MONDAY Prolific. Canadian. Rhymes with “cat would.” There’s only one author in the world those three adjectives can be applied to. Margaret Atwood reads from her new short story collection, Moral Disorder: and Other Stories at Borders Books & Music, 1801 K St. NW., at 7 p.m. TUESDAY Hmmm. It’s election day and John Nichols is in town, discussing and signing his book, The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders’ Cure for Royalism. What are you…

TUESDAY Nextbook brings the hot and the hilarious to the DCJCC tonight, gathering Jonathan Ames (Wake Up, Sir), Lynn Harris (BreakupGirl.net, Miss Media) and Neal Pollack (Never Mind the Pollacks) for an “evening of erotic escapades.” The ideal way to get your J-Date in the mood. Tickets are available by calling 888-621-2230 between noon and 4 p.m., or can be purchased online at Nextbook. 1529 16th Street, NW, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY A wise man once…

MONDAY >> Monday welcomes the Fictionista Book Tour to Washington, D.C., featuring readings from Josie Brown (True Hollywood Lies), Kayla Perrin (Gimme an O!) and Stephanie Lessing (She’s Got Issues). Good gravy! All that chicklit in one place? Does it get any better? Oh, people. It does. The event is taking place at the Hard Rock Café — and that means Aerosmith-themed quesadillas. 999 E. St NW., 7 p.m. TUESDAY >> In her book, Nickel…

MONDAY >> E.L. Doctorow has had a storied career — a National Book Award for 1986’s Ragtime, a pair of film adaptations, and a prestigious position at New York University. Keep this in mind and don’t ask him about whether that story you heard about your Spring Breaking friends getting pulled over in Atlanta and tossed in the clink for joking about General Sherman’s relative velocity is an urban legend or not. He’s just got…