First, a quick note. Yesterday on Slog, I said that I would happily recommend a book for you on Questionland. That is still true, but I wasn't expecting the large number of people who wanted book recommendations. So if you've requested a recommendation, please know that I'll get back to you soon, but I can't be as immediate as I'd hoped. You should have your recommendation by end of day tomorrow. But I'm really enjoying doing this, so please keep your requests coming.

Now: There's a lot going on tonight. Let's get to it.

Joyce Major reads at the High Point Branch of the Seattle Public Library. Her book, Smiling at the World, is "an adventure in global volun-tourism," which is a term that is impossible to say aloud without a lot of eye-rolling.

The Richard Hugo House hosts a birthday party for Allen Ginsberg. Some good poets, including Julene T. Weaver and Brian McGuigan, read Ginsberg's poetry and then read poetry inspired by his work. If you're in a poetry mood, but you're not fond of Ginsberg, Open Books has a poetry reading, too. Chris Forhan, a Seattle native and the author of Black Leapt In, reads with Alessandra Lynch, whose second collection of poetry is It Was a Terrible Cloud at Twilight.

Over at Third Place Books, there's an event by Larry Dossey. The Power of Premonitions examines "documented cases of premonitions," which are a fictional event. The book purports to be non-fiction. Crazy!

Tonight at University Book Store, Luis Alberto Urrea, who wrote the popular novel The Hummingbird's Daughter, reads from his new book, Into the Beautiful North. Elliott Bay Book Company hosts Lynne Knight, whose book Again is allegedly about "loss and renewal."

But the main event is this one: Eduardo Galeano, who is the author of the truly amazing Book of Embraces and Open Veins of Latin America, reads from a new book called Mirrors tonight at Town Hall. It's a shame that a lot of people first heard of Galeano because Hugo Chavez gave a copy of his book to Obama: He's a rare and wonderful writer. Not all of his books are perfect, but a couple of them are, and that's something to be celebrated. This is, hands down, the reading of the night.

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