Joyce Carol Oates, Stan Herd speaks The September Issue and other sophisticated activities

Today: Some people are writers. Others are writers. Joyce Carol Oates is a prolific, multiple Pulitzer Prize-nominee with a new book out. And she’ll hold court at 6:30 at the downtown library.

Tuesday: Inequality sucks, and, unfortunately, this country has a long history of it. Documented Rights, an ongoing exhibition at the National Archives, traces civil rights issues in America from slavery through the 1960s.