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MONDAY:
Newsweek contributing editor Eleanor Clift will make an appearance at the Olsson's in Penn Quarter to read from and sign copies of her book Two Weeks of Life: A Memoir of Love, Death, & Politics, a commentary on how we deal, or fail to deal, with dying in modern America. 6 p.m.
Paris Review editor Nathaniel Rich will be at Politics and Prose to discuss his debut novel, The Mayor's Tongue. Don't miss our interview with the author. 7 p.m.
TUESDAY:
Will Allen will be at Busboys and Poets in D.C. to sign and discuss The War on Bugs, which describes how advertisers, editors, scientists, large scale farmers, government agencies, and even Dr. Seuss, colluded to convince farmers to use deadly chemicals, hormones and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in an effort to pad their wallets and control the American farm enterprise. So that's what Green Eggs and Ham was about! 6 p.m.
Michael T. Klare, defense correspondent for the Nation and a professor of peace and world security studies, will be at Politics and Prose to talk about Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet. 7 p.m.
With Framing the Future: How Progressive Values Can Win Elections and Influence People, Bernie Horn shows how to use three bedrock American values — freedom, opportunity and security — to frame progressive positions that will appeal to those "undecided" voters. He'll be at the Olsson's in Dupont Circle with the details. 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY:
Newt Gingrich, who recently has been making appearances alongside a clearly uncomfortable Nancy Pelosi, will be at Borders on L Street to talk about his WWII adventure series. 5 p.m.
J. Peter Scoblic, executive editor of the New Republic, will be at Politics and Prose to discuss U.S. Versus Them, a history of conservative foreign policy from the Cold War to the latest shenanigans in the White House. 7 p.m.
Joe-Marie Burt will be at Shirlington Library by Busboys and Poets in Virginia to talk about Political Violence and the Authoritarian State in Peru: Silencing Civil Society. Burt then will sign copies of the book at Busboys and Poets. 7 p.m.
THURSDAY:
Howard Fineman, senior Washington correspondent and columnist for Newsweek, will make an appearance at Politics and Prose to list off the 13 core subjects for political argument in America, the subject of his appropriately titled book, The Thirteen American Arguments. What are those arguments? We don't know, but we're sure the debate usually ends with "I know you are, but what am I?" 7 p.m.
Matthew Yglesias will be at the Borders on L Street to talk about his book, Heads in the Sand: How the Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats. We're currently reading it right now, so check back soon for our thoughts. 6 p.m.
FRIDAY:
Robert N. Butler will be at Politics and Prose to reflect on the recent unprecedented leap in human life expectancy — the topic of his book, The Longevity Revolution. What does this mean? Social Security is even more screwed than before, folks. Start stowing the money under the mattress. 7 p.m.