George Pelecanos, Colson Whitehead, And Bonus Other People Stop By DC
BIG THINGS on the DC book circuit this week. For instance: your third-favorite Wire personality George Pelecanos (after David Simon and Omar), in addition to Colon Whitehead! Plus, go check out the Arab-American Handbook: A Guide to the Arab, Arab-American & Muslim Worlds , the hotly anticipated fan-written prequel to Barack Obama's bildungsroman, The Marx-Engels Reader: Die Träume Von Meinem Vater .
Monday, May 11: Michael Eric Dyson will be at Politics & Prose—along with his evidently legendary "sparkling" presentations—to talk about his new book, Can You Hear Me Now? 7 PM. [ Politics & Prose ]
Nawar Shora will brings his new book, Arab-American Handbook: A Guide to the Arab, Arab-American & Muslim Worlds to Busboys & Poets. 6: 30 PM. [ Busboys & Poets ]
Tuesday, May 12: Alphabetic glutton Richard Haass has a new book about wars and their corollary necessities and choices called War of Necessity, War of Choice . 7 PM. [ Politics & Prose ]
Wednesday, May 13: Ooh Colson Whitehead brings his much-anticipated new novel, Sag Harbor , to Politics & Prose for purposes of reading from it. 7 PM. [ Politics & Prose ]
If your business is in the position to be working towards anything more that trying to actually remain a business right now, maybe this thing about "going green" would be of interest. [ Hooks Books Events ]
Thursday, May 14: Check out the most recently published left-over Wire script from George Pelecanos, as he and his new crime thriller thing stop by Politics & Prose. 7 PM. [ Politics & Prose ]
New book about the Coast Guard, which we are repeatedly told in the event announcement is loneliest branch of the military. Pity will get you everywhere, David Helvarg. [ Hooks Books Events ]
Saturday, May 16: Performance artist Staceyann Chin will be at Busboys & Poets, for poetry and performance about growing up in Jamaica (not Queens). [ Busboys & Poets ]