Pics of the Week, 10/17

The New Press threw a party for Heather Rogers's new book, Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage, that featured compostable cups and recycled paper napkins. Pictured are New Press publisher Colin Robinson and Rogers.

J.R. Moehringer, author of The Tender Bar (Hyperion), is joined by the young man who appears on the book's cover. They were both at the New York Times's Great Read in Bryant Park earlier this month.

Rodale held a luncheon to celebrate the publication of Martha Stewart's new book, The Martha Rules (Oct.). Pictured (l. to r.) are Rodale CEO Steve Murphy; Stewart; Steve Riggio, CEO, Barnes & Noble; Tami Booth Corwin, president, Rodale Books; and Liz Perl, publisher, Rodale Books.

World War 3 Illustrated, the Lower East Side anthology of radical political comics, celebrated its 25th anniversary at Exit Art in New York City with a new issue featuring work by Sue Coe, Spain Rodriguez, Tom Tomorrow and many others. Pictured (l. to r.) are WW3 cofounders Peter Kuper and Seth Tobocman, along with Kuper's daughter, Emily.

Artists Anton Van Dalen, Sue Coe and Papo Colo, artist and cofounder of Exit Art, at the 25th anniversary party for World War 3 Illustrated.

Tom Keough, WW3 editor, and Mac McGill, artist and WW3 contributor, at the magazine's party in Manhattan.

An impressive group of women writers were on hand at the New York Public Library's Celeste Bartos room for the Great Tea, part of the New York Times Great Read in Bryant Park. Pictured (l. to r.) Rona Jaffe, Benilde Little, Melissa Bank, Lauren Weisberger and master of ceremonies, New York Times theater editor Patricia Cohen.

Another impressive group of writers at the Great Brunch, another event at the NYPL's Great Read in Bryant Park. Pictured (l. to r.) are Robert Klein, Salman Rushdie, Sue Monk Kidd, Patricia Cornwall, John Berendt and Paul LeClerc, president of the New York Public Library.