The 9th Annual Harlem Book Fair taking place not this weekend (the 14th), but next weekend (the 21st), will include a lunch with authors Zane and Omar Tyree. This is probably your best chance all year to ask Zane "Is it hot in here, or is it you?" (She'll love it, as I am sure she has not heard that one before.)

In addition to the fair itself on Saturday the 21st, running from 11am to 6pm on West 135th Street, there is also Friday's (July 20th) Wheatley Book Award ceremony from 7pm to 10pm at the Schom-burg Center for Research in Black Culture.