Authors celebrate Thanksgiving, too, so the pickings are slim this week. As always, if you know of an event not picked for this column, leave some details in the comments. Enjoy the holiday!

MONDAY

Fritz Stern comes to Politics and Prose to talk about the Five Germanys I Have Known. The cute one, the quiet one, the weird one, the sexy one and the troublemaker. It’s like an N*SYNC with a history of genocide. 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW., 7 p.m.

TUESDAY

We’re sure that a lot of you are saddened by the fact that Kinky Friedman didn’t win his gubernatorial election. But look on the bright side! He wouldn’t have been able to come to D.C. to read from his book, A Christmas Pig: A Fable if he had to assume all that awesome responsibility as the Governor of…uhm…Texas? Oh. Yeah. He would have been able to come here. Live here, even. In a hot tub full of pudding. The Texas Governor—doesn’t really do much. Yeah. Olsson’s Books & Records, 418 7th St. NW. at 7 p.m.

SATURDAY

Don’t be caught hanging on the flippety flop, yo! Bone up on yr Slang, Paul Dickson-steez! OMG! He’s from the 202, too! Crucial. Politics and Prose, 3 p.m.

SUNDAY

Zapruder may be the first name in Kennedy family snuff films, but it’s also the last name of poet Matthew Zapruder, who’ll be in town reading from his new book of poetry, The Pajamist. Politics and Prose (with some Verse), 5 p.m.