6:30 PM – Lisa Lutz: Revenge of the Spellmans
SPL Ballard Branch
The Edgar nominated author of very funny mysteries visits Seattle to sign the third novel in her Spellmans series. This is Lutz’s third appearance in two days.
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7:00 PM – Walter Mosley: The Long Fall
NAAM, $7
The incredibly prolific author joins the NW African-American Museum, Elliott Bay Books, and the Central District Forum for Art & Ideas to read and sign the first of a brand new series. In The Long Fall, Mosely introduces NYC PI Leonid McGill.
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7:00 PM – Wendy Parciak: Requiem for Locusts
Fremont Place Books
A community struggles to understand and help a mentally challenged young woman.
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7:00 PM – Hill Poems: Release Party
Richard Hugo House, Cabaret
“A reading and release party for the collection, “Hill Poems,” featuring work by local poets, including Chris Dusterhoff, Erin Foran, Amanda S. Halm, Heidi Heimarck, Brian McGuigan, Michael Ricciardi, Alexandra Rossetter, Mercedes Sanchez and Monica Schley. All poems are about or related to Capitol Hill.” Or, as Poets West puts it: “Poetry Collection about Capitol Hill’s degradation into a yuppie hell and the conversion of apartments to condos and the effect on the community. Edited by Steve Barker and published by Jacob Brooke Press.”
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7:00 PM – Stacey Levine & James D. Newman: Who’s On First? Reading Series
Arundel Books
Arundel’s 1st Thursday reading series:

Stacey Levine’s 1993 collection of short tales, MY HORSE AND OTHER STORIES- her first book publication- was awarded the PEN-West award for fiction. She is celebrating the release of her newest book THE GIRL WITH BROWN FUR.

James D. Newman is a Seattle writer who has hosted and read at hundreds of spoken word events on the West Coast including Art’s Edge, Bumbershoot and the Seattle Poetry Festival. He makes a half-hearted attempt at avoiding movements and labels.

7:30 PM – Curtis Ebbesmeyer: Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man’s Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science
Town Hall Seattle, Great Hall, $5
The Seattle oceanographer revolutionized the science of chaotic ocean currents by tracking trash. Brilliant!
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7:30 PM – Jeffrey Masson: The Face on Your Plate: The Truth About Food
Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs, $5
The evangelical vegan and animal welfare activist will explain how only veganism will save us. Or something.
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