The writer Neal Pollack is doing a tour for his new book, The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/events/pollack.html
Thursday, Sept. 7 NEW YORK 7:30 PM Reading/signing, with special guests including John Hodgman, Arthur Bradford, Zadie Smith, Dave Eggers and others Galapagos 70 North Sixth St. (Bedford Ave. stop on L train) Williamsburg, Brooklyn
go for a good laugh
Pollack's very funny even though he writes for the wavering, unprincipled, centrist New Republic (http://www.tnr.com/082800/pollack082800.html)
for instance: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2000/06/26routine.html
Zadie Smith is really good, too
Peter