LITERATURE Events This Week ARIZONA POLITITCS. Barnes and Noble Broadway. 5130 E. Broadway Blvd. 512-1166. James Johnson discusses his book, Arizona Politicians: The Noble and the Notorious, on Saturday, September 28 at 2 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. at the Foothills store. GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN. Barnes and Noble Broadway. 5130 E. Broadway Blvd. 512-1166. Local author and nutritionist Melissa Diane Smith discusses her newest book on Sunday, September 29 at 2 p.m. IMPERSONATING WILD BILL HICKOK. Barnes and Noble at the Foothills Mall. 7325 N. La Cholla Blvd. 742-6402. Thadd Turner, author and impersonator, discusses his book, Wild Bill Hickok: Deadwood City, End of Trail, on Sunday, September 29 at 1:30 p.m. JANE CANDIA COLEMAN READS. Barnes and Noble at the Foothills Mall. 7325 N. La Cholla Blvd. 742-6402. Award-winning author discusses her newest books of short stories, Country Music: Western Stories and Wives and Lovers, on Sunday, September 29 at 2 p.m. MYSTERY WRITER READS. Antigone Books. 411 N. Fourth Ave. 792-3715. Tucson author Susan Cummins Miller reads from her new mystery, Death Assemblage, on Friday, September 27 at 7 p.m. POET LINDA GREGERSON READS. UA Modern Languages Auditorium. Author of three books of poetry including Fires in the Conservatory reads as part of the UA Poetry Center's Fall Reading Series on Wednesday, October 2 at 8 p.m. RON CARLSON READS. Reader's Oasis. 3400 E. Speedway Blvd. 319-7887. Arizona author reads from his newest collection of short stories, At the Jim Bridger, on Saturday, September 28 at 2 p.m. SAVING THE GRAND CANYON. Reader's Oasis. 3400 E. Speedway Blvd. 319-7887. Byron E. Pearson, author of Still the Wild River Runs: Congress, the Sierra Club and the Fight to Save Grand Canyon, reads at 2 p.m. on Sunday, September 29. Announcements LITTLE ENGINES (OR HOW POEMS MOVE). UA Poetry Center. 1216 N. Cherry Ave. 626-3765. Richard Siken, founding editor of the literary journal, spork, focuses on strategies of development. Class time includes discussion and close reading of participants' work. Classes are held on Tuesdays from October 1 to November 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. Fee is $150 plus a $5 material fee. Call 626-3765 to register. ONE SHOT OPEN MIC. Epic Cafe. 745 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6844. To enlighten, entertain, impress, offend or disgust. Sign in on Thursdays from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Readings begin at 8 p.m.