Zadie Smith and Michael Chabon cause a few scenes at the 92Y →

No matter how much praise or venom Michiko Kakutani might heap on to you, no matter how many times you’ve contributed to The New York Review of Books, and no matter how many times the Coen Brothers try or fail to turn one of your books into a film, you’ve reached a certain high point in your career when there are several people standing on the corner of Lexington Ave. and 92nd St. looking to buy scalped tickets to hear you read at The 92nd St. Y.

We love Capital New York’s recaps of our events. Check out the rest of our reading series line-up: Nick Hornby, Mary Oliver, Martin Amis, Barbara Kingsolver, Tom Wolfe and more!

If you don’t get the print version of the New York Times, here’s a view of the front page of today’s Arts section with a story on literary lions, many who are appearing at 92Y this fall, including Michael Chabon, Zadie Smith, Salman Rushdie, Tom Wolfe, Junot Diaz, Barbara Kingsolver, Bob Woodward and Jeffrey Toobin.

And if you turn a couple pages, you’ll see a full-page ad announcing our new season of talks, readings and concerts. Big names like Geoffrey Rush (tonight!), Stephen Colbert, Jack Black, Alicia Keys, Diane von Furstenberg, Cyndi Lauper, Wyclef Jean, Lang Lang, András Schiff and much more. Many events have discounted pricing for anyone 35 and under.

(Source: 92Y.org)

Tom Wolfe is reading at 92Y on Nov 5. Our Unterberg Poetry Center season opens with Michael Chabon and Zadie Smith on Oct 4.

Zadie Smith opens the fall reading season at 92Y’s Unterberg Poetry Center on Oct 4, with Michael Chabon.