Notable NYC: 3/21–3/27
Saturday 3/21: Phil Klay reads from his National Book Award for Fiction collection Redeployment. He is joined in conversation by Rob Spillman. Brooklyn Public Library, 4 p.m., free.Rob Crawford, Sabra...
View ArticleNotable NYC: 9/12–9/18
Saturday 9/12: Nicole Cooley, Sally Bliumis-Dunn, Kathleen Ossip, D. Nurkse, Lynn Emmanuel, Tom Sleigh, and Sarah Arvio celebrate The Plume Anthology of Poetry 3. BookCourt, 4 p.m., free.Ellen Urbani...
View ArticleInexplicable, and Sometimes Ineffable
All of Everett’s work is, to a greater or lesser degree, satirical; much of it throbs with rage.Percival Everett’s new short story collection, Half an Inch of Water, is out, and Justin Taylor wants you...
View ArticleNotable NYC: 7/30–8/5
Saturday 7/30: New York City Poetry Festival. Governor’s Island, 11 a.m., free. Sunday 7/31: New York City Poetry Festival. Governor’s Island, 11 a.m., free. Christopher “Loma” Soto, Shira Elrichman,...
View ArticleNotable Portland: 4/18–4/24
Thursday 4/18: Mark Doten reads from his new novel, Trump Sky Alpha, and is joined in conversation by Justin Taylor, author of Flings. Powell’s Books on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free. The Bone Tax Poem...
View ArticleNotable Portland: 5/30–6/5
Thursday 5/30: Thomas J. Sims reads from his nonfiction book, On Call in the Arctic: A Doctor’s Pursuit of Life, Love, and Miracles in the Alaskan Frontier. Annie Bloom’s Books, 7 p.m., free....
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Notable Online: 4/26–5/2
Sunday 4/26: George Abraham, Malcolm Friend, and Casandra López join Against Occupation for an evening of poetry. White Whale Bookstore via Zoom, 5 p.m. EDT, free with RSVP. Monday 4/27: Camille Perri,...
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Notable Online: 7/5–7/11
Monday 7/6: Stephanie Burt presents After Callimachus with Mark Payne. Harvard Bookstore via CrowdCast, 7 p.m. EDT, $3 suggested. Charlotte Pence presents Code with John Skoyles and Gail Mazur....
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Notable Online: 7/19–7/25
Monday 7/20: Richard Farrell presents The Falling Woman. Brookline Booksmith via CrowdCast, 7 p.m. EDT, free. Susan Priver discusses her memoir Dancer Interrupted with Lian Dolan. Vroman’s Bookstore...
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Notable Online: 7/26–8/1
Sunday 7/26: Camilla Läckberg presents The Golden Cage. Community Bookstore via Zoom, 2 p.m. EDT, free. Monday 7/27: Zadie Smith presents Intimations: Six Essays with Vinson Cunningham. Greenlight via...
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