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We started off trying to set up a small Anarchist community but people
         wouldn't obey the rules.   
                     - Alan Bennett quoted in the Morningside Bookshop's Booknotes.

America has too many authors in its universities and not enough on the street.
                                                   - Ian McEwan

I don't think he (O. J. Simpson) should have killed her but I DO understand.
                                                                     - Chris Rock

May 2008

5/15 - Heidi Julavits, author of The Mineral Palace, The Effect of Living Backwards, the collaborative novel Hotel Andromeda. A presentation of Mira Jacob and Alison Hart's Pete's Candy Store Reading Series. This series is always BYOBook, author will sign. Come 45 min. early if you want a sandwich. 7:30 PM. Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St. betw Frost and Richardson Sts., Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 718.302.3770. PCS
------- JLove, author of That White Girl. A presentation of the Girlsalon Author Series. Hosted by Janine Avril, author of Nightlight: A Memoir. 7:30 PM. The Perch Café, 365 Fifth Ave. betw 5th & 6th Sts., Brooklyn. 718.788.2830. GSS
------- Chinua Achebe, distinguished Nigerian author of Things Fall Apart (of which 2008 is the 50th anniversary of publication), considered to be 'the most widely-read book in modern African literature." (*Wikipedia). In conversation with novelist Bradford Morrow. In conjunction with the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Eat, Drink, and Be Literary series. 6:30 PM. BAMCafé, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn. 718.636.4100. $48 (includes dinner, wine, tax, tip and live music) Note: Events fill up quickly!jg NBF
------- David Rockwell, renowned architect and founder of the Rockwell Group, author of Pleasure: The Architecture and Design of the Rockwell Group and, with designer Bruce Mau, of Spectacle. Not specifically listed as a signing event and may be BYOBook, author may sign. A presentation of the Alliance for Downtown New York's Downtown Third Thursdays series. Reservations required on or after 5/9 to www.downtownNY.com/thirdthursdays.7:00 PM. Federal Hall National Memorial (worth seeing!jg), 26 Wall St. DTT
5/15 - Jules Feiffer, cartoonist, philosopher, chronicler of the last half of the Twentieth Century's hangups, author of The Explainers: The Complete Village Voice Strips, 1956 - 1966. 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM. Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway at 12th St. 212.473.1452. STR
------- Meg Nolan, travel journalist and author of Italian Hideaways. Co-sponsored by Town & Country magazine. Reception, too. 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM. Rizzoli Bookstore, 31 West 57th St. 212.759.2424. RIZ
------- Amy Boaz, author of A Richer Dust. With poets Michael Scharf and Brandon Downing. A presentation of the St. Mark's Bookshop Reading Series. 7:30 PM. Solas (bar), 232 East Ninth St. betw 3rd & 2nd Aves. 212.260.7853 or [stmarksbookshopreadings at yahoo dt com] (info) SMB fiction
------- Will Doig, editor of Bad Sex, Andrea Askowitz, author of My Miserable, Lonely, Lesbian Pregnancy, and Ilona Paris, author of You Know You Love It: Adventures in Sexual Mischief. With Cherrybomb, Tracie Egan, more. Hosted by Rachel Kramer Bussel, herself editor of Dirty Girls: Erotica for Women, as a part of her In the Flesh Erotic Reading Series. 8:00 PM. Happy Ending, 302 Broome St. betw. Eldridge and Forsyth Sts. 212.334.9676. HC
------- Jay Neugeboren, author of 1940. 7:00 PM. McNally-Robinson Booksellers, 52 Prince St. betw Lafayette & Mulberry. 212.274.1160. MCR
------- Alan Gordon, author of The Moneylender of Toulouse. 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. Mysterious Bookshop, 58 Warren St. 212.587.1011. MBS
5/15 - Philip Dray, Rachel Cline, and Joanna Hershon, contributors to Brooklyn Was Mine. 7:30 PM. Word, 126 Franklin St. at Milton, Greenpoint, Brooklyn. 718.393.0096. WOR
------- Christine Schutt, author of Florida and now, All Souls. Reservations requested. 6:00 PM. Corner Bookstore, 1313 Madison Ave. at 93rd St. 212.831.3554. COR
------- Tim McLoughlin and Thomas Adcock, editors of Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing but the Truth. With Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and contributors to the book. Brooklyn book launch party, too (see 5/22 for Manhattan book launch party). 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St. at Clinton St., Brooklyn. 718.222.4111. AKB
------- Gene Hackman , Academy Award-winning actor, and Daniel Lenihan, authors of Escape from Andersonville. 7:00 PM. Borders Books Time-Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle. 212.823.9775. BB
------- Michael Eric Dyson , author of April 4, 1968. 6:00 PM. Hue-man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass (yes, two s's) Blvd. at 125th St. & Eighth Ave. 212.665.7400. HUM
------- Photographers of powerHouse Books, not all but nearly all. In connection with the New York Photo Festival founded by the publisher. See the website for the calendar and event schedule. Events all day (one including Martin Parr) at various locations in Dumbo. This one, 9:00 PM. powerHouse Books' powerHouse Arena, 37 Main St., Brooklyn. 718.666.3049. AI-AP
5/15 - Siri Hustvedt, author of The Sorrows of an American, and Deborah Baker, author of A Blue Hand: The Beats in India. Reservations requested. 7:00 PM. 192 Books, 192 Tenth Ave. betw. 21st and 22nd Sts. 212.255.4022. ONE
------- Samantha Hunt, author of The Invention of Everything Else. 7:00 PM. BookCourt, 163 Court St., Brooklyn. 718.875.3677. BC
------- Ann Herendeen, author of Phyllidia and the Brotherhood of Philander. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Park Slope, 267 Seventh Ave., Park Slope, Brooklyn. 718.832.9066.
------- May Pang, former girlfriend of John Lennon and creator of Instamatic Karma: Photographs of John Lennon. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Staten Island, 2245 Richmond Ave., Staten Island. 718.982.6983.
------- Lincoln Hall, author of Dead Lucky: Life after Death on Mount Everest. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd St. 212.362.8835.
------- Terrance Dean, author of Hiding in Hip-Hop. Reception, too. Reservations at www.gaycenter.org. 6:00 PM (reception). LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St. 212.691.5574 (info) $10 LGBT
------- Benjamin Wallace , author of The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine. 6:00 PM. Bottlerocket Wines, 5 West 19th St., 212.929.2323. BT
------- Jason D. Antos, author of Shea Stadium, New York, part of Arcadia Publishing's Images of Baseball series. Barnes & Noble Manhasset, 1542 Northern Blvd, Manhasset. 516.365.6723. Directions. BT
------- Ellen Saltonstall and Loren Fishman , authors of Yoga for Arthritis. 7:00 PM. East West Books, 78 Fifth Ave. at 14th St. 212.243.5995. EWB
 

