Nick Hornby.   (Photo: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for BFI)

Lena Dunham and Miranda July
Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Pl., Brooklyn; 718-636-4198; 1/28 at 8 p.m.
Nothing is off limits in this evening of conversation between Dunham—who last year published her autobiography Not That Kind of Girl—and filmmaker, artist, and author July, who recently released her debut novel The First Bad Man.

Say It to My Face 3: Say It Harder
Housing Works Bookstore Café, 126 Crosby St., nr. Houston St.; 212-334-3324; 2/3 at 7 p.m.
Internet writers jab back at commenters in this (we can only imagine) cathartic series. Hosted by Decider's Tyler Coates and writer Jolie Kerr, with Emma Carmichael (Jezebel), Matt Lubchansky (the Nib, the Toast), Felix Salmon (Fusion), and more.

All About Comics With Scott McCloud
92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave., nr. 92nd St.; 212-415-5500; 2/3 at 8:15 p.m.
The author of Understanding Comics, a comic book about comics, takes the audience deep into the world of comic books and discusses his new graphic novel, The Sculptor.

Nick Hornby in Conversation With Bill Tipper
Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th St. at Broadway; 212-253-0810; 2/4 at 7 p.m.
The High Fidelity author discusses his new novel Funny Girl, about a fictional TV show in the 1960s.

Selected Shorts: Letters of Note
Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th St.; 212-864-5400; 2/4 at 7:30 p.m.
Nobody takes time to write letters anymore. In this event, Jane Curtin, Phylicia Rashad, Kate Mulgrew, and Jeremy Shamos read from the book borne out of the blog Letters of Note, showing us how it used to be with historical correspondence from Eudora Welty to Mick Jagger.