Your weekly listing of readings and literary events around Brooklyn: a comic artist lands at Desert Island, a funny girl from the Bronx stops in DUMBO, and runner-extraordinaire Christopher McDougall shares advice at WORD.
August 9, 2010 The Book Seen
Greenlight Books and Feminist Press staffer Natalie Peart recommends her favorite queer literature for summertime reading.
August 3, 2010 Queer Life, Read Features
An author’s debut book takes us behind the red curtain of Manhattan’s exclusive nightclubs, sports lovers get their literary fill at Gelf’s Varsity Letters, and Franklin Park brings us a night of Hilarity and Heartbreak — just a few of the book events happening this week in Brooklyn.
August 2, 2010 The Book Seen
Your favorite bookstores are bringing you great new books and author readings every night this week. From a literary magazine launch party to readings by local author to a panel discussion with memoirists, this week has something for every Brooklyn bookworm.
July 26, 2010 The Book Seen
Looking for some new summer reading? You’re in luck! Bookstores around the borough are bringing you exciting authors, new books, and an event (or four!) every night this week.
July 19, 2010 The Book Seen
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 WORD: Chuck Klosterman 8pm, 66 Greenpoint Avenue Join the WORD crew at Coco 66 tonight as they celebrate the launch of Chuck Klosterman's new book, Eating the Dinosaur. The best-selling author of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs will be joined by friend and fellow-writer Rob …
July 12, 2010 The Book Seen
Like many denizens of our prolific borough, I wrote much of my novel in neighborhood coffee shops. Here are the cafes that should have received my acknowledgment.
July 8, 2010 Reader in Residence
Nowhere in Brooklyn is there a more foreign enclave than Brighton. Under the elevated tracks of the B and Q, caressed by sea breezes, the sidewalks of Brighton Beach Avenue vibrate with a cacophony of voices: the Russian of women hawking pastries, the English of sand-seeking day trippers, the hum of shoppers hailing from Omsk to Kiev.
Our weekly tip sheet on where to see what in the Brooklyn art world. This week’s featured listing is Smack Mellon’s: “A Canvas of Opportunities,” opening Friday, August 27, 6pm. Click through to read more.
You decide! Are these famous folks tragic or groundbreaking? It’s up to debate. Each note-worthy figure is paired with an …
Your weekly listing of readings and literary events around Brooklyn: a comic artist lands at Desert Island, a funny girl from the Bronx stops in DUMBO, and runner-extraordinaire Christopher McDougall shares advice at WORD.
