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Reverse-Gentrification of the Literary World

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Past Events

Kaylie Jones – Brooklyn Book Festival, Brooklyn, NY

Three imaginative and fantastical narratives from authors Susan Daitch (The Lost Civilization of Suolucidir), Granta magazine co-founder Jonathan Levi (Septimania) and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie (Two Years Eight Months and 28 Nights). A postmodern adventure novel set in the Middle East; an absurd romp through history, the arts, and the human soul; and a […]

Ali Eteraz – Brooklyn Book Festival, Borough Hall Courtroom, Brooklyn, NY

“The Racial Realities of Fiction presented by the Times Literary Supplement.” Featuring Ali Eteraz (Native Believer), T. Geronimo Johnson (Welcome to Braggsville), and Esmeralda Santiago (Conquistadora) in conversation with Stig Abell, editor of the Times Literary Supplement.

Bernice L. McFadden, Elizabeth Nunez – Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event @ Caribbean Cultural Theatre, Brooklyn, NY

“Readings & Reasoning—A Caribbean Book Party.” A Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event featuring Bernice L. McFadden (The Book of Harlan), Elizabeth Nunez (Even in Paradise), and Olive Senior. Readings from 6:30–8:30pm, followed by a reception from 8:30–10:30pm.

Ali Eteraz – Twelve Gates Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Ali Eteraz (Native Believer) in conversation with Neelanjana Banerjee. Neelanjana Banerjee’s writing has appeared in PANK Magazine, The Rumpus, World Literature Today, Prairie Schooner, and many other places. She is the Managing Editor of Kaya Press, the only US-based press dedicated to Asian diasporic literature; and the co-editor of the anthologies Indivisible: An Anthology of Contemporary […]

Ali Eteraz – Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event @ Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY

Molly Crabapple (Drawing Blood) and Ali Eteraz (Native Believer) talk about transgressing taboos, banning Muslims, guerrilla calligraphy, Richard Wright, torture, and the intersection of art, creativity, underground culture, and activism in the age of Guantánamo Bay. Moderated by Ibrahim Ahmad, Senior Editor, Akashic Books. Presented by the PEN American Center, Akashic Books, and the Muslim […]