"Quality, not quantity" is an epigram that's in favor with people who realize that they do not have a sufficient amount of a thing. So, in maybe related news: why, look how many famous authors and Senators from California are in DC this week, peddling everything from memoirs to barely fictionalizedromans a clefs about similarly named Senators from California!

Monday, August 3

Famous California Senator Barbara Boxer will be at Politics & Prose tonight. Apparently she has written a work of "fiction" about a second-term Democratic Senator named "Ellen Fisher" who uh, argues with an "aggressive" Vice President about national security. It is the much anticipated sequel to The Complete Personal Diary of Senator Barbara Boxer (2000-2008). 7 PM. [Politics & Prose]

Tuesday, August 4

Shop Class as Soulcraft is the alliterative work of zeitgeist from Matthew Crawford. Said author will be at Politics & Prose, arguing passionately against the value of book tours and lectures. 7 PM. [Politics & Prose]

Iraq Veterans Against the War is co-sponsoring a reading from Rules of Disengagement, which talks about why soldiers disobey orders, and why this is maybe okay, depending on the context and particularities! 6:30 PM. [Busboys and Poets]

Wednesday, August 5

Ha, good lord, remember the election? Either way, this is why Tina Brown invented the Washington Post and its two political correspondents Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson, who were thoughtful enough to chronicle it. 7 PM. [Politics & Prose]

The Ascent of George Washington is the controversial new polemic arguing the case for the hidden political savvy of our most ignored and hated president. [Hooks Books Events]