Pop-folk singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega has scheduled several readings to

celebrate the release of her new book, "The Passionate Eye," a collection of poetry,

remembrances, interviews and song lyrics. Dates currently are slated in February and

March for Washington, Boston, New York, Baltimore and Ann Arbor, Mich. Vega's

latest release, the seven-song Sessions at West 54th, is available as a Japanese

import.