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The Walt Whitman 200th Celebration featuring Nina Revoyr (A Student of History, The Necessary Hunger), Nick Flynn, Joyce Carol Oates, John Cohen, Mahogany L. Browne, and more.
Michael Imperioli presents The Perfume Burned His Eyes at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Location TBA. FRACTURED LIVES: The after-life is usually a term reserved for the deceased, but what about the life after you lose someone? Novels by Laura van den Berg (The Third Hotel), Michael Imperioli (The Perfume Burned His Eyes), and Sigrid Nunez (The Friend) […]
Bernice L. McFadden presents Praise Song for the Butterflies at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Full details TBA. IN THE FACE OF FEAR: The latest books by award-winning writers Terry McMillan (I Almost Forgot About You), Lee Martin (The Mutual UFO Network), and Bernice L. McFadden (Praise Song for the Butterflies) all feature strong lead characters that are […]
Katia D. Ulysse presents Mouths Don’t Speak at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Location: Brooklyn Borough Hall Courtroom, 209 Joralemon Street. THE AFTERMATH: Psychological, unseen injuries are often the most difficult to identify and treat. As medicine struggles to diagnose and treat post-traumatic stress disorder, literature is recognizing its reality and import. Novelists Shahriar Mandanipour (Moon Brow), Katia D. […]
Michael Imperioli presents The Perfume Burned His Eyes at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Location TBA. COMING OF AGE IN NYC: Young adulthood is a particularly raw and fraught time, but coming of age in the city where great privilege and ambition abuts great adversity, the stakes are even higher. Khary Lazarre-White’s Passage tells the story of Warrior, […]
TOP-SHELF NOIR: Brooklyn’s beloved Pete Hamill (A Killing for Christ) is joined by best-selling authors Laura Lippman (Sunburn; Liza Jane & the Dragon) and Tayari Jones (editor, Atlanta Noir; An American Marriage) in a program of haunting, unforgettable noir fiction. Dwyer Murphy (CrimeReads) will moderate this event featuring short readings and a discussion, followed by […]
ACTIVIST ATHLETES: Over the past years, we’ve seen a number of professional athletes speak out against racism and injustice. The response—from fans, owners, even the President—has ranged from support to outright hostility. Players have been called unpatriotic, accused of disrespecting the military, even blackballed from their leagues. What’s next for this movement? Writer/activist Shaun King […]
LET’S TALK ABOUT BEING FAMOUS: Most dictionary definitions of fame start by noting it is a state of being widely known and widely recognized, which can be both cool and a curse. Does being famous open doors or box one in? Is privacy undervalued in our reality based contemporary times? Actor/authors Justine Bateman (Fame), and […]
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Praise Song for the Butterflies (SIGNED!)
Kingston Noir (Jamaica)
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Nelson George Two Book Set
Game World
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean
Bivouac
The Warmest December
Among the Bloodpeople: Politics & Flesh
Bronx Biannual Issue No. 2: The Literary Journal of Urbane Urban Literature
Bernice L. McFadden Digit