TONIGHT: A book party for “the book Dave Eggers hails as ‘one of the best-ever examples of comics reportage, and one of the clearest portraits of post-Katrina New Orleans yet published,’ and Cornel West calls ‘intimate and yet seismic in its scope.'” (source)

7PM @ Idlewild Books, co-sponsored by SMITH and Teachers & Writers Collaborative. Featuring live music by Mary McBride, refreshments, and an art auction to benefit Common Ground Relief. 12 West 19th St., New York City, 7pm