Kristopher Jansma reads Why We Came to the City with Isaac Fitzgerald
Kristopher Jansma's debut novel, The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards explored the competition and jealousy of two close friends during their formative years. His latest novel, Why We Came to the City,...
View ArticleReading Series Census: LIC Reading Series
The New York City Reading Series Census is an ongoing project to catalogue the contemporary literary scene. Any reading series curator in the New York area can take the survey here.
View ArticleReading Series Census: At the Inkwell
The New York City Reading Series Census is an ongoing project to catalogue the contemporary literary scene. Any reading series curator in the New York area can take the survey here. What is the name...
View ArticleReading Series Census: Halfway There
The New York City Reading Series Census is an ongoing project to catalogue the contemporary literary scene. Any reading series curator in the New York area can take the survey here. What is the name of...
View ArticleA. Igoni Barrett Reads Blackass
Identity is central component of A. Igoni Barrett's novel Blackass, the story of a Nigerian man who wakes to find himself transformed into a white man. Barret read from the novel and discussed it with...
View ArticleBoris Fishman Presents Don’t Let My Baby Do Rodeo
Boris Fishman presented his sophomore novel Don't Let My Baby Do Rodeo at BookCourt in Brooklyn. His debut novel, A Replacement Life, explored male family relationships through a son and grandfther's...
View ArticleHelen Oyeyemi talks wtih Catherine Chung
Helen Oyeyemi was at Greenlight Bookstore to discuss her latest collection of stories What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours with author Catherine Chung. Each story in the collection includes a key.
View ArticleRanbir Singh Sidhu Reads Deep Singh Blue wtih Tanwi Nandini Islam
Ranbir Singh Sidhu was at WORD Bookstore in Brooklyn to discuss his debut novel Deep Singh Blue with Tanwi Nandini Islam. Islam also read from her debut novel, Bright Lines.
View ArticleJudy Sheehan Presents I Woke Up Dead at the Mall
Judy Sheehan was at McNally Jackson Books to present her novel I Woke up Dead at the Mall, a young adult novel about a dead teenager waking up in the afterlife located in the Mall of America.
View ArticleReading Series Census: Brew: An Evening of Literary Works
The New York City Reading Series Census is an ongoing project to catalogue the contemporary literary scene. Any reading series curator in the New York area can take the survey here. What is the name...
View ArticleKaran Mahajan discusses The Association of Small Bombs
Karan Mahajan was at BookCourt in Brooklyn to discuss his novel The Association of Small Bombs with Joshua Cohen, author of Book of Numbers. The Association of Small Bombs explores the lives of the...
View ArticleReading Series Census: Writers Read
The New York City Reading Series Census is an ongoing project to catalogue the contemporary literary scene. Any reading series curator in the New York area can take the survey here. Writers Read is...
View ArticleMolly Prentiss Reads Tuesday Nights in 1980
Molly Prentiss presented her novel Tuesday Nights in 1980 at Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn. She was joined by her agent, Claudia Ballard and her editor Alison Callahan. Callahan is an editor at...
View ArticleJonathan Corcoran Discusses The Rope Swing with Tayari Jones
Jonathan Corcoran launched his debut collection of short stories, The Rope Swing, earlier this month at AWP. He was joined by Tayari Jones at Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn to discuss the story...
View ArticleRebecca Schiff Launched The Bed Moved
Rebecca Schiff celebrated the launch of her debut collection of stories, The Bed Moved, last week at BookCourt in Brooklyn. The collection has won the adoration of the New York Times, with the paper...
View ArticleJ.R. Thornton Presents Beautiful Country
The protagonist of J.R. Thornton's debut novel, Beautiful Country, has a lot in common with the recent Harvard graduate. Chase Robertson is a fourteen-year-old tennis player training with the Beijing...
View ArticleLiterary BFFs Brendan Jones talks with Will Chancellor
Literary blog Largehearted Boy hosted Brendan Jones and Will Chancellor as part of the ongoing Literary BFFs series. Jones launched his debut novel The Alaskan Laundry last month about a young woman...
View ArticleCamille Perri Discussed The Assistants with Elisabeth Egan
Camille Perri launched her debut novel, The Assistants, at Barnes & Noble at 86th Street. The novel follows two young women, personal assistants for a wealthy media oligarch, who abuse their...
View ArticleJennifer Haigh Presents Heat & Light
Jennifer Haigh presented her latest novel Heat & Light at BookCourt in Brooklyn. The novel follows a family and other characters from Bakerton, Pennsylvania as they grapple with the shale gas...
View ArticleReading Series Census: Franklin Electric Reading Series
The New York City Reading Series Census is an ongoing project to catalogue the contemporary literary scene. Any reading series curator in the New York area can take the survey here. What is the name...
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