Reading against Time
As a child, I loved it when a book took me somewhere else. I still do, but I’m more surprised and grateful now to be transported by words on a page from one world to another. Perhaps because, as...
View ArticleEndued with Vital Warmth
Over at The New Republic, Francine Prose writes about Frankenstein’s conception, as a bet in a drama-fueled writer’s group, as fueled by a young soon-to-be-mother’s anxiety, as a cleverly-plotted...
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Notable NYC: 3/4–3/10
Saturday 3/4: Peter Blackstock, senior editor at Grove Atlantic, curates Queer as Volk as part of the Festival Neue Literatur. Powerhouse Arena, 6 p.m, free. Timothy Liu and Christopher Salerno launch...
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VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Carmen Maria Machado
Folklore, speculative fiction, horror, fantasy, magic realism, comedy, and erotica collide beautifully in the eight provocative short stories that make up Carmen Maria Machado’s debut short story...
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The Thread: Look What You Made Me Do
A red lip. A bared leg. A slinky black dress with a very long slit. A high heel. Higher. A voice that sounds like sex. A smoky eye. She wants, but what she wants is ulterior. Indirect. She gets there...
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Notable NYC: 9/14–9/20
Saturday 9/14: Oliver Baez Bendorf and Brian Teare discuss Advantages of Being Evergreen. Books Are Magic, 7 p.m., free. Sunday 9/15: E.J. Evans, Julia Knobloch, and Lee Herrick join Brooklyn Poets...
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Notable Online: 6/21–6/27
Monday 6/22: Ed Doyle-Gillespie presents Aerial Act with Ellen Cherry. The Ivy Bookshop via Zoom, 6:30 p.m. EDT, free. John Perkins presents Touching the Jaguar: Transforming Fear Into Action to Change...
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Notable Online: 7/4–7/10
Tuesday 7/6: Adrian Matejka presents Somebody Else Sold the World, in conversation with Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Paul Tran. Left Bank Books via Facebook, 8 p.m. EDT, free. Susan Elia MacNeal presents...
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Notable Online: 8/22–8/28
Monday 8/23: Emily Henry presents People We Meet On Vacation, in conversation with Carley Fortune. The Strand via Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, free. Francine Prose presents The Vixen. Zoom, 8 p.m. EDT, free....
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What to Read When You Wish You Were Heading Back-to-School
August is winding down. The air in the evenings sometimes carries just a touch of relief from the omnipresent humidity, the tomatoes are bountiful, pencil sharpeners and color-coded folders are still...
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