Joyce Carol Oates and Elaine Showalter
92nd Street Y; 1/17 at 11 a.m.; 1395 Lexington Ave., nr. 92nd St.; 212-415-5500
What two better authorities to discuss women and writing on the occasion of the publication of Showalter’s A Jury of Her Peers, a history of American women writers from 1650 to 2000.
Patti Smith
Barnes & Noble; 1/19 at 7 p.m.; 33 E. 17th St., at Broadway.; 212-253-0810
The poet queen of punk reads from her book Just Kids: From Brooklyn to the Chelsea Hotel, a Life of Art and Friendship, about her fabulous, rocky friendship with Robert Mapplethorpe.
Kwame Dawes with Vampire Weekend
Barnes & Noble; 1/21 at 7 p.m.; 33 E. 17th St., at Broadway., 212-253-0810
The Ghana-born poet, who just won an Emmy for his documentary on HIV/AIDS in Jamaica, joins preppy songsters Vampire Weekend, whose highly-anticipated sophomore album Contra came out this week. 1) Free admission + 2) Three sold-out VW shows this week = Get in line early.
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