Tucson Weekly: Listings: Literature (December 17

LITERATURE
Events This Week
Listings BOOK READING. Borders Books and Music. 4235 N. Oracle Road. 292-1331. Jennifer Ward reads from Way Out in the Desert at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 19.
BOOKSIGNING. Barnes and Noble. 7325 N. La Cholla Blvd. 742-6621. Kathleen Walker signs San Xavier--The Spirit Endures at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, December 17. Sandra "Johnsie" Bryan signs Coffee with Barbie Doll at 7 p.m. Friday, December 19.
BOOKSIGNING. The Book Mark. 5001 E. Speedway. 881-6350. Mark Bego signs Story of Jewell, Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, December 19.
MAKE A DATE WITH A POET. The Book Mark. 5001 E. Speedway. Enjoy a relaxing evening celebrating the season with a community poetry reading at 7 p.m. Saturday, December 19. Call 881-6350 for information.
Announcements
DEAD POET'S SOCIETY. Let your creative juices flow! A safe place to read poetry and prose. Discussion and feedback are encouraged at these bi-monthly meetings. Call 750-1482 for information.
CALL FOR ENTRIES. Messages From the Heart, a journal dedicated to letter writing, is accepting heartfelt letters, journal entries, poems essays (800 words or less) and artwork for cover and interior pages. The focus of the issue is on mailboxes. Send works, with SASE, to P.O. Box 64840, Tucson, AZ 85728. Include $4 for a sample issue. Call 577-0588 for information.
ECLECTIC WRITERS GROUP. Eclectic writers meet from 7 to 9 p.m. every Tuesday to read original works, practice writing, critique work and discuss related issues. All forms, styles and skill levels are encouraged. There is no membership fee. Call 797-6614 for detailed information.
POETRY AND MORE. The Casbah. 628 N. Fourth Ave. Join other Tucson poets and storytellers from 7:30 to
9:30 p.m. Tuesdays to share original works, or listen to the works of others. Call 792-9910 for information.
POETRY SOCIETY. The Tucson Branch of the Arizona State Poetry Society meets from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 19, with the induction of officers for 1999 and open readings. The meeting takes place at the Woods Library, 3455 N. First Ave. Call 881-5180 for information.