READINGS Wednesday 1/24 IN FIDELITY New Yorker M.J. Rose signs & ...
IN FIDELITY
New Yorker M.J. Rose signs & reads at Borders, 5 World Trade Center, Church St. (Vesey St.), 212-839-8049; 1, free.
PAUL LARAQUE & DENIZE LAUTURE
Focus on Haitian writers at the Poetry Project, Mark's Church, 131 E. 10th St. (2nd Ave.), 212-674-0910; 8, call for price.
Thursday 1/25
ETHICAL CULTURE'S MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES
Tonight, Eric Marcus on Making Gay History: The Half Century Fight for Equal Rights; NY Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W. 64th St. (Central Park W.), 212-874-5210; 7:30, free.
JONATHAN TROPPER
Reads from Plan B; KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-505-3360; 7, free.
Friday 1/26
GREG BERLANTI
Dawson's Creek writer discusses his screenplay for popular gay film The Broken Hearts Club; A Different Light Bookstore, 151 W. 19th St. (7th Ave.), 212-989-4850; 7, free.
Sunday 1/28
SUSAN LANDERS & KATIE DEGENTESH
Read poetry. Plus, mingle w/hosts Brendan Lorber (Lungfull!) & Douglas Rothschild; Zinc Bar, 90 W. Houston St. (betw. LaGuardia Pl. & Thompson St.), 212-533-9317; 6:30, $3.
NIGHT OF ESSAYISTS
Or rather essayist, as Seneca Review's John Diagata reads from his book, Halls of Fame; KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-505-3360; 7, free.
Monday 1/29
HANGING LOOSE PRESS' 35TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY
Paul Violi, Kimi Ko Hahan, Donna Brook & more read. Jackets preferred; National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park S. (20th St.), 212-604-4823; 7, free.
Tuesday 1/30
DA OPEN
No list, no time limit & no cover; Carpo's, 189 Bleecker St. (MacDougal St.), 212-353-2889; 8:30, free.
FORMER US SENATOR EUGENE MCCARTHY
Makes rare personal appearance in honor of his latest 1968: War & Democracy; Barnes & Noble, 105 5th Ave. (18th St.), 212-807-0099; 7, free.
PAULA KAMEN & NEAL POLLACK
Kamen & Pollack read, satirize their peers & generally cut up (see also "Books"); KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-505-3360; 7, free.
POETRY JAM
Vittoria repetto hosts all-women, open-mic reading; Bluestockings, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-777-6028; 7, free.