(BEST LIVING AMERICAN WRITER) She's the best, she's still writing amazing books, and she's great to see live. Her new book, The Year of Magical Thinking, about death, grief, dinner, and other topics, is her most personal yet. That's saying something for a writer who's published excerpts from her own psychiatric evaluations before. (Central Library, Microsoft Auditorium, 1000 Fourth Ave, 386-4636. 7 pm, free.)