Next Month Is Looking Very Bright

So many writers, so little time . . . especially next month, if you want to catch some of America's best contemporary writers of literary fiction: Amy Tan, Don DeLillo, Marianne Wiggins, Josephine Humphreys and Richard Ford, to name a few.

The June calendar also features a seminal event on the local literary scene: a 10th anniversary party for Red Sky Poetry Theatre, the peripatetic collective of poets and performers. The busy month features these selected events:

-- June 1: Jacob Lawrence and Ellen Wheat autograph "Jacob Lawrence: American Painter" and "Jacob Lawrence: The Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman Series," 2 p.m., University Book Store, Seattle.

-- June 1: Novelist Fernanda Eberstadt, 5 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 1: Poet Jody Aliesan, 7:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30: Red Sky Poetry Theatre: June 2, Red Sky's 10th birthday, with Don Wilsun, Bill Shively, Michael Monhart and Red Sky originals; June 9, Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid; June 16, open mike; June 23, Jerry Gold; June 30, Bart Baxter; all at 7 p.m., followed by open mike, The Ditto, 2303 Fifth Ave. ($2; 329-7936).

-- June 3: Robert Perkins reads from "Into the Great Solitude: An Arctic Journey," 7:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 3: Fiction writer/essayist Jyl Lynn Felman, 7:30 p.m., Red & Black Books, 432 15th Ave. E. (free).

-- June 3, 5, 7: Mystery writer Earl Emerson appears for "Yellow Dog Party"; June 3, noon, Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 117 Cherry St.; June 5, 7:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books; June 7, 7 p.m., Parkplace Book Co., Kirkland.

-- June 5: Poets Colleen McElroy, John Davis, 7:30 p.m., Standard Books, 1028 N.E. 65th St. (free).

-- June 7: Benita Eisler on "O'Keeffe & Stieglitz: An American Romance," 7:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 8: Naomi Wolf on "The Beauty Myth: How Images of Female Beauty Are Used Against Women," 5 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 8: Marianne Wiggins, 7:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 8: sf writers Eileen Gunn and Tom Maddox, 8 p.m., Arkadian Bookshop, 5232 University Way N.E. (free).

-- June 8, 14, 15: Humorist Patrick F. McManus autographs "Real Ponies Don't Go Oink!"; June 8, 11:30 a.m., Brentano's, Westlake Center; June 14, 6 p.m., B. Dalton, Southcenter; June 15, 12:30 p.m., University Book Store, Seattle.

-- June 10: Richard Ford, 7:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 11: Josephine Humphreys, 7:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 12: Aaron Elkins autographs "A Glancing Light," noon, Seattle Mystery Bookshop.

-- June 12: Filmmaker/novelist John Sayles, 7:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 13: Jonathan Raban reads from "Hunting Mister Heartbreak," 7 p.m., Meany Tower Hotel.

-- June 14: Historian Simon Schama, 7:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 15: Poet Marvin Bell, 7:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books ($3.50).

-- June 17: Alberto Villoldo discusses "The Four Winds: A Shaman's Odyssey into the Amazon," 5 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 17: Mary Morris reads from "Wall to Wall: From Beijing to Berlin by Rail," 7:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 18: ACLU official Richard Criley discusses "The FBI vs. The First Amendment," 5 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 18: Clarion West reading: sffantasy writers Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, 7:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books ($4; 322-9083).

-- June 19: Victor Wuamett autographs "Deeds of Trust," noon, Seattle Mystery Bookshop.

-- June 19: Novelist James Carroll, 5 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 19: Marc Reisner on "Game Wars: The Undercover Pursuit of Wildlife Poachers," 7:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 20: Third Thursday Series: Seattle writer Joyce Thompson, 7 p.m., Meany Tower Hotel (free).

-- June 20: Gus Lee reads from his novel, "China Boy," 7:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 21: P.J. O'Rourke autographs "Parliament of Whores," noon, Tower Books, 20 Mercer St.

-- June 21: Peter Mayle, author of "A Year in Provence" and "Toujours Provence," 7:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 24: Elisabeth Bumiller discusses "May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons: A Journey Among the Women of India," 5 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 25: Mary Daheim autographs "Just Desserts," noon, Seattle Mystery Bookshop.

-- June 25: Clarion West reading: author George Alec Effinger, 7:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books ($4; 322-9083).

-- June 26: Henry Kisor reads from "What's That Pig Outdoors! A Memoir of Deafness," 4 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 26: Poet Benjamin Alire Saenz, 7:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books ($3.50).

-- June 27: Don DeLillo, 7:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

-- June 28: Amy Tan, 7:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books (free).

The Times' literary calendar appears the last Sunday of each month, listing events in the following month. Only written notices with adequate information, including admission prices and a telephone number, will be considered. Listings must be received by the 15th of each month; send to: Book Editor, The Seattle Times, P.O. Box 70, Seattle, WA 98111.