Event: Gore Vidal and Professor Dennis Altman (11/07/05)

Who: Gore Vidal and Professor Dennis Altman.

Where: D.G. Wills Books, 7461 Girard Avenue, La Jolla CA 92037, (858)456-1800.

When: Monday, November 7, 2005

What: Gore Vidal and Latrobe University professor Dennis Altman, author of Gore Vidal's America, talk history and politics and answer lots of questions from the packed house!

Tags: Gore Vidal, Dennis Altman

Event: Iraq Confidential: How We Got Into Iraq and How to Get Out (10/19/05)

Who: Scott Ritter and Seymour Hersh.

Where: The New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W. 64th Street, New York NY.

When: Wednesday, October 19, 7:00 p.m.

What: Join Scott Ritter, former UN Arms Inspector and author of Iraq Confidential and Seymour Hersh, prize-winning investigative journalist, New Yorker writer, and author of Chain of Command, for an incisive discussion on how to extract ourselves from the Iraq quagmire. Presented by Nation Books and co-sponsored by The New York Society for Ethical Culture and Democrats.com.

Also Worth A Listen: Event: Seymour Hersh and Scott Ritter (10/16/06), Scott Ritter and Seymour Hersh talk about the possibility of a war with Iran.

Event: State of Emergency (11/08/05)

Who: Edward Albee, Paul Auster, Sandra Cisneros, Don DeLillo, Dave Eggers, Martín Espada, Philip Gourevitch, Jessica Hagedorn, Heidi Julavits, Nicole Krauss, Rick Moody, Walter Mosley, Grace Paley, Emma Reverter, Salman Rushdie, Martha Southgate, and Colson Whitehead.

Where: Cooper Union's Great Hall: Third Ave. & East 7th St., NYC

When: Tuesday, November 8, 7:00 p.m.

What: Readings Against Torture, Arbitrary Detention & Extraordinary Rendition

PEN American Center presents its second State of Emergency event, a special evening of readings in opposition to current United States policies on the treatment of detainees in this country and abroad. A stellar group of writers will come together to read and bring national attention to abusive government policies including torture, arbitrary detention, and extraordinary rendition.

Also Worth A Listen: Event: An Evening With Salman Rushdie (10/11/06) .