Martin Schneider writes:
Longtime readers will know that this blog looks kindly on the noble rock dove, otherwise known as the pigeon.
On Monday, August 18, at 7 pm, McNally Jackson Books hosts a reading by Courtney Humphries, author of Superdove: How the Pigeon Took Manhattan and the World.
The book has an amusing cover (click to enlarge):

McNally Jackson Books is located at 52 Prince Street.