“Authors are like rock stars for old people,” a younger patron said. He was talking to a young woman wearing a nearly identical pair of Warby Parkers. “I don’t get it.”

Zadie Smith and Michael Chabon cause a few scenes at the 92Y, by Jason Diamond for Capital New York

“Authors are like rock stars for old people,” a younger patron said. He was talking to a young woman wearing a nearly identical pair of Warby Parkers. “I don’t get it.”

Zadie Smith and Michael Chabon cause a few scenes at the 92Y, by Jason Diamond for Capital New York