Monday, January 14: Domination: The Sub Pop Records Story Reading

Gillian G. Gaar is an expert in Seattle music. She's written great, in-depth books about Nirvana and Jimi Hendrix, among many others. Her newest book, a history of Seattle's own Sub Pop records, is titled World Domination: The Sub Pop Records Story. Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Ave, 624-6600, http://elliottbaybook.com, 7 pm, free.

Tuesday, January 15: The Lines That Make Us Reading

See our Event of the Week column for more details. Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Ave, 624-6600, http://elliottbaybook.com, 7 pm, free.

Wednesday, January 16: WordsWest Literary Series

West Seattle's best reading series (at West Seattle's best independent coffee shop) presents readings from Seattle poet E. J. Koh and fiction writer Juan Carlos Reyes. The theme for the evening is "Past and Future Selves." C&P Coffee Co., 5612 California Ave SW, http://wordswestliterary.weebly.com, 7 pm, free.

Thursday, January 17: Predictions for Seattle journalism in 2019

A new Seattle-based media organization invites "a few folks who work in Seattle-area newsrooms to talk about their predictions and big questions for Seattle journalism in 2019." There aren't a lot of details on their Facebook page at the moment, but the idea is a great one. Hive Media Lab, 401 Mercer Street, https://www.facebook.com/onasea/, 6 pm, free.

Friday, January 18: Tasveer Asian Litfest Poetry Reading

Shankar Narayan hosts an evening of poetry with readers Ananya Garg, Vik Bahl, and the great Azura Tyabji, who has been a poet in residence here at the Seattle Review of Books. Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, 322-7030, http://hugohouse.org, 7 pm, free.

Saturday, January 19: State of the Union

The political writing group Write Our Democracy hosts its annual Write-In at Hugo House, with writers including Donna Miscolta, Laura Wachs, Robert Lashley, and Deepa Bhandaru offering State of the Union addresses and talking about what it means to be a writer in these unbelievably screwed-up political times. I don't know about you, but I would pay good money to see Robert Lashley address both houses of Congress. Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, 322-7030, http://hugohouse.org, 7 pm, free.

Sunday, January 20: Two Poets

Seattle poet Jay Aquinas Thompson and Portland poet Alicia Jo Rabins present new work at the best poetry bookstore in the United States of America.

Open Books, 2414 N. 45th St, 633-0811, http://openpoetrybooks.com, 5 pm, free.