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Terry Tempest Williams Benaroya Hall	Tue., October 7, 7:30pm	Downtown	Politics/Activism Books & Authors
Finding Beauty in a Broken World is the latest work from the noted ecology writer and environmentalist. She's hosted by Seattle Arts & Lectures. Tickets and info: www.lectures.org and 621-2230. BRIAN MILLER More >>

Dennis Lehane Various locations	Wed., October 8, 12:00pm more dates/times	Downtown	Books & Authors
Race, unions, the Spanish flu, God, and baseball—these are not the staples one associates with the acclaimed crime novels of Dennis Lehane (Mystic River; Gone, Baby, Gone). In The Given Day (Morrow, $27.95), he takes those ingredients and adds a dash of Boston political intrigue to the... More >>

Group Reading Richard Hugo House	Thu., October 9, 7:00pm	Capitol Hill	Books & Authors
Richard Hugo House's new writers-in-residence are Angela Jane Fountas, Ed Skoog, Cienna Madrid, and Storme Webber. The latter two are currently based in those cute little cottages on Western, surely to be a source of inspiration. All will share from new work in progress tonight. BRIAN MILLER More >>

Kael Alford and Thorne Anderson University Book Store	Sat., October 11, 1:00pm	University District	Books & Authors
Unembedded: Four Independent Photojournalists on the War in Iraq offers just that. Scenes from Najaf, Baghdad, and Basra are depicted on-the-fly and unauthorized by U.S. authorities. Images of death, combat, religious conflict, and ordinary life are part of this new coffee-table portrait of... More >>

David Macaulay Seattle Central Library	Sun., October 12, 2:00pm	Downtown	Books & Authors
Ever wanted to know how you pass kidney stones? Of course you did. In The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body, Macaulay answers all those questions and more about anatomy. Previously the author of The Way Things Work, he brings a similarly analytical bent to our basic plumbing,... More >>

Marcella Hazan Chateau Ste. Michelle	Mon., October 13	Woodinville	Food Events Books & Authors
One of the most beloved Italian cooks of our day, Marcella Hazan comes to Chateau Ste. Michelle to celebrate the release of her memoir, Amarcord: Marcella Remembers. Hazan has been graced with lifetime achievement awards from both the James Beard Foundation and the International Association of... More >>

Susan Orlean Elliott Bay Book Co.	Thu., October 9, 6:00pm more dates/times	Pioneer Square	Family Events Books & Authors
Staff writer for The New Yorker, played by none other than Meryl Streep in the film adaptation of The Orchid Thief, she's turned her hand to children's literature with Lazy Little Loafers. For kids of reading age, the book addresses why babies (i.e., those younger, resented new siblings) don't... More >>

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Seattle Poetry Slam The Spitfire	Every week Wednesday, 8:00pm	Belltown	Poetry/Spoken Word Books & Authors

Who's on First? Arundel Books	First Thursday of every month, 7:00pm	Downtown	Poetry/Spoken Word Books & Authors

No Comment The Shoebox	Third Wednesday of every month, 7:30pm	Capitol Hill	Books & Authors

Elliott Bay Open Mic Night Elliott Bay Book Co.	Last Wednesday of every month, 7:30pm	Pioneer Square	Books & Authors