Notable New York: 02/25-03/03

Monday 02/25: McSweeney’s is celebrating the release their 42nd issue titled “Multiples.” The issue, edited by novelist Adam Thirlwell, takes an experimental approach to translation. New or rare pieces are taken through six translations in the issue. They’re translated into English, then to another language, and back, until it’s gone through six translations to get to what appears in this issue. The reading will feature contributors Alvaro Enrigque, Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, Julie Orringer, Andrew Sean Greet, Colm Toibin, Valeria Luiselli, and John Wray. McNally Jackson, 7pm, Free.

Tuesday 02/26: George Saunders reads a bit at the New York Public Library, then gets interviewed by the talk show legend Dick Cavett. The New York Public Library, 7pm, $25 general and $15 friends of the library.

Wednesday 02/27: A part of Geek Week, Birdwaves, Time Traveling, and Dreamharvesting is a reading and discussion about contemporary sci-fi and geek culture with authors Andri Magnason, Sean Ferrell, and Stephen H. Segal. Not only are there some great authors involved, the first 100 drinks are free. Get there early. Housing Works Bookstore, 7pm, Free.

Over in Brooklyn A Public Space will be celebrating the launch of their new issue with readings from Tom Drury, Jessica Francis Kane, and Mark Bibbins. The reading will be followed by a discussion moderated by Brigid Hughes. Bookcourt, 7pm, Free.

Thursday 02/28: The Bushwick Book Club leaves Bushwick and heads to BGSQD for a night in tribute to Justin Vivian Bond’s Tango. Bureau of General Services – Queer Division, 8pm.

David Shields is making the rounds with his new book How Literature Saved My Life. On Thursday he’ll be doing the Conversations on Practice series, which includes a discussion with Glenn Kurtz. McNally Jackson, 7pm, Free.

Shields will also be reading at Bookcourt on Sunday at 7pm.

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Dustin Luke Nelson is a founding editor of InDigest and the host of the InDigest Reading Series. He is a 2012 National Poetry Series finalist and has recently had work published in the Greying Ghost Pamphlet Series, Opium, METRO Twin Cities, Scud, 3:AM, and elsewhere. He has been a writer and producer on Radio Happy Hour and Geocachers. He lives in Astoria, tweets at @dlukenelson, and blogs at blogsareaboutego.blogspot.com.

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