sunday @ skylight: john dicker

If you're in the neighborhood (or even if you're not), come on by and see John Dicker read from his hot-off-the-presses new book, The United States of Wal-Mart, at Skylight Books this Sunday at 5:00 PM. If you don't trust me - and I've known this guy since he was just a piece of sand in Wal-Mart's eye - you can see what Penguin, Publishers Weekly, Creative Loafing, and altweeklies.com have to say. You can also read John's Salon piece, "Wal-Mart Needs a Date." Hope to see you there...

There are also a number of other great literary events going on this weekend, such as:
Nick Hornby @ Vroman's, Pasadena (Friday, 7:00 PM)
Joy Nicholson @ Dutton's (Friday, 7:00 PM)
The Cocaine Chronicles @ Skylight (Friday, 7:30 PM)
Looking at Los Angeles w/David Ulin @ Arclight (Saturday, 10:30 AM)
Nick Hornby (again) @ Book Soup (Saturday, 2:00 PM)
Umberto Eco @ Central Library (Saturday, 3:00 PM)
Umberto Eco (again) @ Dutton's (Saturday, 7:00 PM)
Salvador Plascencia @ Skylight (Saturday, 7:30 PM)

(But don't get booked-out before Sunday!)
Later: Here's something of a preview...