MONDAY
We’re guessing that our readers probably have at least a passing familiarity with Ana Marie Cox and at least one of her two millennium straddling web-based glories: Suck and Wonkette. Well, Cox is leaving it all behind for content that won’t be found in your RSS feed: her debut novel, Dog Days, is out and she will be dishing and signing tonight at Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW., 7 p.m.
TUESDAY
You may have a litany of complaint about how the state of Michigan is being represented in Congress, and it is an election year. But don’t come charging into the Library of Congress this evening expecting to have an opportunity to tear into your Senator. If you do, you’ll look like a fool as you confuse Debbie Stabenow with Dana Stabenow, who is an accomplished writer of mysteries on hand to discuss her book Blindfold Game in a special appearance through the Center for the Book and the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of Mystery Writers of America. James Madison Building, Montpelier Room. 101 Independence Ave. SE., at 6 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
The issue of capital punishment has recently played a big role in the politics of both coasts, and with the 2006 political season looming, discussion is likely to continue. Hear one perspective on this thorny matter as Austin Sarat talks about his book Mercy on Trial: What It Means to Stop an Execution. At Borders, 18th and L Streets NW. at 7 p.m.
THURSDAY
Paul Bremer will be on hand to discuss his new book, My Year in Iraq. If only the event’s organizers had the huevos to schedule George Packer for a double-header. Think of the potential for drama with that one. Alas. At the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, at 6 p.m.
SATURDAY
Jennifer Ouellette’s new book, Black Bodies and Quantum Cats, fuses whimsical pop-culture references with important lessons about the concepts of physics in such a way that you can’t help thinking that she’s be the most awesomely cool science teacher since Mr. Kerber kicked it old-school in Better Off Dead. Respect to Vincent Schiavelli, R.I.P. At Politics and Prose, 1 p.m.
SUNDAY
You know, you may think you know Osama bin Laden, but you have no idea how little you know about the Osama bin Laden Peter Bergen knows in The Osama Bin Laden I Know. Bergen’s interviewed the terrorist leader and has spanned the globe looking for insight into his mind. He’ll be talking about his book at Politics and Prose, and, no, he probably can’t help you meet his super-hot estranged niece. 5 p.m.