5/14 - Mario López, star of Dancing with the Stars and Saved by the Bell, author of Mario López's Knockout Workout. 1:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue, 555 Fifth Ave. at 46th St. 212.697.3048. UCB
------- Marisa Silver, author of God of War. 7:00 PM. 192 Books, 192 Tenth Ave. betw. 21st and 22nd Sts. 212.255.4022. ONE
------- William Shatner, "Captain Kirk" of Startrek, spokesman for Priceline and author, this time, of Up Till Now: The Autobiography. Word is two books per person and that he will only personalize and not flat sign his books (subject to change at any minute, of course). 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 East 17th St. 212.253.0810.
------- Rob Spillman, editor of The Time of My Life: Writers on the Heartbreak, Hormones, and Debauchery of the Prom. With contributors. 7:00 PM. McNally-Robinson Booksellers, 52 Prince St. betw Lafayette & Mulberry. 212.274.1160. MCR
------- Nathaniel Rich, author of The Mayor's Tongue, Salvatore Scibono, author of The End, and Paul LaFarge, author of Haussman or The Distinction and now the graphic novel, The Artist of the Missing. A presentation of Amanda Stern's Happy Ending Reading Series. 8:00 PM. Happy Ending, 302 Broome St. betw. Eldridge and Forsyth Sts. 212.334.9676. TONY
------- Joyce Slayton Mitchell, author of Belly Up to the Bar: Dining at New York City's Top Restaurants without Reservations. Reservations requested. 6:00 PM. Corner Bookstore, 1313 Madison Ave. at 93rd St. 212.831.3554. COR
5/14 - Leonard S. Marcus, author of Minders of Make-Believe. 6:30 PM. Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St. at Clinton St., Brooklyn. 718.222.4111. BHS
------- James Atlas, author of (among others) My Life in the Middle Ages: A Survivor's Tale and Bellow: A Biography, Edmund Morris, author of (again, among others) Beethoven: The Universal Composer and Theodore Rex, and Stacy Schiff, author of (again...etc.) Dr. Franklin Goes to France: How America Was Born in Monarchial (not Monarchical? jg) Europe. In connection with their panel discussion on the writing of biography. 7:30 PM. Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th St. Tickets at the Symphony Space website or by phone at 212.864.5400 or at the box office. $26 Higher day of. SYS
------- Suze Rotolo, author of A Free-Wheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties. 7:00 PM. Housing Works Used Book Café, 126 Crosby St. (between Prince & Houston) 212.334.3324. HOU
------- Chris Carlson, author of Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists, and Vacant-Lot Gardeners Are Inventing the Future Today. 7:00 PM. Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St. at Stanton. 212.777.6028. $5 (suggested) BLU
------- Michael T. Klare, author of Resource Wars (Wangari Maathai says ALL wars are about resources. jg) and now, Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy. 8:00 AM to 9:15 AM. Carnegie Council, Merrill House, 170 East 64th St. Please RSVP to [publicaffairs at cceia dt org] or 212.838.4120 or register on the website. $25 (includes continental breakfast) CCE
5/14 - Emuna Elon, author of If You Awaken Love. 7:30 PM. Barnes & Noble Greenwich Village, 396 Sixth Ave. at 8th St. 212.674.8780.
------- Richard Goodman, author of French Dirt and The Soul of Creative Writing. In conjunction with the Gotham Writers Workshop. Writing workshop, too. 7:30 PM. Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th St. 212.595.6859.
------- Emily Giffin, author of Baby Proof and now, Love the One You're With. 7:00 PM. Borders Books Time-Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle. 212.823.9775. BB
------- (teens) Julie Kraut and Shallon Lester, authors of Hot Mess: Summer in the City. 6:30 PM. Barnes & Noble Park Slope, 267 Seventh Ave., Park Slope, Brooklyn. 718.832.9066.
------- Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of The Beautiful Struggle. 6:00 PM. Hue-man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass (yes, two s's) Blvd. at 125th St. & Eighth Ave. 212.665.7400. HUM
------- James Atlas, author of Bellow: A Biography, Edmund Morris, author of Theodore Rex and The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, and Stacy Schiff, author of Saint-Exupery: A Biography. In connection with Symphony Space's program, Autobiography of a Biographer, a part of the Thalia Book Club series. Books by Book Culture. 7:30 PM. Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th St. 212.864.5400. $21, higher day of. BCU
------- Cathleen Schine , author of The New Yorkers, and Rivka Galchen, author of Atmospheric Disturbance. 7:00 PM. The Mercantile Library, 17 East 47th St. 212.755.6710 or [info at mercantileLibrary dt org]. MCL
5/14 - Lena Roy , granddaughter of Madeleine L'Engle, (Newbery Medal, 1963, A Wrinkle in Time) and author of the Introduction to the late Ms. L'Engle's last book, The Joys of Love. 7:00 PM. Morningside Bookshop, 2915 Broadway at 114th St. 212.222.3350. MSB
------- Julie Kraut and Shallon Lester , author of Hot Mess: Summer in the City. 6:30 PM. Barnes & Noble Park Slope, 267 Seventh Ave., Park Slope, Brooklyn. 718.832.9066.
------- Mark Sarvas, author of Harry, Revised. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Tribeca, 97 Warren St. at Greenwich STREET. 212.587.5389.
------- Jared Bernstein, author of Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? In conversation with the NYTimes's David Leonhardt. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd St. 212.362.8835.
------- William Eskridge, Jr., author of Dishonorable Passions: Sodomy Laws in America. Reservations at www.gaycenter.org 7:00 PM. LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St. 212.691.5574 (info) LGBT
------- Jen Sorensen, creator of the Slowpoke comic strip which appears in the Village Voice, author/illustrator of, this time, Slowpoke: One Nation, Oh, My God! With Ruben Bolling, creator of Tom, the Dancing Bug, which books are still easily available on ABE Books, author of the Introduction to Ms. Sorensen's book. With Laughing Liberally Lab. 7:30 PM. The Tank, Collective: Unconscious, 279 Church St. betw Franklin & White. 212.563.6269. TNK

