WEDS., APRIL 28 In 1995, author Ian Frazier was struck ...

APRIL 28 In 1995, author Ian Frazier was struck by the needs of homeless people eating at a soup kitchen. These people need more than soup, he decided. They need to learn to write. Thus, the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen Writers' Workshop was born. Tonight, homeless and former homeless people will share their literary creations (7, free). Also tonight, Found editor Davy Rothbart is at the Chelsea Barnes & Noble, where he will read from and discuss the new collection from his zine (7:30, free).

THURS., APRIL 29 Tonight the Biggs Publishing Collective holds its quarterly, eponymous night of readings at KGB Bar, featuring April Biggs, Jennifer O'Brien and Dan Chayefsky (7, free). A little higher on the sex-o-meter, Janice Dickinson reads from her coked-up, boozed-down bio, No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel at the Chelsea Barnes & Noble (7, free). Also tonight, John Griesemer is at 192 Books reading from Signal & Noise, his novel about the laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable in the 1860s (6:30, free).

FRI., APRIL 30 New York Press homie and all around political no-goodnik Paul Krassner is back in New York to give a reading about drugs at Coliseum Books (6, free). And how's your Spanish? Tonight is the Cinco de Mayo poetry reading, entitled "Historietas: From Che to Vieques" at Patrias in Park Slope (7:30, free).

SAT., MAY 1 The "Storytime" reading series highlights young comedy writers tonight at People's Improv Theater (7, $6).

SUN., MAY 2: Even if you don't get the Yeats allusion, you might want to check out the high-quality Spiral Thought monthly reading series at the Fall Cafe (6, free). Send a fax to 718-832-2310 if you want to participate.

MON., MAY 3 Tonight Charles Siebert reads from his A Man After His Own Heart at Sebastian Junger's Half King Bar (7, free). Blurring the lines between memoir, science essay, medical history, social study and mythology, the book explores the biological and metaphorical complexities of the body's most vital organ.

192 Books, 192 10th Ave. (21st St.), 212-255-4022; Church of the Holy Apostles, 296 9th Ave. (28th St.), 212-807-6799; Chelsea Barnes & Noble, 675 6th Ave. (21st St.), 212-727-1227; Coliseum Books, 11 W. 42nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-803-5890; Fall Cafe, 307 Smith St. (President St.), Brooklyn, 718-832-2310; Half King, 505 W. 23rd St. (10th Ave.), 212-462-4300; Patrias, Park Slope, 167 5th Ave. (betw. Berkley & Lincoln Pls.), 718-857-9091; People's Improv Theater, 154 W. 29th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-563-7488.