With Congress in recess, it’s officially the August doldrums here at Reader, Meet Author. If you have any tips, feel free to drop us a line. Otherwise, read some good books and stay cool. MONDAY: Pushcart Prize-winning author Katherine Taylor will be at Olsson’s Books & Records in Dupont Circle to talk about her debut novel Rules for Saying Goodbye, a coming-of-age tale that straddles the line between fiction and non-fiction. 7 p.m. TUESDAY: Man…

MONDAY: >> Drugs Are Nice, according to Lisa Crystal Carver, who pens the trials and travails of being a member of the band Suckdog and the attendant forays into 90’s alt culture that she experienced and distilled into this “post-punk memoir.” We’re guessing that what’s even nicer is the $8 cover for the discussion at the Warehouse Next Door tonight. 8:30 p.m. >> Margaret Cho has vowed, I Have Chosen to Stay And Fight, but…

Good morning, Washington. We start with this photo on Flickr of L Street posted by Burnt Pixel, aka Keith Jenkins, the photo editor of The Washington Post Magazine. From the streetscape, we think that it was taken outside the Post’s main office. Speaking of the Post, congrats to Steve Coll, who was the only person from the news organization to score a Pulitzer yesterday. As FishbowlDC puts it, the Post “got shut out” although Coll’s…