5/13 - Bonnie Yochelson and Daniel Czitrom, authors of Rediscovering Jacob Riis: Exposure Journalism and Photography in Turn-of-the-Century New York. 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Elebash Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave. at 34th St. 212.817.8474. CUNY
------- Gary Panter, Emmy Award-winning production designer (Pee Wee's Playhouse, more) and author of the monograph Gary Panter. In conversation with Jonathan Lethem , himself author of You Don't Love Me Yet and Mascots and Mugs. 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM. Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway at 12th St. 212.473.1452. STR
------- Diane Keaton, award-winning actress, preservationist, and author of California Romantica: Spanish Colonial and Mission-Style Houses ($65, by the way. jg). 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM. Rizzoli Bookstore, 31 West 57th St. 212.759.2424. RIZ
------- Maureen Freely, author of Enlightenment. Reservations requested. 7:00 PM. 192 Books, 192 Tenth Ave. betw. 21st and 22nd Sts. 212.255.4022. ONE
------- Akhil Reed Amar, author of America's Constitution: A Biography, and Kenneth W. Starr, Independent Counsel in the Clinton/Lewinsky investigation and author of First Among Equals: The Supreme Court in American Life. With Benno C. Schmidt, former President of Yale University and former Dean of Columbia Law School. Debate, The Constitution and the Court in 2008, too. 6:30 PM. New-York (yes, hyphen) Historical Society, 170 Central Park West at 77th St. 212.873.3400. Tickets at SmartTix.com, 212.868.4444. $15 N-YHS
5/13 - Ginger Strand, author of Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power and Lies. 7:00 PM. McNally-Robinson Booksellers, 52 Prince St. betw Lafayette & Mulberry. 212.274.1160. MCR
------- Patricia Kleindienst , author of The Earth Knows My Name: Food, Culture, and Sustainability in the Gardens of Ethnic Americans. Reserve at [events at tenement dt org]. 6:30 PM. Lower East Side Tenement Museum, 108 Orchard St. at Broome. 212.982.8420. LES
------- Douglas A. Martin, author of Branwell and coauthor of The Haiku Year, and Arthur Phillips, author of The Egyptologist and now, Angelica. Hosted by Garth Risk Hallberg, himself author of A Field Guide to the North American Family. A presentation of the Pacific Standard Fiction Series. 7:00 PM. Pacific Standard, 82 Fourth Ave. betw St. Marks and Bergen. [fiatlux at brooklynstandard dt com] PS
------- Liza Bear, author of Beyond the Frame: Dialogues with World Filmmakers. 7:00 PM. Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St. at Stanton. 212.777.6028. $5 (suggested) BLU
------- Joel Derfner, author of Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever. 7:30 PM. Barnes & Noble Greenwich Village, 396 Sixth Ave. at 8th St. 212.674.8780.
------- Michael T. Klare, author of Resource Wars (Wangari Maathai says ALL wars are about resources. jg) and now, Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy. 6:00 PM to 7:45 PM. Dēmos Forum, 220 Fifth Ave., Fifth Floor, beta 6th & 27th Sts. 212.633.1405, ext.533 (reservations) or at the website, www.demos.org/eventregistration. DMF
5/13 - Margaret Livesey, author of The House on Fortune Street. 7:30 PM. Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th St. 212.595.6859.
------- Gary Vaynerchuck, author of Gary Vaynerchuk's 101 Wines : 2008: Wines Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World. 7:00 PM. Borders Books Park Avenue, 461 Park Ave. at 57th St. 212.980.6875. BB
------- Wahida Clark , author of Payback with Ya Life. 6:00 PM. Hue-man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass (yes, two s's) Blvd. at 125th St. & Eighth Ave. 212.665.7400. HUM
------- Erik Kessels, photographer of the series In Almost Every Picture. 6:30 PM. The Aperture Gallery, 547 West 27th St. 212.505.5555. APG
------- Ellen Datlow , editor of (and cocurator of KGB's Fantastic Fiction series), and Richard Bowes, Carol Emshwiller, and Barry Malzberg, contributors to the Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and authors of their own books as well. jg). Book launch party, too. 6:30 PM. South Street Seaport Museum's Melville Gallery, 213 Water St. 212.748.8786 or [reservations at SouthStSeaport dt org]. $5 (suggested)
------- Byron Hollinshead and Theodore K. Rabb, editors of I Wish I'd Been There: Twenty Superb Historians Invoke Dramatic Turning Points in the History of Europe. 7:00 PM. Morningside Bookshop, 2915 Broadway at 114th St. 212.222.3350. MSB
------- Siri Hustvedt, author of The Sorrows of an American. In conversation with John Freeman. Sponsored in part by the National Book Critics Circle. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Tribeca, 97 Warren St. at Greenwich STREET. 212.587.5389.
5/13 - Zia Jaffrey, author of The Invisibles: Eunuchs in India, Shelley Jackson, author of, among others, Skin (unique, to my knowledge. jg), and Paul Violi, author of  Overnight. In conversation with Robert Polito, director of the New School's Writing Program and in conjunction with the re-launch of the New School's undergraduate literary magazine, 12th Street. Panel discussion, Writing and Democracy, too. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 East 17th St. 212.253.0810.
------- Clarence B. Jones, author of What Would Martin Say? 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd St. 212.362.8835.
------- Andrea Askowitz, author of My Miserable, Lonely Lesbian Pregnancy. In conversation with lesbian mothers Karin Cook, author of What Girls Learn, Louise Sloane, author of Knock Yourself Up: No Man? No Problem - A Tell-All Guide to Becoming a Single Mom, and Linda Villarosa, author of The Black Parenting Notebook. Moderated by Center Kids Director Terry Boggis. Reception, too. Reservations at www.gaycenter.org 6:00 PM (reception). LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St. 212.691.5574 (info) $10 LGBT
------- James Frey, memoirist whose memoir turned out to be a novel instead, author, this time, of the novel Bright Shiny Morning. With Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of the memoir (real), I Am Not Myself These Days. 7:00 PM. Blender Theater, 127 East 23rd St.betw Park Ave. So. and Lexington. 212.777.6800. TONY
------- Mark Michaels and Patricia Johnson , authors of Tantra for Erotic Empowerment: The Key to Enriching Your Sexual Life. Hosted by Tristan Taormino, herself editor of Best Lesbian Erotica 2008. Book launch party, too. 7:00 PM. Happy Ending, 302 Broome St. betw. Eldridge and Forsyth Sts. 212.334.9676. TONY
------- Molly Peacock, author of The Second Blush. 6:00 PM. Corner Bookstore, 1313 Madison Ave. at 93rd St. 212.831.3554. COR

