Olsson's - Dupont Circle

Laura Flynn discusses and signs her debut work.

The author discusses and signs his new travelogue.

"The author of two previous story collections, Elizabeth Crane reads from her new book of stories, You Must Be This Happy to Enter. Whether breathlessly enthusiastic, serenely calm, or really concentrating right now on their personal zombie issues, her happy cast explores the complexities behind personal ... (mere)satisfaction. Elizabeth Crane’s work has also been featured in numerous publications, including Chicago Reader and The Believer, as well as several anthologies, including McSweeney’s Future Dictionary of America and The Best Underground Fiction. The author of Travel in the Mouth of the Wolf, Paul Fattaruso reads from his new book, Bicycle. In spare, comically surreal and beautiful prose, he does for bicycles what Richard Brautigan did for trout—he elevates them to the status of an idol. Paul Fattaruso’s work has appeared in Volt, Jubilat, Fence, Black Warrior Review, Another Chicago Magazine, The Tiny, and others." (www.booksite.com)

"From New York Times bestselling author Greenwald comes an excoriating election-year slam of Republican political tricks. He observes that the right's marketing apparatus is so persuasive because it invokes the iconic themes that Americans hold dear. Glenn Greenwald is a former constitutional law attorney ... (mere)and now a contributing writer at Salon. His political reporting and analysis have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the American Conservative, numerous congressional reports, and various other publications." (booksite.com)

"Casey Han’s four years at Princeton gave her many things, “but no job and a number of bad habits.” Casey’s parents are Korean immigrants working as dry cleaners, desperately trying to hold on to their culture and their identity. Their daughter, on the other hand, has entered into rarified American ... (mere)society via scholarships. But after graduation, Casey sees the reality of having expensive habits without the means to sustain them. As she navigates Manhattan, we see her life and the lives around her, culminating in a compelling portrait of New York City and its world of haves and have-nots. Min Jin Lee went to Yale College where she was awarded both the Henry Wright Prize for Nonfiction and the James Ashmun Veech Prize for Fiction. She then attended law school at Georgetown University and worked as a lawyer for several years in New York prior to writing full time." (booksite.com)

"In this debut novel, the daughter of Sri Lankan immigrants who left their collapsing country and married in America, Yalini finds herself caught between the traditions of her ancestors and the lure of her own modern world. But when she is summoned to Toronto to help care for her dying uncle, Kumaran, ... (mere)a former member of the militant Tamil Tigers, Yalini is forced to see that violence is not a relic of the Sri Lankan past, but very much a part of her Western present." (booksite.com)

"Polls consistently show that most Americans are progressives at heart. So why is it so hard for progressive candidates to win elections? Bernie Horn explains how persuadable voters think about issues and make political decisions and why, as a result, the usual progressive approaches are practically ... (mere)designed to fail with them. He offers a crash course in the nuts and bolts of framing and shows how to use three bedrock American values—freedom, opportunity, and security—to frame progressive positions in a way that creates a consistent, unified political vision that will appeal to persuadable voters. Bernie Horn has worked on real-world politics and public policy for the past 30 years as a lawyer, legislative assistant, lobbyist, political consultant and policy director. For the past six years he has been the Senior Director for Policy and Communication at the Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA), a progressive think tank in Washington, D.C." (booksite.com)

"In observing and talking with leading researchers from around the globe as they attempt to decipher undersea music, Rothenberg tells the story of scientists and musicians confronting an unknown as vast as the ocean. His search culminates in a grand attempt to make interspecies music the likes of which ... (mere)no one has ever heard (until, that is, they listen to the accompanying CD), by playing his clarinet with whales in their native habitats, from Russia to Canada to Hawaii. David Rothenberg—philosopher and musician—is the author of Why Birds Sing, which has been published in six languages and turned into a TV documentary by the BBC. Rothenberg is also a composer and jazz clarinetist who has released seven CDs, one of which, On the Cliffs of the Heart, was named one of the top ten releases of 1995 by Jazziz Magazine. " (booksite.com)

"Set in the years between the meteoric launches of Madonna and Courtney Love, Petal Pusher takes readers on a stirring journey across rock and roll, from the big-haired 1980s to the grunge-filled 1990s, when Laurie Lindeen brought her all-girl band, Zuzu’s Petals, to compete in the indie rock arena. ... (mere)But unbeknownst to her friends, Laurie has a secret in her past—a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis that fuels her passion to make it big on the local, national, and international rock scene. Then Laurie is thrown a curveball when she falls for Paul Westerberg of Replacements fame and reevaluates exactly what it means to 'make it big.'” (booksite.com)

"Join us for an Italian Evening with Lambrusco wine and pizza tasting. The extraordinary Resistance movement of the Italian people in the Second World War is brought to life in a story of a mother’s search for her son, by the author of the widely acclaimed A Private Hotel for Gentle Ladies. The year ... (mere)is 1943. Nazis have invaded Italy; American troops have landed. At Aldo’s restaurant on the Adriatic coast, Lucia Fantini, wife of the late Aldo, entertained customers for years with her marvelous opera singing, but normal operations have ceased; the restaurant has been seized by nazifascisti, and a resistance squad of waiters and tradesmen has been formed, led by Lucia’s son Beppino. When he disappears after acting on his own to destroy a German truck, Lucia asks, “What kind of a partisan are you, blowing something up without telling your mother?” and sets off to look for him." (booksite.com)

Cupcakes, wine, and author Stephanie Klein. What could be better? Stephanie will be reading from and discussing Moose, as well as signing her earlier memoir, Straight Up and Dirty. Come with friends, or come alone and make friends. Stephanie is all about making everyone feel included.

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The animal rights advocate and founder of the daily e-newsletter DawnWatch discusses and signs her book. 202-785-1133.

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist discusses and signs his book. 202-785-1133.