by Nick Smerker | Sep 27, 2017 | Happenings
Eileen Myles Tuesday, October 10th 8:00 pm Guggenheim Fellowship-recipient Eileen Myles will read from the new book Afterglow (A dog memoir), a portrait of Eileen’s beloved canine confidant: a pit bull called Rosie. In 1990, Eileen chose Rosie from a litter on...
by Nick Smerker | Sep 19, 2017 | Happenings
You are invited to join us on Saturday night (September 23rd) when City Books holds the local launch of The Love of Baseball, a new collection of essays edited by Post-Gazette writer (and Northsider!) Diana Nelson Jones. Written by and for baseball fans (or those...
by Nick Smerker | Sep 15, 2017 | Happenings
Santiago Gamboa Tuesday, September 19th 8:00 pm Novelist, short story writer, journalist and Otra Orilla Literary Prize winner Santiago Gamboa (Colombia) will be debuting his newly published novel Return to the Dark Valley here at Alphabet City. In a narrative that...
by Nick Smerker | Sep 1, 2017 | Happenings
Saturday, September 9th 7:00-9:00 pm In 2014, J.D. indie-published his first novel, Forsaken, and through perseverance, ingenuity and creative marketing, took the title to the top of the bestseller lists around the world. His second novel, The Fourth Monkey, sold to...
by Nick Smerker | Aug 10, 2017 | Happenings
Kamila Shamsie Saturday, August 26th 4:30 pm Two-time Orange Prize nominee Kamila Shamsie (Pakistan) will be reading from her newly published novel Home Fire, one of the most anticipated novels of the year. A contemporary reimagining of Sophocles’ Antigone, Home Fire...
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