1. 1. Jim Carroll, Gloria Naylor, and Joe Meno

   The Basketball Diaries author (and former junkie and rocker) Carroll reads from his forthcoming novel, The Petting Zoo, with fellow authors Naylor and Meno, who also have novels in the works.

2. 2. Jonathan Lethem and Jonathan Safran Foer

   The pair of Brooklyn novelists talk with their respective European publishers about their appeal to audiences across the pond.

3. 3. “On the Road for 50 Years"

   Author John Leland (Why Kerouac Matters) talks with Kerouac’s sometime girlfriend Joyce Johnson about the ongoing legacy of the Beat extraordinaire.

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