MONDAY:

Elizabeth Crane will appear at the Dupont Circle Olsson’s to read from her new book of stories You Must Be This Happy To Enter. Paul Fattaruso will also be there to read from his new book, Bicycle. According to Olsson’s, Fattaruso “does for bicycles what Richard Brautigan did for trout.” We’ll take their word on that one. 7 p.m.

Annie Griffiths Belt, one of the first women hired as a staff photographer at National Geographic, will speak at National Geographic’s Grosvenor Auditorium about her new book, A Camera, Two Kids and a Camel. 7:30 p.m.

With Heroes, Hacks and Fools, Ted Van Dyk, a veteran of countless platform fights and straw polls, examines many of the leading personalities and watershed events of American politics since JFK. He’ll be at Politics and Prose to discuss the book and most likely the current state of American politics. 7 p.m.

TUESDAY:

David Rothkopf will be at Politics and Prose to discuss Superclass, his expose on the secret class of people living among us who — through genetic mutations — can manipulate objects with their mind. April fools! The book is actually about rich people. Rothkopf will be at Politics and Prose to not talk about superheroes. 7 p.m.