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Cory Doctorow: Homeland

No confirmation yet on whether this king of all wordy and open-source geeks will be parachuting onto BookPeople's roof and burning a hole through to the signing area with his brass-chased, heatbeam-shooting goggles, but we reckon the gathered crowd for Doctorow's presentation of the sequel to his bestselling Little Brother will be sufficiently spectacular itself. Recommended. (7:00).

BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar, 512/472-5050

www.bookpeople.com

Howson Science Fiction Club

goes spacial once a month. Who knows the dimension?

Howson Branch Library, 2500 Exposition, 512/472-3584

Open Mics

Austin Poetry Slam Tuesdays, 8pm. 29th Street Ballroom, 2906 Fruth, 480-9562. Ruta Maya Poetry Tuesdays, 6-9pm. 1209 S. First. Full English Tea Room Thom hosts. Saturdays, 6-9pm. 2000 Southern Oaks. 240-2748 . Spoken & Heard Sundays, 7-10pm. Kick Butt Coffee, 5775 Airport #725, 454-5425. More listed online!

Playwriting Classes

with award-winning playwright Rosalyn Rosen, artistic director of Remembrance Through the Performing Arts. Classes meet once a week for three hours. Minimum eight-week commitment. Call for location. $35 per class.

329-9118 x1

Poem of the Issue

patting from hand to hand
masa nixtamalera
from basalt to comal hot
aroma rising
mountain morning flowers
green rainbow hummingbird
at succulent bloom
no nectar sweeter

– George Leake, "My First Communion"