The Smart Set is a weekly feature, compiled and posted by Lauren Cerand, that usually appears Mondays at 12:30 pm and highlights the best of the week to come. Special favor is given to New York’s independent booksellers and venues, and low-cost and free events. Please send details to Ms. Cerand at lauren [at] maudnewton.com by the Thursday prior to . . .
Emma Garman talks with Philippe Grimbert, whose wildly popular novel implies that unspoken trauma is heritable.
Alain Robbe-Grillet, nouveau roman founder and an early literary hero of mine, has died at 85. (Thanks, Tim.)
According to the Clinton campaign, borrowing rhetoric is only plagiarism when Obama does it.
The move approacheth, and the stomach recoileth at the prospect of yet more pizza, potato chips, and oily bodega coffee. Next week the site will be quiet for the loading and unloading of boxes. This week you may see a handful of new things in the remainders bar, but mostly I’m doing giveaways. Today’s books — The Teachings of . . .