This week in the literary world we have former US President Jimmy Carter signing his most recent work at Vromans Bookstore in Pasadena and Mike Farrell signing his work at Book Soup in West Hollywood and Heather McHugh reading from her book of poems at the Hammer Museum.

Wednesday May 7th 7pm

Jimmy Carter will be reading and signing his new book Remarkable Mother

Publishers Weekly has said, “Modern readers who assume that church-going Southern Baptists don’t swear, drink or work to promote birth control will find Lillian an eye-opener. She played an unofficial though vital role as the Carter administration’s goodwill ambassador around the world—she almost persuaded our government to let Muhammad Ali bargain with Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini for our hostages taken in 1979. Carter offers wonderful stories about a great woman.”

• Vromans Bookstore
• 695 E Colorado Blvd
  Pasadena, CA 91106
• (626) 449-5320

Monday May 5th, 7pm

Mike Farrell, star of “MASH” will be reading and signing his new book Just Call Me Mike
Excerpt from the novel:

“So what do we call you, actor and activist?”

“Why don’t you just call me Mike?”

It happens — usually when I’m about to be interviewed on television or radio-because these days the discussion may not be only about M*A*S*H, or Providence, or Hollywood. Since we’re as likely to talk about war, or peace, or human rights, or maybe even how I could possibly object to executing some fang-toothed, slobbering monster, they want to fit me into a category.

• Book Soup
  8818 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
• (310) 659-3110

Thursday May 8th, 7pm

Heather McHugh books of poetry include Eyeshot, which was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize; The Father of Predicaments; and Hinge & Sign: Poems 1968–1993, a finalist for the National Book Award and named a “Notable Book of the Year” by the New York Times Book Review. Her honors include two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Lila Wallace/Reader’s Digest Award, a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, and, in 2006, one of the first United States Artists awards. For over 20 years, she has served as a visiting faculty member in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, and since 1984 as Milliman Writer-in-Residence at the University of Washington in Seattle.

• Hammer Museum
  10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
• (310) 443-7000

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