JONATHAN AMES & ARNON GRUNBERG
Memoirist & novelist put aside aesthetic differences to embrace their common yen for black wit at this reading; Housing Works Used Book Café, 126 Crosby St. (betw. Houston & Lafayette Sts.), 212-334-3324; 7, call for price.
AN EVENING OF POLICE POETRY IN THE BRONX
Readings from parody book Off the Cuffs: An Anthology of Poetry Written By & About Police, with editor Jackie Sheeler & more; Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse (165th St.), 718-681-6000; 6:45, free.
SEAMUS HEANEY
Nobel Prize-winning poet, recently of Beowulf fame, begins two-night stand at Alice Tully Hall, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, B'way (65th St.), 212-721-6500; 8, $25 [through 5/30].
ON THE WALL FICTION
MFA types read; Cornelia St. Cafe, 29 Cornelia St. (6th Ave.), 212-989-9319; 6, free.
THE WRITERS STUDIO READING SERIES
By students from the MA classes. Today, guest poet Frazier Russell with Bob Hugel, Lizabeth Kingsley, Vivian Malloy, Deborah McAlister & Iromie Weeramantry; Village Community School, 272 W. 10th St. (betw. Greenwich & Washington Sts.), 212-255-7075; 7, $3.
Friday 6/1
PINK PONY WEST
Open mic; Cornelia St. Café, 29 Cornelia St. (6th Ave.), 212-989-9319; 6, $6, incl. 1 free drink.
Saturday 6/2
DR. MADD VIBE
Spoken word project by Angelo Moore (frontman for Fishbone) comes to town; Acme Underground, 9 Great Jones St. (betw. B'way & Lafayette St.), 212-677-6963; 8, $7.
Sunday 6/3
UNNAMABLE POETRY READING
Steve Bennett & David Speer host open mic at Baggot Inn, 82 W. 3rd St. (betw. Thompson & Sullivan Sts.), 212-477-0622; 3, $5, incl. 1 drink.
Monday 6/4
IRVINE WELSH
Appears for reading, discussion & signing of Glue; Union Sq. Barnes & Noble, 33 E. 17th St. (betw. B'way & Park Ave. S.), 212-253-0810; 7:30, free.
Tuesday 6/5
REVIVING POLITICAL OUTRAGE
"Smart, witty, activist writers question authority," beginning today with Hattie Gossett, author of Sister No Blues & one-time editor of Essence magazine; New School, 66 W. 12th St., (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-229-5488; 7, $5.