• The Public Library with Robert Dawson + Diane Caldwell

    The Strand New York

    Since 1994, California-based photographer Robert Dawson has been travelling across the country, capturing images of public libraries—those hallowed, endangered urban oases of learning and contemplation.…

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  • Grumpy Cat at B&N

    Barnes & Noble Union Square 33 East 17th Street, New York, NY, United States

    The famous feline meme will no doubt be looking disgruntled at this in-store appearance promoting Grumpy Guide to Life: Observations from Grumpy Cat.

  • Julie Schumacher + Ethan Rutherford

    The Strand New York

    Dear Committee Members, Julie Schumacher’s eighth novel, is an epistolary satire of academia that has been earning—as the title of a Slate review puts it, “Strongest possible…

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  • How to Overthrow the Illuminati

    The Base 1302 Myrtle Ave, NY, United States

    I almost wish that we could take this one at face value, and learn in earnest how to combat the shadowy organization that is (obviously!)…

  • Sideshow Goshko

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

    Award-winning storyteller Leslie Goshko (Huffington Post, Manhattan Monologue Slam Champion) hosts this monthly storytelling show, which invariably follows the same format. Goshko invites three top…

  • That’s When the Knives Come Down with Dolan Morgan

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

    Greenpointer Dolan Morgan will read on home turf for the Brooklyn launch of his debut collection That’s When the Knives Come Down. A surrealist glance at…

  • An Ecclectic Evening of Poetry and Prose

    High Horse Saloon 103 Havemeyer Street, Williamsburg, New York City, NY, United States

    Brooklyn-based writer Matthew Hodges hosts an evening of readings with a crew of exciting new voices.Lauren Keils is a Brooklyn-based poet (and painter and possibly a…

  • Richard Flanagan in Conversation with Patrick McGrath

    McNally Jackson 52 Prince Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Richard Flanagan’s latest novel,The Narrow Road to the Deep North, is based on the experience of an Australian man in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp on…