At the New York Public Library Lions Gala on Monday night, a Who’s Who of writers --and readers—gathered to celebrate five Tom Brokaw, Michael Chabon, Carla Hayden, Colson Whitehead, and Robert Wilson. The gorgeously refurbished readers’ room on the library’s third floor was transformed into a book-lined palace dining hall, for Norm Lewis performing Cole Porter’s “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” followed by a red ribbon ceremony, “medalling” the literary “lions.” Unlike most events of this nature, few speeches got in the way of the fine dinner and din of lively conversation.
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