On Tuesday, Matt Nelson and Jacob Perkins, founders of Bushwick independent library and reading room Mellow Pages, announced on Facebook that their literary hangout, in its current form…
Molasses Goes From Book Hawker to Publisher
Matt Winn, the owner of Molasses Books, describes his business as “just a small used book shop that happens to have a bar at the…
Talks and Readings: Sex, Shift Scheduling, and Student Debt
This week: everything you generally avoid talking about gets talked about. Monday, Sept. 15 Hot, Wet and Shaking: Talking About Sex with Kaleigh Trace Kaleigh Trace…
Natalie Eilbert reads from Conversations with the Stone Wife
Natalie Eilbert is aBrooklyn-based poet, whose work has appeared in Tin House and Guernica, among other publications. She’s just finished her first chapbook,Conversations with the Stone Wife, and…
Spymaster Secrets, Library Porn, and Broad City-Style Comedy
This week’s talks and readings: some heavy stuff, ending in laughs. Wednesday, July 30 The Gatekeepers Screening When The Gatekeepers was first released in 2012, NY Times…
A Zine Fest, a Torture Talk, and Mommy’s Dating Life in Graphic Novel Form
From zines to graphic novels, poetry to ethical treatises on torture, this week’s talks and readings have you covered. Friday, July 25 Pete’s Mini Zine Fest…
Celebrate Bloomsday and Friday the 13th With These Talks and Readings
Who ever said that writing, at its best, is a lonely life? We’ve got your weekly round-up of bibliovents that prove once in a while…