TUESDAY:
Breena Clarke, a Washington D.C. native and alumna of Howard University, will be at Politics and Prose to discuss her novel, Stand the Storm, which is set in Georgetown but takes place before and during the Civil War. 7 p.m.

Arjun Makhijani discusses and signs his book, Carbon-Free And Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy, at Busboys and Poets in D.C. 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY:
Daniel Levitin and songwriter and record producer Parthenon Huxley believe they can explain The World in Six Songs — the musical representatives of friendship, joy, comfort, knowledge, religion and love. We hate to be a bummer but what about death and taxes? Maybe we’ll ask them when they appear at Politics and Prose. 7 p.m.

Lowell Feld and Nate Wilcox will be at Busboys and Poets in D.C. to discuss and sign Netroots Rising: How a Citizen Army of Bloggers and Online Activists Is Changing American Politics. 6 p.m.

THURSDAY:

New York Times best-selling author Stefan Fatsis will be at the Barnes and Noble in Georgetown to talk about A Few Seconds of Panic: A 5-Foot-8, 170-Pound, 43-Year-Old Sportswriter Plays in the NFL. 7:30 p.m.

The one and only Paul Auster, author of The New York Trilogy and The Brooklyn Follies, will make an appearance at Politics and Prose to talk about his latest novel, Man in the Dark. 7 p.m.