Boy, there sure are some readings tonight.

Up at Third Place Books, there’s a book about developing feline empathy titled Be the Cat. And the University Book Store has an author who found a diary in a dumpster and then returned it to its proper (and very old) owner. That one’s called The Red Leather Diary. That author’s reading in town tomorrow, also.

Then, at Elliott Bay Book Company, we have Brian “Head” Welch. Welch used to be in Korn. He used a lot of meth. He stopped doing meth and is now incredibly high on Jesus, as in evangelically high on Jesus. So if you’ve got a thing about hearing former members of very bad bands talk at homoerotic length about Jesus, tonight’s your night. The book—do I even have to point out that it’s terrible?—has a whole lot of pictures, too.

Then, at Open Books, John Witte reads from his new book of poems, Second Nature. It’s good to have Open Books back in the readings game—they always take the summer off—and it’s good to have Witte reading in town. He’s a very good poet whose work has appeared everywhere. You can preview one of his books of poetry, The Hurtling, at Google Books.

The full readings calendar, including the next week or so, is here.