Event Archives

SATURDAY, August 23, 7-9pm - Melissa Bastian's Anywhere I Lay My Head zine release (1 Bleecker St.)
"Anywhere I lay my head" recounts Melissa Bastian's experience with Hurricane Katrina and the ways in which she rebuilt her life and dealt with the ramifications of the disaster. She will be present for the full extent of the event to answer questions and discuss the work, and will be doing a short reading at 8pm. Paintings and photographs of the New Orleans area will be on display that correlate with the context of the work. Also on display will be personal items such as Ms. Bastian's scrap book of newspaper clippings and her photographs from the first visits back to the city. The event has been intentionally scheduled to fall just six days before the third anniversay of Katrina; the artist hopes to remind people of the storm and to bring attention to the fact that while enormous progress has been made, many people and parts of the city are still struggling. 25% of any revenue generated from zine or artwork sales will be donated to the Common Ground Collective in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.

http://melissabastian.blogspot.com/

www.commonground.org

Writer's Round welcomes special hosts Linda Silberman & Jamie Kass!

Writer's Round is thrilled to welcome authors
Linda Silberman http://lindasilberman.blogspot.com/
and Jamie Kass iamundone@gmail.com
as hosts of Writer's Round in September!

Housing Works seeks volunteers for Book Fair

Housing Works seeks volunteers
for Open Air Book Fair
Saturday, September 27th

Housing Works donates books to
The Give & Take Think Library
so we lovingly pass this volunteer-call along.

If interested, contact Adam Blackman
126 Crosby St.
NY, NY 10012

www.housingworksbookstore.org

Writer Related Events!

SUNDAY, September 28, 7:30pm - Rant Raphsody: An Evening of Literary Non Fiction. Presented by The Brooklyn Rail.
1 Bleecker St. @ Bowery

“Public City, Private Eyes”

Featuring: 
Alex Goldmark (NPR, GoodMagazine)
Jason Wachtelhausen (AdBusters,Brooklyn Rail) 
Tim Doody (Brevity,Best Gay Erotica 2006)
Kurt Opprecht (How to Rule the World for Fun and Profit)

Hosted by Mark Read, Rant Rhapsody creator

The Brooklyn Rail

WEDNESDAY, November 19, 8pm - Cup & Pen presents Sybil’s Garage
(248 Mercer St.)

readings by
Mercurio D. Rivera
Veronica Schanoes
Richard Bowes

Senses Five Press

EVERY MONDAY 8pm - Writer's Round @ 1 Bleecker St.

Writer's Round is a weekly meeting space for local writers to get together, share, and critique one another's work. Authors read their work aloud, are asked to bring copies for others to read, and invite commentary in a constructive and community oriented environment.

Writer's Round by-laws

Writer's Round meets every Monday @ Think Coffee 1 Bleecker St. starting at 8pm for approximately 2 hours.

Authors can submit up to five pages of writing (or 15 minutes reading length), and need to bring copies that group members can read and take notes on.

Any genre of writing is acceptable material (i.e. non-fiction, fiction, poetry, etc.)

Authors read their work aloud, following which, comments are given by the group without the writer's response (unless a direct question is asked) for several minutes. Then there is a short period of discussion between the group and the author.

The group is asked to include something they liked about the writing during the group response portion of the critique.

Writer's Round is open to the public, free of charge, and a positive space for local writers to invite commentary in a constructive and community oriented environment.