What we lack in quantity this month, we make up for in author star power. Here’s a few January 2013 events that I found interesting for one reason or another.

Barnes and Noble
01/08 Michael Bush: The King of Style Dressing Michael Jackson (Tri)
01/08 Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman w/ James Shaheen: The Dude and the Zen Master (USQ)
01/10 Caleb Carr: The Legend of Broken (USQ)
01/14 Upstairs at the Square With Yo La Tengo and Dana Spiotta (USQ)
01/15 Norbert Leo Butz: Memory and Mayhem (86th & Lex)
01/16 Patti LuPone: Far Away Places (86th & Lex)
01/16 50 Cent: Formula 50 (5th Ave)
01/17 Valerie Harper: I, Rhoda (86th & Lex)
01/20 Sonia Sotomayor: My Beloved World (USQ)
01/29 Eddie Huang, Tom Colicchio: Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir (USQ)
01/30 Al Gore: The Future (USQ)
01/30 Dave Barry: Insane City (82nd & Bway)
01/31 Fred Coleman: The Marcel Network (86th & Lex)

Housing Works
01/09 Ask Roulette: Anniversary Special with AJ Jacobs, Baratunde Thurston, and More
01/14 The Moth StorySLAM: Detours
01/16 FIRST BLUES: Rags, Ballads, Harmonium Songs, Chanteys & Come-All-Ye’s
01/22 The Moth StorySLAM: Comfort
01/23 Open Source: A Guide to Free Culture with Electric Literature, Man Bartlett, and Maria Popova

Powerhouse Arena
01/08 Book Launch: The Big Truck That Went By by Jonathan M. Katz
01/09 Discussion: Driver’s Education by Grant Ginder
01/11 Book Launch: The Best of Punk Magazine edited by John Holmstrom
01/28 Book Launch: Unknown Pleasures by Peter Hook