As part of its tenth anniversary celebration, Housing Works Used Bookstore Café held a silent auction last night with dozens of signed first editions (including, in the interests of full disclosure, a copy of The Stewardess Is Flying the Plane!). Former NBCC president John Freeman and other bidders mingled with authors like Lynne Tillman, David Rees, and Nathaniel Rich, while Housing Works volunteers like Susie Lupert, Rachel Fersheleiser, and Chaya Thanhauser kept things running smoothly over the course of the ninety-minute auction. (Several of the books are still available, by the way, so drop by the store if you're interested—remember, all the proceeds go towards the store's mission of providing services for people with AIDS.)