All subjects you can contemplate at this week’s thrilling selection of readings and talks. Friday, September 5 We, The Outsiders Opening Reception We, The Outsiders is…
Linda Davies and Jon McGoran Reading
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…
Megan Abbot + Chelsea Cain
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…
Readings from Yale Writers’ Conference Faculty
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…
Daniel Mendelsohn and Adrian Goldsworthy On Emperor Augustus
If ancient Rome is more your bag than medieval fantasy/sci-fi, then allow us to recommend this pow-wow on Emperor August (nee Gaius Octavius), featuring the…
Julie Schumacher + Ethan Rutherford
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…
Antiques and Book Fair Will Bring Vintage Prostie Prints to Greenpoint
If you’re still mourning the closure of Antiques Garage (YIMBY just posted renderings for the hotel that will replace it), this may be the event…
Readings and Talks: Post-Apocalyptic Pregnancy, Kafkaesque Erotica, and More
Wise-up about the underlying structures of the Israel-Palestine conflict, lust in the style of Kafka, and hear about California’s (fictional) dystopian future at this week’s worthy readings and talks. …
Vol. 1 Brooklyn presents Tim Kinsella
Tim Kinsella first registered on the public radar c.1990 as the frontman of Chicago emo band Cap’n Jazz, before going on to lead a number of…
Slideshow/Book Launch with Christopher Merrit and Domenic Priore
Join authors Merritt and Priore for a discussion of their new book.Pacific Ocean Park: The Rise and Fall of Los Angeles’ Space-Age Nautical Pleasure Pier collates…