This week in NYC:
MONDAY 6/18: This sounds like a fun party game. Four writers—Saara Dutton, Daniel Guzmán, Michael Maiello, and Peter Olson—imagine a discarded novel by Stephen King and read the sections they created at KGB Bar. Free, 7pm.
TUESDAY 6/19: Powerhouse Arena hosts a launch for Sheila Heti’s much talked-about How Should A Person Be? Free, 7pm.
WEDNESDAY 6/20: PEN American Center would like you to stop looking at your computer screen and mingle with John Oakes, Alex Gilvarry, Miles Klee, and Hannah Tinti at Le Poisson Rouge. Free, 6:30 pm.
THURSDAY 6/21: The Steamboat literary humor series pulls into Greenlight, with readings by David Rees and A.J. Jacobs. Free, 7:30pm.
FRIDAY 6/22: If you’re not in East Hampton, Los Campesinos! are playing at Le Poisson Rouge with Yellow Ostrich. $20, 6:30pm.
SATURDAY 6/23: Tropfest, the world’s largest short film festival, hits New York. Bryant Park, free, gates open at 3pm, competition begins at 7:30pm.
SUNDAY 6/24: The Brownstone Poets, with host Patricia Carragon, read at BookCourt. 7pm, free.
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