This week in New York: Lou Reed’s take on Edgar Allen Poe; The Moth at Summerstage; Ann Curry talks with John Prendergast and Michael Mattocks; readings from Stefan Merrill Block and Alison Espach; lit journal party for Annalemma Magazine, Avery Anthology, and La Petite Zine; and Roy Ayers.
MONDAY 6/27: Songwriter Lou Reed produced a 2003 album, The Raven, inspired by Edgar Allen Poe—his lyrics from that CD have been collected into a book with illustrations by cartoonist Lorenzo Mattotti. Reed will be signing copies of The Raven after his talk. Strand Bookstore. 7 p.m. $35.
TUESDAY 6/28: The Moth storytelling series is headlining at Central Park’s Summerstage featuring stories with “the moon in cameo.” Hosted by comedian Andy Borowitz with stories by Salman Ahmad, Sherman O.T. Powell, Jessi Klein, Bonnie Levison, and Jerry Stahl. Central Park Mainstage. 7:30 p.m. Free.
WEDNESDAY 6/29: Join NBC’s Ann Curry in a conversation with John Prendergast and Michael Mattocks, the authors of Unlikely Brothers, a memoir that tells the story of their relationship; at age 20 Prendergast became a Big Brother to Mattocks when he was seven and living in homeless shelters with his family. McNally Jackson. 1 p.m. Free.
THURSDAY 6/30: Authors Stefan Merrill Block, The Storm at the Door, and Alison Espach, The Adults, will read excerpts from their books at 192 Books. 7 p.m. Free.
FRIDAY 7/01: It’s a night of celebrating the new issues of three lit journals! Annalemma Magazine, Avery Anthology, and La Petite Zine present a Mega Combination Release Party with readings by Paul Kwiatkowski, Sal Pane, Josh Bennett, Abi Daniel, Robert Yune, Jason M. Jones, and Anne Cecilia Holmes. Free wine & baked goods. Bookcourt. 7 p.m. Free.
SATURDAY 7/02: Your weekend deserves a little bit of sunshine, “Everybody Loves the Sunshine,” with jazz legend Roy Ayers and The Jazz Mafia Symphony. Central Park Mainstage. 7 p.m. Free.
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