Boris Fishman
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Notable Chicago: 3/24–3/30
Friday 3/24: The Conversation series at Women & Children First continues with this week’s theme, On Being American: Identity & Belonging Under a Hostile Regime. This edition will feature Boris Fishman, Cristina Henriquez, Erika L. Sanchez, the artist Riva Lehrer,…
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Notable NYC: 3/5–3/11
Saturday 3/5: Elizabeth Isadora Gold and Brenda Shaughnessy discuss The Mommy Group. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free. Lisa Jarnot and Lara Mimosa Montes join the Segue reading series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 3/6: Melissa Febos, Marie-Helene Bertino, and Leah…
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Notable NYC: 7/18–7/24
Saturday 7/18: Harlem Book Fair, multiple locations, 11 a.m., free. Shannon Holmes launches Caught Up. Harlem Book Fair / Countee Cullen Library, 4 p.m., free. Sunday 7/19: Angela Flournoy, Leigh Stein, and Jennifer Baker discuss the business of writing. Flournoy’s…
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Notable NYC: 1/31–2/6
Saturday 1/31: The TEAM reads Five Plays by the TEAM. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free. Monday 2/2: Paul Fischer discusses A Kim Jong-Il Production, a look at North Korea’s propaganda machine. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free. Tuesday 2/3: Rebecca Scherm discusses her…
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The Rumpus Interview with Boris Fishman
Boris Fishman discusses his debut novel, A Replacement Life, Russia, the “immigrant novel,” Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons, and Vladimir Putin.
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Notable NYC: 10/4–10/10
Saturday 10/4: Sasha Fletcher, Tracy Dimond, Morgan Parker, Sarah Bridgins, Jeffery Berg, Christina Drill, Anna Fitzgerald, Debora Kuan, and Mark Cigini celebrate the sixth month anniversary of GlitterMOB. Mello Pages, 7 p.m., free. Mark Bibbins, Emily Skillings, Nick Harbutas, and…
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Notable NYC: 6/14–6/20
Saturday 6/14: Alex Wright reads from Cataloging the World (March 2014), an examination of the information age. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free. Sunday 6/15: Maureen Miller reads poetry that challenges the patient-doctor relationship. Bowery Poetry Club, 3:30 p.m., $10. David Zweig reads…
