Notable New York, This Week 8/20-8/26

This week in NYC:

MONDAY 8/20: Words by the Water this week spotlights Akashic Books. Shira Nayman (A Mind of Winter), Elizabeth Nunez (Boundaries), and Kevin Holohan (The Brothers’ Lot) read. East River State Park, 7pm, free.

TUESDAY 8/21: McSweeney’s celebrates the release of issue 41 at Charles Bank Gallery, with readings from Paul Legault (The Emily Dickinson Reader), Karolina Waclawiak (How to Get Into the Twin Palms), and Jason Polan. 7pm, free.

WEDNESDAY 8/22: Victor LaValle discusses his latest, The Devil in Silver, with Kelly Link at Greenlight Bookstore. 7:30pm, free.

Sam Weller and Mort Castle, editors of Ray Bradbury tribute collection Shadow Show, launch the book at McNally Jackson, with Alice Hoffman (Practical Magic), Joe Hill (Heart-Shaped Box), and Skyped-in Neil Gaiman (American Gods). 7pm, free.

FRIDAY 8/24: Aimee Herman hosts The Inspired Word’s All-Star Storytellers Night, with stories by Dave Hill, Robin Gelfenbien, and Giula Rozzi. Le Poisson Rouge, 7pm, $10.

Book club update: McNally Jackson’s Essays Book Group will be discussing T. Fleischmann’s SYZYGY, BEAUTY, on September 3, in case you’d like to begin reading.

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