5/12 - Ted Sorensen, Special Counsel and writer of some (most) of the historic speechEs made by JFK, author of Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 East 17th St. 212.253.0810.
------- Preeta Samarasan, author of Evening Is the Whole Day. In conversation with Houghton Mifflin editor Anjali Singh. A presentation of McN-R's Author/Editor Series. 7:00 PM. McNally-Robinson Booksellers, 52 Prince St. betw Lafayette & Mulberry. 212.274.1160. MCR
------- Caroline Murphy, author of Murder of a Medici Princess. 7:00 PM. Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St. at Stanton. 212.777.6028. $5 (suggested) BLU
------- Kimberly Dozier, critically wounded CBS news person (not the children's author Kim Dozier) and author of Breathing the Fire: Fighting to Report - and Survive - the War in Iraq. 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM. Carnegie Council, Merrill House, 170 East 64th St. Please RSVP to [publicaffairs at cceia dt org] or 212.838.4120 or register on the website. $25 CCE
------- Pam Lewis, author of Perfect Family. 7:30 PM. Barnes & Noble Greenwich Village, 396 Sixth Ave. at 8th St. 212.674.8780.
------- Fiona Maazel, author of Last Last Chance, A. M. Homes, author of The Mistress's Daughter, and Charles Bock, author of Beautiful Children. 7:00 PM. Borders Books Time-Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle. 212.823.9775. BB
------- Mike Sager, author of Deviant Behavior. 7:00 PM. The Half King, 505 West 23rd St. just west of Tenth Ave. 212.462.4300. HK
------- David Shambaugh, author of China's Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. Asia Society and Museum, 8th Floor, 725 Park Ave. at 70th St. 212.517.ASIA (212.517.2742) (info). $15 ASO
------- Mark Acito, author of Attack of the Theater People. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd St. 212.362.8835.
------- David Gilmour and son, Jesse Gilmour, authors of The Film Club. 7:00 PM. New York Film Academy, 100 East 17th St. 212.674.4300. TONY
 

5/11 - Josh Barkan, author of Blind Speed, and Nam Le, author of The Boat. A presentation of Suzanne Dottino's Sunday Night Fiction Reading Series. Books by Mobile Libris. 7:00 PM. KGB Bar, 85 East Fourth St. at 2nd Ave. (upstairs). 212.505.3360. Come early. Seating is limited and little or no service during the readings. KGB
------- (children) Nina Jaffe, author of The Golden Flower: A Taino Myth from Puerto Rico. 2:00 PM. Book Culture, 536 West 112th St. (betw Broadway & Amsterdam). 212.865.1588. BCU

5/10 - Philip Kasinitz, author of Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age. 4:00 PM. Brooklyn Public Library, Dweck Center, Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn. 718.230.2100. BPL
------- (children) Sean Bryan, author of, and Tom Murphy, illustrator of The Juggling Pug. 2:00 PM. Word, 126 Franklin St. at Milton, Greenpoint, Brooklyn. 718.393.0096. WOR
------- Marnia Lazreg, author of Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad. 7:00 PM. Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St. at Stanton. 212.777.6028. $5 (suggested) BLU
------- Annecy Báez ( Annecy Baez), author of My Daughter's Eyes and Other Stories, and Jacqueline Bishop, founding editor of Calabash: A Journal of Caribbean Arts and Letters and author of The River's Song. With writer and poet Tiphanie Yanique. Books by Mobile Libris. 7:00 PM. KGB Bar, 85 East Fourth St. at 2nd Ave. (upstairs). 212.505.3360. Come early. Seating is limited and little or no service during the readings. KGB
------- (children) James Martin, author of William Is Going Green. 11:00 AM. Hue-man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass (yes, two s's) Blvd. at 125th St. & Eighth Ave. 212.665.7400. HUM

5/9 - Toby Barlow, author of Sharp Teeth. 7:00 PM. BookCourt, 163 Court St., Brooklyn. 718.875.3677. BC
------- Amy Richards, author of Opting In: Having a Child without Losing Yourself. 4:00 PM.(note the time!). McNally-Robinson Booksellers, 52 Prince St. betw Lafayette & Mulberry. 212.274.1160. MCR And...
------- Melanie Rehak , author of Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Woman Who Created Her, and Ben Ratliff, author of Coltrane: Story of a Sound. With Salon.com cofounder Laura Miller and New Yorker editor Leo Carey. In conjunction with the introduction of the National Book Critics Circle's Spring 2008 Good Reads list. 7:00 PM. McNally-Robinson Booksellers, 52 Prince St. betw Lafayette & Mulberry. 212.274.1160. MCR
------- (young readers) Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, most recently The Battle of the Labyrinth. Phone reservations needed.6:30 PM. Bank Street Bookstore, 610 West 112th St. at Broadway. 212.678.1654. BSB
------- Hon. Madeleine M. Kunin, former Governor of Vermont (the first who is a woman), former American Ambassador to Switzerland and author of Pearls, Politics and Power: How Women Can Win and Lead. 7:30 PM. Barnes & Noble Greenwich Village, 396 Sixth Ave. at 8th St. 212.674.8780.
------- Alyse Myers, author of who do you think you are? A Memoir. 7:30 PM. Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th St. 212.595.6859. AI-AP
------- Aleksandar Hemon, author of The Lazarus Project. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Tribeca, 97 Warren St. at Greenwich STREET. 212.587.5389.
5/9 - Heather Bauer, author of The Wall Street Diet. 1:00 PM. Borders Books Wall Street, 100 S. Broadway at Wall. 212.964.1988. BB
------- Goldie Taylor, author of January Girl. 6:00 PM. Hue-man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass (yes, two s's) Blvd. at 125th St. & Eighth Ave. 212.665.7400. HUM
------- Peter Beste, photographer of Peter Beste: True Norwegian Black Metal. 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Steven Kasher Gallery, 521 West 23rd St. 212.966.3978. pHB
------- Brent Kessel, author of It's Not about the Money: Unlock Your Money Type to Achieve Spiritual and Financial Independence. 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM. East West Books, 78 Fifth Ave. at 14th St. 212.243.5995. EWB
------- Ch'oe Yun, author of There a Petal Silently Falls. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. Korea Society, 950 Third Ave., Third Floor (cor 57th & 3rd Ave.) 212.759.7525. $15 ASO

