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--Friday, September 10, 7:30 PM Brooklyn Book Festival Bookends Event: The Brooklyn Indie Party * Featuring Akashic Books authors Bernice L. McFadden, Arthur Nersesian, Hirsh Sawhney, Elizabeth Nunez, Melvin van Peebles, and Kaylie Jones * Also festuring A Public Space, Archipelago, Armchair/Shotgun, BOMB Magazine, Electric Literature, Hanging Loose Press, Ig Publishing, Melville House, One StorypowerHouse, powerHouse Books, and Tin House * Guest DJs: Johnny Temple and Dave Tompkins The Brooklyn Book Festival has become one of the premier literary festivals in the country, featuring authors and publishers from within the borough and around the world. Greenlight is proud to be a vendor at this yearÕs BKBF, and to participate in the Bookends project: a series of events before and after the Festival to extend the celebration of all things literary throughout the borough. On Friday night, Greenlight will partner with some of BrooklynÕs best independent book and magazine publishers to throw a Brooklyn-sized kickoff party celebrating the spirit of literary independence in Brooklyn! Food and drinks will be provided, along with music courtesy of guest DJs Johnny Temple (publisher of Akashic Books and bassist for Girls Vs. Boys), and Dave Tompkins, author of How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop.
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