Talks
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BAD MEDICINE
A professor of surgery, Ira Rutkow, lectures on the poor quality of Civil War medical supplies and techniques. He also signs copies of his new book on the subject, “Bleeding Blue and Gray: Civil War Surgery and the Evolution of American Medicine” (Random House). Today, 5:30 p.m. reception, 6 p.m. lecture, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Ave., between 102nd and 103rd streets, 212-822-7314, free.
DYLAN’S DEVOTEES
Writers Jonathan Lethem, Luc Sante, David Gates, Robert Polito, and Susan Wheeler discuss that most literary of troubadours, Bob Dylan. “His Back Pages” is moderated by music writers Alan Light and Andrew Hultkrans. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Housing Works Used Book Cafe, 126 Crosby St., between Houston and Prince streets, 212-334-3324, free, used book donations encouraged.
LITERACY AT THE LIBRARY
Eric Bogosian plays host at the first installment of a late-night conversation series at the New York Public Library. His guests include playwrights John Patrick Shanley (“Doubt”), John Guare (“Six Degrees of Separation”), and Stephen Adly Guirgis (“Jesus Hopped the A Train”), along with graphic novelist Jonathan Vankin. The group discusses the changing meaning of “literacy”: In what medium is the written word at its most dynamic? Has the romantic idea of artistry been lost to corporate culture? Tomorrow, 9 p.m., New York Public Library, Celeste Bartos Forum, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, 212-868-4444, $10 general, $7 members.
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