This week in New York the 92nd Street Y focuses on “Literature and Revolution in the Middle East,” readings from Granta and Flatmancrooked, the Third Annual Chapbook Festival, Kevin Young reads from his new collection, and First Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum.
MONDAY 2/28: Writers Reza Aslan, Azar Nafisi and Nathan Englander get together to talk about literature as a tool for revolution, from Israel to Egypt at “Literature and Revolution in the Middle East.” 92nd Street Y. 8:15 p.m. $29.
Granta celebrates its 114th issue on Aliens with writers Julie Otsuka and Binyavanga Wainaina. McNally Jackson. 7 p.m. Free.
TUESDAY 3/01: Flatmancrooked presents a reading with authors Emma Straub, Fly-Over State, and Shya Scanlon, Forecast. Also, Senior Editor Deena Drewis will discuss Flatmancrooked’s Launch program, which lets readers buy shares in books. The Center for Fiction. 7:00 p.m. Free.
WEDNESDAY 3/02: The Third Annual Chapbook Festival begins today and runs through Saturday, showcasing chapbooks as works of art and featuring a two-day book fair with chapbook publishers from around the country, workshops, and readings. Full schedule here. The first event of the festival is a panel on the history of art collaborations between visual artists and writers. The Center for Book Arts. 6:30 p.m. Free.
The Housing Works Bookstore Café will screen Sidewalk, a 2010 documentary that sheds light on homeless book and magazine vendors in Greenwich Village. After the screening there will be a Q&A with Mitchell Duneir (author of Sidewalk), vendors from the film, and members of the Street Vendor Project. 7 p.m. Free.
THURSDAY 3/03: The Third Annual Chapbook Festival presents the PSA Chapbook Fellowship reading. Judges Cornelius Eady, Kimiko Hahn, James Tate, and Rosanna Warren introduce winners of the Poetry Society of America’s eighth annual Chapbook Fellowship: Adam Day, Camille Rankine, Andrew Seguin, and Hossannah Asuncion. The CUNY Graduate Center. 7 p.m. Free.
FRIDAY 3/04: Kevin Young reads from his latest collection of poetry, Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels. Greenlight Bookstore. 7:30 p.m. Free.
SATURDAY 3/05: First Saturday focuses on the newest exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, Tipi: Heritage of the Great Plains, featuring a day of events dedicated to Native American heritage. 5 to 11 p.m. Free.
SUNDAY 3/06: Algonquin authors Carol Leavitt, Pictures of You, and Jonathan Evison, All About Lulu, will read at the KGB Bar Sunday Night Fiction. 7 p.m.
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