12:00 PM – Phillip Margolin: Fugitive
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
“12 years ago, Charlie Marsh, a low-level criminal, achieved fame for saving the warden during a prison riot. Soon after, out of prison, he was accused of killing a US Congressman. In the years since, he’s been hiding out in Africa, safeguarded by the country’s despotic ruler. But an affair with the tyrant’s wife means Charlie must leave and he heads back to Oregon to face the music. Amanda Jaffee will be for the defense.”–SMB
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6:00 PM – Miz Floes & the Carmel Latte Duo: Smokin’ Spoken Wurd
Northwest African American Museum
Open mic night! Howl your hearts out, you angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night… Accompaniment provided by bass and percussion for that jazz vibe.
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7:30 PM – Victoria Chang: Salvinia Molesta
Open Books

near the covered ditches, only
an ocean keeps confessing
starfish to shore.

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8:00 PM – Ali Sethi: The Wish Maker
Elliott Bay Book Co.
A brilliant debut. Sethi is from Lahore, Pakistan. Readers who enjoy coming-of-age novels, family stories, and books about other cultures will particularly enjoy this sly, complex novel.
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8:00 PM – Elissa Washuta: The Kindling Effect
Richard Hugo House Cabaret
The author celebrates completing her MFA with a reading. Visit her website at WWW.WASHUTA.NET
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