MONDAY:
Ethan Canin, bestselling author of the The Palace Thief, will make an appearance at Politics and Prose to discuss America, America, a novel about America as it was and is. Or as Sam the Eagle would say, "It's a tribute to all nations, but mostly America." 7 p.m.

Rebecca Harrison Reed, a local artist, will be at the Olsson's in Old Town Alexandria to read from and discuss her work illustrating The Train to Maine, a picture book about a family traveling on their summer vacation to Maine. 11 a.m.

TUESDAY:
Mahvish Khan, an American lawyer born to immigrant Afghan parents in Michigan, will be at the My Guantanamo Diary: The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me. 6 p.m.

Thorina Rose discusses her memoir, The Heartbreak Diet: A Story of Family, Fidelity, and Starting Over, at the Olsson's in Dupont Circle. 7 p.m.

Thurston Clarke will be at Politics and Prose to talk about The Last Campaign, an account of Robert Kennedy's tragic 1968 campaign for president. 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY:
Kenji Jasper, aka. D, will be at the Olsson's in Dupont Circle to read from Cake, the follow-up to his first novel, Got. We're hoping the next novel is simply titled, ?. Think about it. 7 p.m.

Judith Nies discusses her memoir, The Girl I Left Behind: A Narrative History of the Sixties, at Politics and Prose. 7 p.m.

THURSDAY:
Matthew Baek will be at the Borders on 14th street to sign copies of Be Gentle With the Dog Dear! Noon.

Christine Pelosi will be at the Busboys and Poets in D.C. to sign and discuss Campaign Boot Camp: Basic Training for Future Leaders. 6 p.m.

Stephen L. Carter, a Yale law professor and novelist, will make an appearance at Politics and Prose to talk about his new novel, Palace Council, a political thriller set in the era of Watergate and Vietnam. 7 p.m.

Nine-time New York Times bestselling author E. Lynn Harris will be at the Olsson's in Dupont Circle to talk about Just Too Good To Be True. 7 p.m.