MONDAY Okay. This is kind of a no-brainer. Norman Mailer will be discussing his latest, The Castle in the Forest, with author Alan Cheuse. Wesley United Methodist Church, 5312 Connecticut Avenue, 7 p.m. Two tickets with the purchase of the book at Politics and Prose or $12/ticket. Call (202) 364-1919 for more information. TUESDAY Are you a fan of actors from television show M*A*S*H-turned authors but are just sick at the sight of Alan Alda?…

TUESDAY We were wondering what the best way to entice you to come hear Maria Arana discuss her new book Cellophane, an alternately hilarious and disturbing tale of her native Peru, but then we remembered it was being held at the Inter-American Development Bank Conference Center Auditorium and we thought, heck, who DOESN’T spend Tuesday night at the Inter-American Development Bank Conference Center Auditorium? 1330 New York Ave. NW. at 6:30 p.m. Free. WEDNESDAY Over…