Notable NYC: 1/11–1/17
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
...moreLiterary events in and around NYC this week!
...moreLiterary events in and around NYC this week!
...moreWill Boast discusses his new novel, Daphne, Roman myths, emotional control via cell phone towers, and the rise of the “neuro novel.”
...moreTuesday 6/6: Drunk spelling bee. 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Pub on Passyunk. Wednesday 6/7: Raunchy: Adult Dirty Embroidery Workshop. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Lume Studios, $25.
...moreAnne Roiphe on respecting writers’ freedom to express the truth of their experiences, while also respecting their subjects’ prerogative to shun them for it.
...moreAn hour later. Still empty. This bothers me. I am embarrassed that it bothers me. But not embarrassed enough that it stops me from checking again.
...moreSometimes I fantasize about expanding these conversations beyond the one-on-one—getting a few particular writers into a room together to discuss the risky business of writing the sort of memoir or autobiographical fiction that might upset family, or others close to you. Actually, this column was born out of a burning desire to get Stephen Elliott […]
...moren+1 shares Marco Roth’s “On Torture and Parenting,” an essay originally published in 2006, in light of the release of Roth’s recent memoir, The Scientists: A Family Romance. Roth, one of the founding editors of n+1, explores the parallels between parenting and torture, eventually leading to an exploration of the torture perpetrated by the then-current Bush Administration. At […]
...moreBottles of infused vodka were upturned last night at Russian Samovar for the return of the FSG Reading Series. With Lydia Davis and David Means slated to read, the bar on the second floor was papered with poets, writers and confederates of the publishing industry.
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