Small Is Beautiful

1. Tama Janowitz and Arthur Nersesian

December 1 at 4 p.m.

The scribes team up for a joint presentation of Slaves of New York and The Fuck-Up, their (suddenly nostalgic) stories of downtown eighties life.

2. Katha Pollitt

December 1 at 5 p.m.

The feminist Nation columnist closes out the day with a reading from her new memoir, Learning to Drive.

3. “The Literary Trivia Quiz Smackdown”

December 2 at 4 p.m.

Editors and staff from The New York Review of Books square off against their counterparts at A Public Space. Oh, it is on.

Small Is Beautiful