Notable New York

  • Notable NYC: 6/13–6/19

    Saturday 6/13: Norte Maar reads Tobacco Hour. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free. Newtown Literary celebrate the launch of Issue 6. Queens Council on the Arts, 7 p.m., free. Erika Swyler, Ted Thompson, and Sarah Gerard join the H.I.P. Lit series along…

  • Notable NYC: 6/6–6/12

    Saturday 6/6: Amy Elizabeth Bishop, Sarah Jean Grimm, Ashleigh Lambert, Nina Puro, and Chelsea Werner-Jatzke celebrate the latest issue of H-NGM-N. Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free. Sunday 6/7: Bill Roorbach and Heidi Pitlor discuss their new novels with…

  • Notable NYC: 5/30–6/5

    Saturday 5/30: Roxane Gay reads and takes questions. Astoria Bookshop, 7 p.m., tickets required. Tisa Bryant and Divya Victor join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Jerry Stahl talks with Lydia Black about Old Guy Dad, a collection…

  • Notable NYC: 5/23–5/29

    Saturday 5/23: Shiv Kotecha, Diana Hamilton, Mark Francis Johnson, and Danny Snelson celebrate the release of Kotecha’s collection EXTRIGUE. B.H.Q.F.U, 7 p.m., free. Elana Dykewomon and Irena Klepfisz celebrate the release of What Can I Ask, new and selected poems…

  • Notable NYC: 5/16–5/22

    Saturday 5/16: Joseph Bradshaw presents The New York School with Thom Donovan, Monica McClure, Iris Cushing, and others. Berl’s Poetry, 7 p.m., free. Philip Glass reads Words Without Music: A Memoir. 192 Books, 7 p.m., free. Kristen Gleason and Icy Spicy…

  • Notable NYC: 5/9–5/15

    Saturday 5/9: Lewis Freedman and Alli Warren join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 5/10: Anne Enright launches The Green Road. McNally Jackson, 7 p.m., free. Morgan Parker, Ryan Britt, Britt Gambino, Emily Yoon, Karolina Manko, and…

  • Notable NYC: 5/2–5/8

    Saturday 5/2: Independent Bookstore Day: Events are being held throughout the day at your neighborhood bookstore. The following stores are hosting special events: WORD; Housing Works; McNally Jackson; Greenlight Bookstore; BookCourt; Community Bookstore; The Strand; BookCulture; Astoria Bookshop. Emma Straub, Jami…

  • Notable NYC: 4/25–5/1

    Saturday 4/25: Cassandra Seltman, Ian Hatcher, and Clare Nazarena Tascio celebrate the release of Seltman’s poetry volume Palimpset: Down. Mellow Pages, 7 p.m., free. Ronaldo V. Wilson and Renée Green join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday…

  • Notable NYC: 4/18–4/24

    Saturday 4/18: Paul Beatty discusses The Sellout, Brooklyn Public Library, 4 p.m., free (RSVP recommended). Sara Fetherolf, John Reid Currie, Zakia Henderson-Brown, and Carrie Meyers join the Oh, Bernice! reading series. Astoria Bookshop, 7 p.m., free. Leslie Allison, Filip Marinovich,…

  • Notable NYC: 4/11–4/17

    Saturday 4/11: Lisa Samuels and Stephanie Young join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 4/12: Jaime Clarke reads from his latest novel World Gone Water with Jeffrey Rotter. KGB, 7 p.m., free. Monday 4/13: Colson Whitehead, Amelia…

  • Notable NYC: 4/4–4/10

    Saturday 4/4: Dorothea Lasky, Lisa Cohen, Wayne Koestenbaum, Kate Zambreno, Marie Buck, and Gary Indiana celebrate the latest from Animal Shelter. McNally Jackson, 7 p.m., free. Lola Calise, Ian McLellan Davis, Lilya Davis, Morgan Forbes, and Hannah McMurray launch Issue…

  • Notable NYC: 3/28–4/3

    Saturday 3/28: Monica McClure, Alexander Nemser, and Lewis Warsh read poetry. Steven Harvey Fine Arts Project, 2 p.m., free. Sunday 3/29: Anna Moschovakis, D. Marcus Johnson, Zahra “Raw Fiction” Patterson, Kim Prosa, Ken Wohlrob, and Akeema Dash Zane read Raw…