Books

Book Talk

By PIPER JONES CASTILLO
Published February 18, 2007

Appearances

Marisa de los Santos (Love Walked In), 6 p.m. Monday, Inkwood Books, 216 S Armenia Ave., Tampa.

Tim Dorsey (Hurricane Punch), 7 p.m. Tuesday, Borders, 12500 N Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa; 8 p.m. Tuesday, Borders, 909 N Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa; 7 p.m. Wednesday, Borders at Tyrone Square Mall, Tyrone Boulevard at 66th Street N, St. Petersburg.

Tony Grier (A Raging Bull: Chasing the Big Time), 7 p.m. Thursday, Inkwood Books.

Lisa Unger (Sliver of Truth), 2 p.m. Saturday, Book Bank USA, Largo Mall, 10500 Ulmerton Road.

Dieter Steiner (Once Upon an Evil Time), 2 p.m. Saturday, Haslam's, 2025 Central Ave., St. Petersburg.

Jerry Rice (Go Long! My Journey Beyond the Game and the Fame), 7 p.m. Saturday, Barnes and Noble Carrollwood, 11802 N Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa.

Events

The Humanities Institute presents two free events at Traditions Hall at the University of South Florida, Tampa. At 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Argentinean novelist Paula Varsavsky will discuss her novel No One Said a Word. At 7 p.m. Thursday, Mark Dimunation, chief of rare books at the Library of Congress, will present "Printed Books From 1450 to 1500." Information at www.cas.usf.edu/humanitiesInstitute.

Faith Andrews Bedford, columnist and author of Barefoot Summers, will read and discuss memoir writing at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at East Lake Community Library, 4125 East Lake Road, Palm Harbor. Call (727) 773-2665.

Dr. Stanley Hauerwas, professor of theological ethics at Duke Divinity School and author of Matthew, will present "Why No One Wants to Die in America" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Fox Hall, Eckerd College, 4200 54th Ave. S, St. Petersburg. For information, go to www.eckerd.edu/president/pes.

Former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins will read and sign at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Florida Southern College, 111 Lake Hollingsworth Drive, Lakeland. Call (863) 680-4220.

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