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.