September 17, 2008 / New York
Harper’s magazine hosts a panel discussion of Submersion Journalism: Reporting in the Radical First Person, edited by Bill Wasik. With Harper’s Sr. Editor Wasik; Ted Conover (Newjack, Whiteout); Harper’s Washington editor Ken Silverstein (“Turkmeniscam”), NYU Journalism chair Brooke Kroeger, and me. (My chapter in the book is “Jesus Plus Nothing,” the Harper’s article that led to The Family.) The event will be held at NYU’s Journalism Department:
 20 Cooper Square (Bowery across from E 5th St.),
 6th floor. It starts at 6:30 P.M.

September 18, 2008 / Brooklyn
Sarah Palin and “The Family”
1:15 pm, sharp; this lunchtime series sponsored by Melville House Bookstore features a 10 minute talk and a 20 minute Q&A. http://www.10minutelectures.com/ 145 Plymouth Street, on the corner of Plymouth and Pearl in DUMBO, Brooklyn. 718-722-9204 for more information.