Author Events David Barsamian He gives a talk that coincides with the

By By Diana M. Le • May 11, 2015 3:10 pm

Author Events

David Barsamian He gives a talk that coincides with the release of a new edition of his Propaganda and the Public Mind. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., 652-4255, townhallseattle.org. $5. 7 p.m. Wed., May 20.

Melissa Cistaro She explores family and abandonment in her memoir Pieces of My Mother. ParkPlace Books, 348 Parkplace Ctr. (Kirkland), 425-828-6546, parkplacebookskirkland.com. 7 p.m. Wed., May 20.

Sue Monk Kidd New in paperback, her novel The Invention of Wings is based on the life of Sarah Grimke, an abolitionist and women’s-rights activist who came from a wealthy South Carolina slave-owning family. University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., 634-3400, bookstore.washington.edu. 7 p.m. Wed., May 20.

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Lucas Mann

Lord Fear: A Memoir is about the life and death of his heroin-addicted brother. Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., 386-4636, spl.org. 7 p.m. Wed., May 20.

Christopher Robinson and Gavin Kovite The two Seattle writers discuss their new consideration of the Iraq War, War of the Encyclopaedists. Elliott Bay, 7 p.m. Wed., May 20.

Martin Ford He discusses a technological takeover in the workforce in Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future. Town Hall, $5. Thurs., May 21.

Benjamin Schmidt The UW history professor discusses Inventing Exoticism: Geography, Globalism, and Europe’s Early Modern World. University Book Store, 7 p.m. Fri., May 22.

Ginny Gilder and Daniel James Brown The authors discuss Course Correction: A Story of Rowing and Resistance in the Wake of Title IX and Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Elliott Bay, 7 p.m. Sat., May 23.

Jay Rubin Haruki Murakami’s primary English translator discusses his own, The Sun Gods, set in Seattle on the eve of WWII with UW professor Dr. Davinder Bhowmik. University Book Store, 6 p.m. Sat., May 23.

Jan Ellison

A Small Indiscretion is her debut novel about a woman who grows uncomfortable with the life she’s built. Elliott Bay, 7 p.m. Tues., May 26.

Peter Orullian

Trial of Intentions is the second in his series about science, evil, and magic.University Book Store, 7 p.m. Tues., May 26.

Dana Simpson

Unicorn on a Roll, about an awkward fourth-grade girl, is the latest from the local cartoonist. University Book Store, 7 p.m. Tues., May 26.

Bob Santos and Larry Gossett The two surviving members of Seattle’s “Gang of Four” discuss their experiences and The Gang of Four: Four Communities, Four Leaders, One Friendship. Elliott Bay, 7 p.m. Wed., May 27. (Also at Third Place Books, 6:30 p.m. Sat., May 30.)

Aleksandar Hemon Author of The Question of Bruno, Nowhere Man, The Lazarus Project, Love and Obstacles, and The Book of My Lives releases his new The Making of Zombie Wars. Elliott Bay, 7 p.m. Thurs., May 28.

Taso G. Lagos The Foreign Studies Director for Hellenic Studies at the University of Washington provides a look at the crisis in Greece from an insider’s perspective in 86 Days in Greece. University Book Store, 6:30 p.m. Thurs., May 28.

Richard Thaler The president of the American Economic Association and author of the new Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics appears in conversation with Nathan Myhrvold, the co-founder of Intellectual Ventures. Town Hall, $5. 6:30 p.m. Thurs., May 28.

Jerome Gold He reads from his new In the Spider’s Web: a Nonfiction Novel and The Divers and Other Mysteries of Seattle. Elliott Bay, 7 p.m. Fri., May 29.

Jamie Two

rkowski The founder of the nonprofit movement To Write Love on Her Arms discusses If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For. University Book Store, 7 p.m. Fri., May 29.

Martha M. Ertman The law professor drew from her own experience raising her son as one of three gay parents to write Love’s Promises: How Formal and Informal Contracts Shape All Kinds of Families.

University Book Store, 6 p.m. Sat., May 30.

Lori Horvitz and Carol Guess Horvitz discusses her memoir The Girls of Usually; WWU professor Guess discusses Darling Endangered and How to Feel Confident With Your Special Talents. Elliott Bay, 7 p.m. Sat., May 30.