5/8 - Jerry Schatzberg, fashion photographer and filmmaker and author of Paris 1962. 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM. Rizzoli Bookstore, 31 West 57th St. 212.759.2424. RIZ
------- A. J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically, Elizabeth Stout, author of Abide with Me, and Charles Bock, author of Beautiful Children. A presentation of the Spoken Interludes Salon. Books by Just Books. RSVP at the website by April 9. Buffet from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM, presentation from 7:30 PM to 8:45 PM. Trinity Grill, 7 Purdy St., Harrison. 914.307.1683. SI $30 (cash or check only) (includes buffet dinner) directions
------- Kenneth R. Miller, author of Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground between God and Evolution, and Gerald Edelman, author of  Second Nature: Brain Science and Human Knowledge. With evolutionary botanist Barbara A. Schaal. In conjunction with their talk, Human Evolution and the Complexity of Living Organisms. 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Kaufmann Theater, American Museum of Natural History, 79th St. and Central Park West. 212.769.5200 (reservations). $10 AMNH
------- Jhumpa Lahiri, author of Unaccustomed Earth. Books by BookCourt. 7:00 PM. , Brooklyn Heights Montessori School, 185 Court St., Brooklyn. 718.875.3677(info). BC
------- Terese Svoboda , author of Black Glasses Like Clark Kent: A G.I.'s Secret from Postwar Japan, and Carl Watson, author of Hotel of Irrevocable Acts. A presentation of the Brooklyn Rail's Off the Rail series. 7:00 PM. Brooklyn Public Library, Dweck Center, Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn. 718.230.2100. BPL
5/8 - Tom Coffey, author of Blood Alley. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. Mysterious Bookshop, 58 Warren St. 212.587.1011. MBS
------- Gary Vaynerchuck, author of Gary Vaynerchuk's 101 Wines, 2008: Wines Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World. 7:00 PM. Borders Books Park Avenue, 461 Park Ave. at 57th St. 212.980.6875. BB See 5/13.
------- Ann Douglas , author of Terrible Honesty: Mongrel Manhattan in the 1920s, Gary Giddins, author of Visions of Jazz, Anne Roiphe, author of Fruitless, and the forthcoming Epilogue, Irving Sandler, author of A Sweeper-Up after Artists: A Memoir, and Morris Dickstein, author of A Mirror in the Roadway: Literature and the Real World. In conjunction with the panel discussion, Art and American Culture at Mid-Century, moderated by Dr. Dickstein. This event has been confirmed to be BYOBook. 6:30 PM. The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave. at 92nd St. 212.423.3200. $15 JM
------- Ellen Feldman, author of Scottsboro: A Novel. 7:30 PM. Community Bookstore of Park Slope, 143 Seventh Ave., Brooklyn. 718.783.3075. CBS
------- Michael I. Meyerson, author of Liberty's Blueprint: How Madison and Jefferson Wrote the Federalist Papers, Defined the Constitution and Made Democracy Safe for the World. 7:00 PM. Book Culture, 536 West 112th St. (betw Broadway & Amsterdam). 212.865.1588. BCU
5/8 - Joshua Freeman, author of the ground-breaking Working-Class New York: Life and Labor since World War II. With labor leaders Ed Ott of the New York City Labor Council, Bill Henning of Communications Workers of America (ask him why installers only do one job a day. jg), Sara Horowitz of Working Today and Bhairavi Dessai of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance. Panel discussion, Who Runs New York? The Labor Movement and the Economy in New York City, too. 6:30 PM. Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave. at 103rd St. 212.534.1672 ext 3395 (reservations, information). $9 MCNY
------- Lila Karp, author of The Queen Is in the Garbage. 7:00 PM. Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St. at Stanton. 212.777.6028. $5 (suggested) BLU
------- Elizabeth George, author of Careless in Red. 7:30 PM. Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th St. 212.595.6859. HC
------- Leonard Marcus, author of Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children's Literature. 7:30 PM. Barnes & Noble Greenwich Village, 396 Sixth Ave. at 8th St. 212.674.8780.
------- (teens) Aimee Friedman , author of The Year My Sister Got Lucky. Siobhan Vivian, author of A Little Friendly Advice, and Suzanne Weyn, author of Reincarnation. 6:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Park Slope, 267 Seventh Ave., Park Slope, Brooklyn. 718.832.9066.
5/8 - David Hajdu, author of The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America. 7:00 PM. Freebird Books and Goods, 123 Columbia St. at Kane St., Brooklyn. 718.643.8484. BT
------- Eileen Loveman, author of George and Bob Stories: Life Lessons from Little Brothers. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Court Street, 106 Court St., Brooklyn. 718.246.4996.
------- Robert Stone, author of Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Tribeca, 97 Warren St. at Greenwich STREET. 212.587.5389.
------- Bruce Goldstein, author of Puppy Chow is Better than Prozac: The True Story of a Man and the Dog Who Saved His Life. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Staten Island, 2245 Richmond Ave., Staten Island. 718.982.6983.
------- Geoff Herbach, author of The Miracle Letters of T. Rimberg: A Novel. 7:00 PM. The Tank, Collective: Unconscious, 279 Church St. betw Franklin & White. 212.563.6269. BT
------- John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man and now, The Secret History of the American Empire. 1:00 PM. Borders Books Wall Street, 100 S. Broadway at Wall. 212.964.1988. BB
------- Michel Marriott, author of The Skull Cage Key. 6:00 PM. Hue-man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass (yes, two s's) Blvd. at 125th St. & Eighth Ave. 212.665.7400. HUM
------- Chandra Manning, author of What This Cruel War Was Over: Soldiers, Slavery and the Civil War. 12:30 PM. City College, 137th St. at Amsterdam Ave. 212.650.6388. PEC
5/8 - Harriet Alonso, author of Robert E. Sherwood: The Playwright in Peace and War. 6:00 PM. CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave. at 34th St. 212.817.8474. CUNY
------- Jordi Sierra i Fabra, author of John Lennon and Asombrosa Historia del Viajero de las Estrellas (The Amazing Story of the Star Traveler), and Emma Romeu Riaño, author of many, many children's books, including Ahí viene el lobo gris (Here Comes the Gray Wolf) and Gregorio y el mar (Gregorio and the Sea). En Español. 6:00 PM. Instituto Cervantes, The Spanish Cultural Institute (worth seeing), 211 - 215 East 49th St. betw 3rd & 2nd Aves. 212.308.7720. IC
------- Kelly McMasters, curator of KGB's Tuesday Night Nonfiction Reading Series and author of Welcome to Shirley: A Memoir from an Atomic Town, and Abigail Thomas, author of Safekeeping. A presentation of Behind the Book, a literacy non-profit working with low income students in NYC schools. Books by Mobile Libris. 7:00 PM. KGB Bar, 85 East Fourth St. at 2nd Ave. (upstairs). 212.505.3360. Come early. Seating is limited and little or no service during the readings. KGB
------- Monika and Peter Ressler, authors of Spiritual Capitalism. 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM. East West Books, 78 Fifth Ave. at 14th St. 212.243.5995. EWB

