In her novel, Experimental Animals: A Reality Fiction (Solid Objects), Brown professor Thalia Field accomplishes several remarkable things as she blends a massive feat of research—20 years and hundreds of thousands of pages!—and translation (from French) with the study of the history of lab science and animal rights. A story of exploration of what realism

Seattle's booziest book event is back with over 35 events at over 15 venues during one awesome night. Here at Hugo House, we'll have readings happening every hour on the hour. For the full schedule of events, visit Lit Crawl Seattle's website. 6:00–6:45 pm | The SUBE Hour Show support for Seattle Urban Book Expo

Fireside Room at Hotel Sorrento (900 Madison Street) Presented in partnership with The Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry Acclaimed poet Don Mee Choi will discuss Walter Benjamin’s bread, Korean cornbread, warships, Ingmar Bergman’s The Silence, and Kim Hyesoon’s mirrors in her exploration of translation. Books will be for sale from Open Books: A Poem