Reader, Meet Author
MONDAY:
Nostalgic for the grunge rock of yore? Laurie Lindeen will be at the Olsson's in Dupont Circle to talk about her memoir, Petal Pusher: A Rock and Roll Cinderella Story, which looks at her stint in the 80s and 90s as the guitarist for Zuzu's Petals. 7 p.m.
Chris Meyers Asch, co-founder of the prospective U.S. Public Service Academy, will appear at Politics and Prose to talk about The Senator and the Sharecropper, the stories of two Mississippians, Sen. James O. Eastland and sharecropper Fannie Lou Hamer, and their roles in the struggle for civil rights. 7 p.m.
TUESDAY:
Math geeks take note: Bulent Atalay will be at National Geographic's Grosvenor Auditorium to talk about Leonardo Da Vinci and how he applied mathematical concepts to his art, the topic of Atalay's book, Math and the Mona Lisa: The Art and Science of Leonardo Da Vinci. 7:30 p.m.
Les Standiford, author of Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean, will make an appearance at Politics and Prose to discuss his latest book, Washington Burning, the story of the beginning of our fair city. 7 p.m.
Atlantic Associate Editor and blogger extraordinaire Matthew Yglesias will be at the New America Foundation to discuss his analysis of liberalism and foreign policy, Heads in the Sand. 12:15 p.m.
WEDNESDAY:
Politics and Prose has Ted Sorensen, special counsel and adviser to President Kennedy, who will talk about his memoir, Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History. 7 p.m.
THURSDAY:
Tim Shorrock knows a lot about how corporations such as Booz Allen Hamilton, Lockheed Martin, SAIC, CACI International and IBM are working with the intelligence community to revamp foreign and domestic operations. Some would say he knows too much. But that's good because you wouldn't want to read his book, Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing, if he didn't research these things. Penn Quarter Olsson's. 7 p.m.
Tom Hayden will be at Busboys and Poets in D.C. to discuss and sign his book, Writings for a Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader. 6 p.m.
Grover Norquist will be at the New America Foundation to talk about Leave Us Alone. 12:15 p.m.
FRIDAY:
Author Sandy Tolan will be at Busboys and Poets in D.C. to sign and discuss The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East. 6 p.m.
John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib will make an appearance at Politics and Prose to talk about their book, Pennsylvania Avenue. No, not the street. This is about Washington insiders, power brokers and all that typical D.C. stuff. 7 p.m.
SATURDAY:
Rebecca Flowers will be at Politics and Prose to talk about her debut novel, Nice to Come Home to, which chronicles the life of a 36-year-old D.C. resident who suddenly finds herself minus a job and boyfriend. 6 p.m.