This is Practically Tradition

Every year I heroically miss every interesting author that comes to town during the New Yorker fest. This year is no exception.

FICTION NIGHT

Monica Ali and Aleksandar Hemon7 p.m. Ailey Citigroup Theatre ($16)
While I was initially excited, I realized that I haven't read any of Ali's books and Hemon's book wasn't as good as I thought the first time around. And it was actually my first time reading the entire thing, before that I had only made it through the first half before losing interest in the David Foster Wallace footnotes.

Donald Antrim and Tobias Wolff7 p.m. Cedar Lake Dance Studios ($16)
Who? I am so not well read.

Yiyun Li and Edwidge Danticat7 p.m. Bowery Poetry Club ($16)
Who? and I remember Danticat's Krik?Krak! being good, but I just started the Farming of Bones and had to put it down because of lame-ness.

Lorrie Moore and Julian
Who?

Barnes7 p.m. Newspace ($16)
Antonya Nelson and Thomas McGuane7 p.m. Anthology Film Archives ($16)
Who? This is getting embarassing.

Uwem Akpan and Louise Erdrich9:30 p.m. Bowery Poetry Club ($16)
My countryman! and a Native American? Hot damn.

Charles D’Ambrosio and Sherman Alexie9:30 p.m. Anthology Film Archives ($16)
Who? I love you, Mr. Spokane Indian. Holla back, Thomas Builds-A-Fire.

Andrea Lee and T. Coraghessan Boyle9:30 p.m. Cedar Lake Dance Studios ($16)
Who? I totally need to read Talk! Talk!. The cover art is pretty sexy.

Jonathan Safran Foer and Edward P. Jones9:30 p.m. Newspace ($16)
Haven't read. Have read, kinda on the fence, but he's a brother so I gotta show the mad love. L-0-V-E.

Gary Shteyngart and George Saunders9:30 p.m. Ailey Citigroup Theatre ($16)
Unimpressive. And Saunders is reliably funny but hard to transcend with his style.