5/7 - David Carriere, publicist and author of Publicity: 7 Steps to Publicize Just about Anything. 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM. Rizzoli Bookstore, 31 West 57th St. 212.759.2424. RIZ
------- Matt Taibbi, author of The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, & Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire. 7:00 PM. McNally-Robinson Booksellers, 52 Prince St. betw Lafayette & Mulberry. 212.274.1160. MCR
------- William Cohan, author of The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co. (Sounds French, yes? Started in New Orleans. (Wikipedia) jg) Sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association. Registration at the website. 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM. PricewaterhouseCoopers, 300 Madison Ave. at 42nd St., 23rd Floor. FPA
------- Sallie Bingham, author of Transgressions and now, Red Car. Reservations requested. 6:00 PM. Corner Bookstore, 1313 Madison Ave. at 93rd St. 212.831.3554. COR
------- Marilyn Young, author of The Viet Nam Wars, 1945 - 1990, and editor, with Lloyd Gardner) of Iraq and the Lessons of Viet Nam, Or, How Not to Learn from the Past. In conjunction with her talk, Viet Nam: Lessons Learned and Forgotten. 6:30 PM. Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St. at Clinton St., Brooklyn. 718.222.4111. BHS
------- Ann Patchett, author of, among many others, Bel Canto and The Patron Saint of Liars, and Suzanne Marrs, Ms. Welty's friend and author of Eudora Welty: A Biography. In a tribute to writer Eudora Welty (1909 - 2001). With readings of Welty excerpts by Marian Seldes, Sloane Shelton and Kathryn Markey. 7:30 PM. Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th St. Tickets at the Symphony Space website or by phone at 212.864.5400 or at the box office. $26 Higher day of. SYS
5/7 - Victoria Rowell, author of The Women Who Raised Me. 6:00 PM. Hue-man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass (yes, two s's) Blvd. at 125th St. & Eighth Ave. 212.665.7400. HC
------- Noah Feldman, Harvard professor and author of The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State. 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM. Carnegie Council, Merrill House, 170 East 64th St. Please RSVP to [publicaffairs at cceia dt org] or 212.838.4120 or register on the website. $25  CCE
------- Barbara Walters, TV interviewer and author of Audition: A Memoir. 12:30 PM. Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue, 555 Fifth Ave. at 46th St. 212.697.3048.
------- Billy Mernit, best-known as the author of the classic textbook Writing the Romantic Comedy and now, author of Imagine Me and You: A Novel. Books by Mobile Libris. 7:00 PM. KGB Bar, 85 East Fourth St. at 2nd Ave. (upstairs). 212.505.3360. Come early. Seating is limited and little or no service during the readings. KGB
------- Patrick McGrath, author of Trauma. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Tribeca, 97 Warren St. at Greenwich STREET. 212.587.5389.
------- Mary Tillman, author of Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd St. 212.362.8835.
------- Tom Farley, Jr. , Chris's older brother, and Tanner Colby, authors of The Chris Farley Show: A Biography. With contributors Tom Davis and Brian Stack. 7:30 PM. Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th St. 212.595.6859.
5/7 - Clive Young, author of Homemade Hollywood: Fans Behind the Camera. Film screening, too. Not specifically listed as a signing event and may be BYOBook, author may sign.7:30 PM. Croton Free Library, 171 Cleveland Dr., Croton-on-Hudson. 914.271.6612. BT Directions
------- Amy Goodman , host of Democracy Now! and brother and investigative journalist David Goodman, authors of Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 East 17th St. 212.253.0810.
------- Jen Lancaster, author of Bitter Is the New Black, Bright Lights, Big Ass, and now, Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or, Why Pie Is Not the Answer. 7:00 PM. Borders Books Time-Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle. 212.823.9775. BB
------- Amy Richards, author of Opting In: Having a Child without Losing Yourself. 7:00 PM. Borders Books Kips Bay, 576 Second Ave. at 32nd St. 212.685.3938. BB
------- Cristina García (Christina Garcia), author of A Handbook to Luck and editor of the anthologies Cubanísimo and Bordering Fires. 4:30 PM. City College, 137th St. at Amsterdam Ave. 212.650.6388. PEC
------- Jamel Shabazz, photographer of Back in the Days, Seconds of My Life and A Time before Crack. 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM. Bronx Museum, 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx. 718.681.6000. pHB

5/5 - Leah Dilworth, author of Acts of Possession: Collecting in America, Anne Higonnet, author of Pictures of Innocence: the History and Crisis of Ideal Childhood, Judith Pascoe, author of The Hummingbird Cabinet: A Rare and Curious History of Romantic Collectors, and Bettina Carbonell, editor of Museum Studies in Context: An Anthology. Panel discussion, Owning Things, too. 6:30 PM. CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave. at 34th St. 212.817.8474. CUNY
------- Elizabeth Kendall, author of Autobiography of a Wardrobe. 7:00 PM. McNally-Robinson Booksellers, 52 Prince St. betw Lafayette & Mulberry. 212.274.1160. MCR
------- Andrew Blauner , co-editor, with Lee Gutkind, of Baseball Anatomy. With contributors Kevin Baker, Jeff Greenfield, Michael Shapiro and John Thorn. 7:00 PM.  Borders Books Time-Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle. 212.823.9775. PEC
------- Ellen Hawley, author of Open Line. 7:30 PM. Word, 126 Franklin St. at Milton, Greenpoint, Brooklyn. 718.393.0096. WOR
------- Yasmina Reza, author of Dawn, Dusk or Night: A Year with Nicolas Sarkozy. 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM. Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway at 12th St. 212.473.1452. STR
------- Mark McEwen, TV weatherman and anchor of the CBS Early Show, stroke victim and author of Change in the Weather: Life after Stroke. 7:00 PM. Borders Books Park Avenue, 461 Park Ave. at 57th St. 212.980.6875. BB
5/5 - John T. Hamilton, author of Music, Madness and the Unworking of Language. With Prof. Avital Ronell. 7:00 PM. Book Culture, 536 West 112th St. (betw Broadway & Amsterdam). 212.865.1588. BCU
------- Stephen Elliott, author of Sex for America, Nick Flynn, author of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, and Janice Erlbaum, author of Have You Found Her. 7:00 PM. Housing Works Used Book Café, 126 Crosby St. (between Prince & Houston) 212.334.3324. HOU
------- Joan Wile, author of Grandmothers Against the War: How We Got Off Our Fannies and Stood Up for Peace. Introduced by Malachy McCourt, himself author of, most recently, Malachy McCourt's History of Ireland. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd St. 212.362.8835.
------- Anne Carson, author of Decreation, playwright of the new play, Uncle Harry. With poets Graham Foust and Misty Harper. A presentation of Readings Between A and B. 7:30 PM. 11th Street Bar, 510 East Eleventh St. betw (where else?) Ave. A and Ave. B. 212.982.3929 (the bar). RAB
------- Elizabeth Strout, author of Abide with Me. 7:30 PM. Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th St. 212.595.6859.
------- Ed Strosser and Michael Prince , authors of Stupid Wars: A Citizen's Guide to Botched Putsches, Failed Coups, Inane Invasions, and Ridiculous Revolutions. 7:00 PM. The Half King, 505 West 23rd St. just west of Tenth Ave. 212.462.4300. HK

