You will probably bleed out in the next ten minutes. The totality of every bad decision that brought you here has become a laser, cauterizing the hole in your chest. You can tell that nothing inside you will work properly anymore. You’re just an engine now, pumping fluid through a ruptured hose . . .
Date: September, 19 2013
A Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend event featuring Robert Antoni (As Flies to Whatless Boys, Trinidad Noir), Montague Kobbé (The Night of the Rambler), Elsie Augustave (The Roving Tree), Oonya Kempadoo (Trinidad Noir), Barbara Jenkins, Diana McCaulay, and Ifeona Fulani. This event is presented by Akashic Books, MoCADA, Bocas Lit Fest, and the Caribbean Cultural Theatre. […]
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Chris rattled his cigarette pack and placed it on the bar next to his Droid. He considered the cost of another cold beer and the cost of a fresh pack of smokes. He remembered pulling loosies out of a candy jar for a quarter each. Now it was hard to find loosies anywhere, and a pack of smokes in Brooklyn cost thirteen bucks. Even happy hour drinks at this old-school joint were expensive . . .
Date: September, 22 2013
Visitors and Intruders Talented writers A.X. Ahmad (The Caretaker), Jessica Hagedorn (Manila Noir) and Robert Antoni (As Flies to Whatless Boys) remind us of the thin line between visitor, intruder, and citizen in these tales about immigration, lost homelands, and, always, the power of location. Moderated by Karolina Waclawiak (The Believer). This event will be […]
Date: September, 20 2015
“Brutality and Faith.” Ann Hood’s Providence Noir and Phil Klay’s Redeployment are linked story collections that create a panoramic view of the violence and optimism in each setting, while K’wan’s No Shade illustrates these themes through the unforeseen twists of planning a wedding. These acclaimed authors discuss how these themes unfold in their writing. Moderated […]
Date: May, 28 2014
International Crime Month Event. Discussion and Reading with authors Marco Malvaldi (author of Three-Card Monte) and Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan (editor of Singapore Noir), moderated by Michael Reynolds (Europa Editions).