Tucson Weekly: Literature (July 18

LITERATURE
Events This Week
COOKING TIPS. Barnes and Noble at the Foothills Mall. 7325 N. La Cholla Blvd. 742-6402. Janos Wilder, chef and author of Janos: Recipes and Tales from a Southwest Restaurant, offers cooking tips on Wednesday, July 24 at 7 p.m.
HISTORY READING GROUP. Barnes and Noble Broadway. 5130 E. Broadway Blvd. 512-1166. Discuss Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose on Tuesday, July 23 at 7:30 p.m.
JOB HUNTING MADE EASY. Barnes and Noble Broadway. 5130 E. Broadway Blvd. 512-1166. Cheryl A. Cage invites you to go job hunting with her, or her book, Your Job Search Partner. See her on Sunday, July 21 at 2 p.m.
MEDITATION AS MEDICINE. Barnes and Noble Broadway. 5130 E. Broadway Blvd. 512-1166. Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa discusses his new book on Saturday, July 20 at 2 p.m.
MOUNTAINEERING DISCUSSED. Reader's Oasis. 3400 E. Speedway Blvd. 319-7887. M. John Fayhee and Charles Bowden, authors of When In Doubt, Go Higher, an anthology of the Mountain Gazette magazine, appear on Thursday, July 18 at 7 p.m.
MYSTERY READING GROUP. Barnes and Noble Broadway. 5130 E. Broadway Blvd. 512-1166. The group discusses Laughing Policeman written by Maj Sjowall on Wednesday, July 24 at 7:30 p.m.
NICOLE KRAUSS READS. Reader's Oasis. 3400 E. Speedway Blvd. 319-7887. Man Walks Into a Room is Krauss' first novel about loss of memory. She reads on Tuesday, July 23 at 7 p.m.
OPEN MIC POETRY NIGHT. Barnes and Noble at the Foothills Mall. 7325 N. La Cholla Blvd. 742-6402. Poets of all levels are invited to read their work on Friday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m.
WRITER'S WORKSHOP. Barnes and Noble at the Foothills Mall. 7325 N. La Cholla Blvd. 742-6402. Sam Henri, president of Bookpublisher.com, talks about options available to writers for getting their book into print. Join him on Tuesday, July 23 at 7 p.m. for a discussion.
WRITERS ON WRITERS GROUP. Barnes and Noble Broadway. 5130 E. Broadway Blvd. 512-1166. Allen R. Kates, author of CopShock: Surviving Postraumatic Stress Disorder, talks about character development and self-publishing on Wednesday, July 24 at 7 p.m.
Announcements
ARIZONA MYSTERY WRITERS. Meetings take place on the second Saturday of the month at Home Town Buffet (5101 N. Oracle Rd.) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All are welcome. $14 includes lunch. Call for reservations at 544-4173.
SEDONA CENTENNIAL POETRY CONTEST. Sedona Creative Life Center. 333 Schnebly Hill Road. Sedona. Submit poems through August 1 if you are a current Arizona resident and the work directly mentions or alludes to Sedona (past, present or future). Entry fee is $7 for three poems, $3 for each additional poem which must be typed, no more than 50 lines and unpuplished. Winners receive up to $100. Call (928) 284-9693 for details.