5/4 - PEN World Voices Festival concludes. Information at the website but the list includes such authors as Salman Rushdie, Mario Vargas Llosa, Philip Levine, Bill T. Jones and Umberto Eco. PEN American Center, 588 Broadway, Suite 303. 212.334.1660. PEN
------- Abraham Rodríguez, author of South by South Bronx, Matthew Sharpe, author of Jamestown, and Janice Erlbaum, author of Have You Found Her? A presentation of series coordinator Gabriel Cohen's Sundays at Sunny's reading series. Co-sponsored by BookCourt bookstore. 3:00 PM. Sunny's, 253 Conover St. betw Beard and Reed Sts., Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718.625.8211. $3 (suggested) SAS
------- Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto and The Omnivore's Dilemma. In conversation with NYTimes Magazine editor Gerry Marzorati (10:00 AM), James Traub, author of The Best of Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American World Power, Christopher Hitchens, author of God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, Noah Feldman, author of Divided by God: America's Church- State Problem, and Mark Lilla , author of The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics and the Modern West (12:00 Noon), Tim Gunn, Project Runway's fashion guru and author of Tim Gunn's Guide to Style. With Bravo TV's President Lauren Zalaznick and Top Chef judge Gail Simmons in conversation with NYTimes media columnist Virginia Heffernan (herself co-author of The Underminers) (2:00 PM). In connection with the paper's Sunday with the Magazine event. Tickets at TicketWeb.com. TimesCenter Stage, 242 West 41st St. betw 7th & 8th Aves. NYT
5/4 - Marissa Walsh , author of A Field Guide to High School. In conjunction with the Gotham Writers Workshop. Fiction writing workshop, too. 6:00 PM. McNally-Robinson Booksellers, 52 Prince St. betw Lafayette & Mulberry. 212.274.1160. MCR And...
------- Theodore Hamm, editor of the Brooklyn Rail and author of The New Blue Media. 7:00 PM. McNally-Robinson Booksellers, 52 Prince St. betw Lafayette & Mulberry. 212.274.1160. MCR
------- Nina Revoyr, author of The Age of Dreaming, and Abraham Rodríguez, author of South by South Bronx. 7:00 PM. A presentation of Suzanne Dottino's Sunday Night Fiction Reading Series. Books by Mobile Libris. 7:00 PM. KGB Bar, 85 East Fourth St. at 2nd Ave. (upstairs). 212.505.3360. Come early. Seating is limited and little or no service during the readings. AKB
------- Min Jin Lee, author of Free Food for Millionaires. 12:00 Noon. Asian-American Heritage Festival. Union Square Park. BT
------- Paula Doress-Worters, author of Mistress of Herself: Speeches and Letters of Ernestine Rose. 7:00 PM. Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St. at Stanton. 212.777.6028. $5 (suggested) BLU
------- Hao Jiang Tian, operatic bass and author of My Wild Ride from Mao to the Met. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. Asia Society and Museum, 8th Floor, 725 Park Ave. at 70th St. 212.517.ASIA (212.517.2742) (info). $10 ASO

5/3 - PEN World Voices Festival continues. Information at the website but the list includes such authors as Salman Rushdie, Mario Vargas Llosa, Philip Levine, Bill T. Jones and Umberto Eco. PEN American Center, 588 Broadway, Suite 303. 212.334.1660. PEN
------- Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, author of Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam. 8:00 PM. Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery at Bleecker. 212.614.0505. BT
------- (young readers) Conn Iggulden, author of The Dangerous Book for Boys. 11:00 AM. Barnes & Noble Court Street, 106 Court St., Brooklyn. 718.246.4996. BT
------- Mickey Z, author of The Seven Deadly Spins and 50 American Revolutions You're Not Supposed to Know. 7:00 PM. Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St. at Stanton. 212.777.6028. $5 (suggested) BLU
------- Janet Avery, author of The Power of Hope. 2:00 PM. Hue-man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass (yes, two s's) Blvd. at 125th St. & Eighth Ave. 212.665.7400. HUM
------- Will Allen, author of The War on Bugs. 1:00 PM. Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture (worth seeing! jg), 30 Bedford Rd, Pocantico Hills. 914.366.6200. SBC Directions

5/2 - PEN World Voices Festival continues. Information at the website but the list includes such authors as Salman Rushdie, Mario Vargas Llosa, Philip Levine, Bill T. Jones and Umberto Eco. PEN American Center, 588 Broadway, Suite 303. 212.334.1660. PEN
------- Jonathan Lethem, author of You Don't Love Me Yet, and Paul Miller, aka DJ Spooky, author of Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture. Performance, too. 7:00 PM. McNally-Robinson Booksellers, 52 Prince St. betw Lafayette & Mulberry. 212.274.1160. MCR
------- Nina Revoyr, author of The Age of Dreaming, and Jennifer Gilmore, author of Golden Country. 7:00 PM. BookCourt, 163 Court St., Brooklyn. 718.875.3677. BC
------- Abraham Rodríguez, author of South by South Bronx. 6:00 PM. Cemi Underground, 1799 Lexington Ave. at 112th St. 212.860.2820. AKB
------- Ron Gallela, ultimate paparazzo, photographer of Warhol by Gallela: That's Great! 6:00 PM. International Center of Photography Museum Store, 1133 AOA (Sixth Ave.) at 43rd St. 212.857.9725. AI-AP
------- Ed Lin, author of This is a Bust. 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Asia Society and Museum, 8th Floor, 725 Park Ave. at 70th St. 212.517.ASIA (212.517.2742) (info). $10 ASO
------- Rachel Ray, relentlessly bubbly Food Network superstar, author, this time, of Yum-o! The Family Cookbook. Wristbands to first 375 people who must also purchase one of the Yum-o! books. Handing out the wristbands will likely begin at store opening (9:00 AM) but that is not definitely established, and may be later (I don't recommend coming "later." jg). 6:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd St. 212.362.8835. BT
5/2 - Rita O. Kirch , author of the second edition of Moving beyond ADD/ADHD: An Effective, Holistic Mind-Body Approach. In conjunction with Educator Reception Day. 6:00 PM. 5:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Court Street, 106 Court St., Brooklyn. 718.246.4996. BT
------- Jen Calonita, author of the Secrets of My Hollywood Life series, most recently Family Affairs. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Manhasset, 1542 Northern Blvd, Manhasset. 516.365.6723. Directions.
------- Michio Kaku , author of The Physics of the Impossible. 7:00 PM. New York Open Center, 83 Spring St. 212.219.2527. BT
------- Adam Gittlin, author of The Deal. 7:30 PM. Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th St. 212.595.6859. BT
------- Richie Unterberger, author of The Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film. 7:30 PM. Port Washington Public Library, 1 Library Drive, Port Washington. 516.883.4400. BT Directions.
------- Will Allen, author of The War on Bugs. 7:00 PM. Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St. at Stanton. 212.777.6028. $5 (suggested) BLU
------- Victoria Rowell, author of The Women Who Raised Me. 6:30 PM. Borders Books Time-Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle. 212.823.9775. HC
------- Tony O'Neill, author of Digging the Vein, Tao Lin, author of Eeeee Eee Eeee, one of my all-time favorite book titles, and you are a little bit happier than i am, and Lee Rourke, author of Everyday. With Zachary German, author of the forthcoming Eat When You Feel Sad. Books by Mobile Libris. 7:00 PM. KGB Bar, 85 East Fourth St. at 2nd Ave. (upstairs). 212.505.3360. Come early. Seating is limited and little or no service during the readings. KGB
5/2 - Jeffrey Alford, and Naomi Duguid,  authors of From Silk Road to Steppe: Exploring Cuisines beyond the Great Wall. In conversation with Simon Winchester, author of The Man Who Loved China: Joseph Needham and the Making of a Masterpiece. Tasting and book launch party, too. Tasting 6:00 PM. Talk 7:15 PM. Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th St. 212.620.5000 ext 344. BT
------- Heather Bauer, author of The Wall Street Diet. 1:00 PM. Borders Books Wall Street, 100 S. Broadway at Wall. 212.964.1988. BB
------- Harriet Washington, author of Medical Apartheid. 6:00 PM. Hue-man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass (yes, two s's) Blvd. at 125th St. & Eighth Ave. 212.665.7400. HUM

