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  • Readings from Yale Writers’ Conference Faculty

    KGB Bar 85 E 4th St, New York, NY, United States

    The Yale Writers’ Conference is a rigorous program for “the committed writer” held on the Ivy League University’s leafy-gothic campus. Sounds somewhat terrifying, if intellectually…

  • Megan Abbot + Chelsea Cain

    The Strand New York

    Who says girls can’t be crime writers? Well, no one actually, because that’s clearly not a valid argument. But just in case some loser out…

    $15

  • Linda Davies and Jon McGoran Reading

    KGB Bar 85 E 4th St, New York, NY, United States

    Novelists Jon McGoran and Linda Davies will be reading from recent work. McGoran has written about food and sustainability for many years, but has a…

  • Zakia Salime: Gender and Sexuality in the Arab Uprisings

    CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, NY, United States

    Zakia Salime is a scholar of sociology and women and gender studies, whose work focuses on the fascinating intersection of feminist and Islamist politics. Her…

  • Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz at the Morbid Anatomy Museum

    Morbid Anatomy Museum 424A 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    First things first: if you haven’t been to Morbid Anatomy Museum yet, you should probably go ASAP. It’s a hotbed of macabre romance, and you’re missing…

    $5

  • Christian Rudder presents Dataclysm

    WORD Bookstore 126 Franklin St, Greenpoint, New York, United States

    Christian Rudder is co-founder and President of OkCupid—yes, the same OkCupid that has rescued your “love” life from the doldrums and is now the only…

  • Fiction Forum: Elizabeth Gaffney and René Steinke

    The New School's Klein Conference Center 66 West 12th Street, NY, United States

    Gaffney is the author of When the World Was Young and Metropolis, while Steinke has penned Friendswood, The Fires, and Holy Skirts. The latter’s articles…

    $5

  • Hot, Wet and Shaking: Talking About Sex with Kaleigh Trace

    Bluestockings 172 Allen Street, New York City

    Kaleigh Trace is a disabled, queer, feminist sex educator with a mission: to promote “safe, shame-free and consensual sex people of all abilities, ethnicities, races,…

  • Just in Time: A Broadly Speaking Event

    New America NYC 199 Lafayette St, Suite 3B, New York City, NY, United States

    Increasingly, workers in the restaurant and retail industry are at the mercy of “just in time” scheduling: a system that might seem dreamily flexible for…