and religion historian and lecturer at Georgetown University, will be at the Washington DCJCC to discuss The Ashen Rainbow: Essays on the Arts and the Holocaust. The event is sponsored by Nextbook's Public Programs on Jewish Literature, Culture and Ideas. 7:30 p.m.
Chris Hedges has a bone to pick with what the folks he calls “new atheists,” such as evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and literary critic Christopher Hitchens. Hedges will be at Politics and Prose to talk about his new book, I Don't Believe in Atheists. 7 p.m.
Institute for Policy Studies Fellow Phyllis Bennis will be at Busboys and Poets in D.C. to sign and discuss her new book, Iran in the Crosshairs: How to Prevent Washington's Next War. 6 p.m.
TUESDAY:
The Mary Pickford Theater hosts the Spring 2008 Poetry at Noon readings, showcasing poems about fathers and daughters, names and nicknames and William Shakespeare. This Tuesday's theme is "Family Names and Nicknames," with poets Mary Buchinger, James L. Foy and Sheppard Ranbom.
Former U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland will appear at Politics and Prose to discuss his new book, A Billion Lives, which looks at his journeys to areas plagued by
war, famine and natural disasters and his prescription for ending global suffering. 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY:
In Artists in Exile, Joseph Horowitz presents an overview of the importance of European refugees in transforming dance, music, movies and theater in the U.S. Horowitz will be at Politics and Prose to talk about the book and the many artists highlighted within. 7 p.m.
THURSDAY:
Brian Winter will be at the Olsson's in Dupont Circle to talk about his journey into the world of the tango, the subject of his book, Long After Midnight at the Nino Bien: A Yanqui's Missteps in Argentina. 7 p.m.
Scott Simon, the host of NPR’s Weekend Edition, will make an appearance at Politics and Prose to discuss his latest novel, Windy City. He probably won't answer a painfully stupid question like "Is it really windy in Chicago?" so we'll answer it for him. Yes. Yes, it is. 7 p.m.
FRIDAY:
You'd think a book called The Amateur Spy would be pretty short. Spying doesn't seem like the type of profession that's kind to amateurs (and the benefits probably suck, too). But Dan Fesperman draws on his journalistic experience to present the story of an American aid worker blackmailed into participating in a covert operation in Jordan. We're guessing hijinks don't ensue. Politics and Prose. 7 p.m.
SATURDAY:
Susan Deborah King, a former Presbyterian minister and psychotherapist, will be at Politics and Prose to discuss her new collection of poetry, One-Breasted Woman. As you can tell from the title, the subject matter is a bit heavy and personal. 6 p.m.