entertainment - "book"

Film Reviews: Given the abysmal quality of recent spoof pics, it's saying something that 'Superhero Movie' provides a fairly steady stream of midsized laughs -- and even the 40% or so of gags that just lie there aren't actively painful. This comicbook actioner sendup should do solid if unspectacular biz.

TODAY Annual Soul Making Literary Awards Winners read and perform their work. 1 p.m. Koret Auditorium, Main Library, 100 Larkin St., S.F. (415) 557-4400. Zdena Berger Presents 'Tell Me Another Morning.' 4 p.m. book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera....

12:30 P.M. Michael K. Honey , a professor of African American and labor studies and American history, discusses his book Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign at a brownbag lunch (refreshments provided) at the AFL-CIO, Gompers Room, 815 16th St. NW. A book...

The only surprising thing about 'Superhero Movie' is that, in an era when big-screen parodies are released seemingly every other week, it took this long for the venerable comic book genre to receive the treatment.

For his new book, the popular Food Network host hopped on a motorcycle to find the best road food along the Mississippi River. His flavorful picks range from deep-fried dishes to pickles soaked in Kool-Aid.

Scott Sigler is breaking new literary ground. He's the author of some of the first podcast novels -- books delivered first by audio, in serial form. Will this new form of 'book publishing' become a successful trend? Sigler offers his insights.