The Conversation: Jayson Smith and A. H. Jerriod Avant
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Notable NYC: 4/2–4/8
Saturday 4/2: Julian Talamantez and Sarah Wang join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 4/3: Sean Beaudoin, Teddy Wayne, Diana Spechler, and Robert Burke Warren join the…
The Conversation: Joshua Bennett and Camonghne Felix
What scares me in the current work is how much I trust the concept, what I’m trying to achieve.
The Rumpus Interview with Victor LaValle
Victor LaValle discusses his latest book, The Ballad of Black Tom, patience, H.P. Lovecraft, and reinvention.
Notable NYC: 3/26–4/1
Monday 3/28: Sallie Tisdale and Meghan Daum discuss Violation, Tisdale’s collected essays. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free. Tuesday 3/29: Rob Spillman presents All Tomorrow’s Parties, a memoir. Housing Works, 7 p.m.,…
Notable NYC: 3/19–3/25
Saturday 3/19: Esther Lin, Rajiv Mohabir, and Jonathan Alexandratos join the Oh, Bernice! Reading series. Astoria Bookshop, 7 p.m., free. Dawn Lundy Martin and Rosemarie Waldrop join the Segue Series.…
The Rumpus Interview with Kristopher Jansma
Kristopher Jansma discusses his second novel, Why We Came to the City, facing adulthood in his thirties, and working through grief and loss in writing.
Notable NYC: 3/12–3/18
Saturday 3/12: Aaron Kunin and Rae Armantrout join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 3/13: Cynthia Cruz and Maya Pindyck read poetry. In How the End Begins…
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…
Albums of Our Lives: Vampire Weekend’s Modern Vampires of the City
Could the idea of a god be reconciled with the things I saw around me? This question obsessed me in my last month in Cambodia.
Notable NYC: 2/27–3/4
Saturday 2/27: Xaver Bayer, Sibylle Berg, Iris Hanika, and James Hannaham join moderator Siri Hustvedt and the Festival Neue Literatur for No Joke, a look at things that make people…
Notable NYC: 2/20–2/26
Saturday 2/20: Joey Yearous-Algozin and Myung Mi Kim join the Segue Series. Yearous-Algozin is the author of Holly Melgard’s Friends and Family, transcriptions of Melgard’s voicemails. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m.,…