I won’t be able to make either of these fine literary offerings, I’m afraid. But as Maud notes, you really can’t go wrong here in New York tonight. At Barnes & Noble on 33 East 17th Street, Junot Diaz reads at 7:00 PM. And at McNally Robinson (52 Prince Street), Edward Jones, Joshua Ferris, and Andrea Threatt discuss New Stories from the South at 7:00 PM.