MAY-GRATIONS.

Among those due through in the merry, merry month are: WALTER ISAACSON, May 1 at Town Hall (see www.townhallseattle.org); CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY, May 1; VICTORIA ROWELL, May 2 at 6 p.m.; WITOLD RYBCZYNSKI, May 2 at Town Hall Seattle ($5 ticket at the door); STEVEN HALL, May 2 at 8 p.m.; CHUCK PALAHNIUK, May 3 at Town Hall Seattle ($5 tickets available at Elliott Bay starting Apr. 7); ATUL GAWANDE, May 3 at Seattle Public Central Library; "Aspects of La Boh&eagrav;me," presented by Seattle Opera, May 4; LIDIA MATTICCHIO BASTIANICH, May 5 at 12 noon; ROY RICHARD GRINKER, May 5 at 5; LYNN STEGNER, May 5 at 7:30; FLOYD SKLOOT, May 6; NASSIM ASSEFI, May 7; IAN SHAPIRO, May 7 at Town Hall Seattle; JOSEPH COULSON, May 8 at Richard Hugo House; AMY FUSSELMAN, May 8; JUDITH STONE, May 9; PAUL STARR, May 10 at Town Hall Seattle ($5 tickets at door); PATRICIA WELLS, May 11; MEL STOTTLEMYRE, May 12 at 2 p.m.; NICOLE MONES, May 12 at 4 p.m.; ANDER MONSON, May 12 at 7:30 p.m.; JHUMPA LAHIRI (presented by the Washington Center for the Book), May 14 & 15 (see listing in other notes); JULIA WHITTY, May 14; NATHAN ENGLANDER, May 14 (co-presented with Nextbook) at locale TBA; DEEPAK CHOPRA, May 15 at Seattle First Baptist Church (free, no tickets); SUSAN VREELAND, May 15; MICHAEL CHABON, May 16; PAUL HAWKEN, May 16 at Town Hall Seattle ($5 tickets at door); TIM O'BRIEN, May 16 at Bellevue Community College; BARBARA KINGSOLVER, May 17 at Town Hall Seattle ($5 tickets available at Elliott Bay starting April 28); MIRANDA JULY, May 17 at Neumo’s (co-presented with The Stranger); AMITY GAIGE, May 18; CHARLES HARDY, May 19 at 2 p.m.; RACHEL ZOLF, May 19 at 7:30; MARK LINDQUIST, May 22; RUSSELL SIMMONS, May 23 at South Park Community Center; ANDREW LAM, May 23 at Seattle Public Central Library; WILLIAM LANGEWIESCHE, May 24 at 5:30; SUSANNA MOORE & HELEN SIMPSON, May 24 at 7:30; JEFFREY J. KRIPAL, May 25; PETER IRONS, May 29; Elliott Bay Open Mike Night, May 30; David Talbot, May 31. All of the above are subject to change and, believe it or not, others are in the works as well. Please check back on our website at the end of April and/or see our printed May newsletter for more current and detailed information forthcoming.

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