5/1 - Ian McEwan, author of Atonement, basis of the movie, and, most recently, On Chesil Beach. And others TBA. In conjunction with PEN American Center's World Voices. A presentation of the NYTimes series Times Talks. Tickets through TicketWeb. 6:30 PM. TimesCenter Stage. 242 West 41st St. betw 7th & 8th Aves. NYT $27
------- Amity Gage, author of O, My Darling and now, The Folded World, and V. V. Ganeshananthan, author of Love Marriage. A presentation of Mira Jacob and Alison Hart's Pete's Candy Store Reading Series. This series is always BYOBook, author will sign. Come 45 min. early if you want a sandwich. 7:30 PM. Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St. betw Frost and Richardson Sts., Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 718.302.3770. PCS
------- PEN World Voices Festival continues. Information at the website but the list includes such authors as Salman Rushdie, Mario Vargas Llosa, Philip Levine, Bill T. Jones and Umberto Eco. PEN American Center, 588 Broadway, Suite 303. 212.334.1660. PEN
------- Rabih Alameddine , author of Koolaids and now, The Hakawati. 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM. Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway at 12th St. 212.473.1452. STR
------- Mameve Medwed, author of Of Men and Their Mothers. Reservations requested. 6:00 PM. Corner Bookstore, 1313 Madison Ave. at 93rd St. 212.831.3554. COR
------- Patrick McGrath, author of Trauma. 7:00 PM. 192 Books, 192 Tenth Ave. betw. 21st and 22nd Sts. 212.255.4022. ONE
5/1 - Tom Coffey, author of Blood Alley. 7:00 PM. BookCourt, 163 Court St., Brooklyn. 718.875.3677. BC
------- Rick Moody, author, most recently, of Ice Storm, moderating a panel which includes Etgar Keret, author of The Girl on the Fridge, and other authors. Follow the link for details. 7:00 PM. Brooklyn Public Library, Dweck Center, Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn. 718.230.2100. BPL
------- Mark Godfrey, curator at the Tate Modern and author of Abstraction and the Holocaust. 6:30 PM. The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave. at 92nd St. 212.423.3200. Free with Museum admission. JM
------- Bear Grylls, star of the Discovery Channel's Man vs. Wild (who himself has survived some amazing things) and author of Man vs. Wild: Survival Techniques for the Most Dangerous Places on Earth. 1:00 PM. Borders Books Wall Street, 100 S. Broadway at Wall. 212.964.1988. BB
------- Aaron Cohen, author of Brotherhood of Warriors: Behind Enemy Lines with a Commando in One of the World's Most Elite Counterterrorism Units. 7:00 PM. Borders Books Time-Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle. 212.823.9775. BB Off calendar.
------- John Gruen, author of Callas Kissed Me...Lenny, Too! Books by powerHouse Books.  Book launch party, too. RSVP required to [powerhouse at MansionNewYork dt com] 8:00 PM. Mansion New York, 530 West 28th St. betw 10th & 11th Aves. pHB
------- Mimi Schwartz, author of Good Neighbors, Bad Times: Echoes of My Father's German Village. 8:00 PM. West Side YMCA, 5 West 63rd St. betw Broadway and CPWest. 212.875.4124. WSY
5/1 - George M. Motz, author of Hamburger America: One Man's Cross-Country Odyssey to Find the Best Burgers in the Nation. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Park Slope, 267 Seventh Ave., Park Slope, Brooklyn. 718.832.9066. BT
------- Susan Griffin, author of Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd St. 212.362.8835.
------- Mellon Tytell, author/photographer of My Lucky Dog. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Greenwich Village, 396 Sixth Ave. at 8th St. 212.674.8780.
------- Teri Denine, author of Whatever Gets You Through the Night. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Court Street, 106 Court St., Brooklyn. 718.246.4996.
------- David Baldacci , author of , most recently, Simple Genius. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 East 17th St. 212.253.0810. Autopen
------- Racheline Maltese, author of The Book of Harry Potter: Trifles, Trivias and Peculiarities. (This is not the book Rowling is suing about. That's The aHarry Potter Lexicon by Steven Vander Ark. jg). 7:00 PM. Ray Bari Pizza, 930 Third Ave. at about 56th St. 212.755.2390. BT
------- Evan Handler, author of It's Only Temporary: The Good News and the Bad News of Being Alive. 7:30 PM. Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th St. 212.595.6859.
------- Sharon Weiner Green, author of Barron's How to Prepare for the SAT. 7:30 PM. Barnes & Noble Manhasset, 1542 Northern Blvd, Manhasset. 516.365.6723. Directions.
------- Elias Khoury, author of Yago. 6:00 PM. The Mercantile Library, 17 East 47th St. 212.755.6710 or [info at mercantileLibrary dt org]. TONY

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