Molly goes to a book party

Plus: trendspotting in Koreatown and the Best Gift Idea Ever

Left: piano purse (see footnote). Right: epigraph in Ed Park’s book—one of the great epigraph selections of our era.

Ed Park's book party was at the (factually named) Turntable Chicken Rock in Koreatown. It was a Real Book Party—I'll explain what that means in a moment; it's exceedingly rare these days—befitting a major book. A Real Book Party means free…