Inside the Secrets of NYPL’s Underground Stacks
The New York Public Library holds more than 16 million volumes, making it the 4th largest library in the United States. Many of those volumes are stored in the Milstein…
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See You Tomorrow Night, NYC!
Join us tomorrow night, 7–8:30 p.m., at Housing Works for a holiday reading, co-hosted with Electric Literature! Celebrate literary community during winter’s darkest days: join The Rumpus and Electric Literature…
Notable NYC: 12/12–12/18
Saturday 12/12: Diana Hamilton and Steve McCaffery join the Segue series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Many people read Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol. Housing Works, 1 p.m., free. Brian…
The Rumpus Interview with Marian Thurm
Prolific author Marian Thurm talks about her new collection of stories, Today is Not Your Day, being a true New Yorker, and the importance of sympathetic characters.
Notable NYC: 11/7–11/13
Saturday 11/7: Diana Hamilton, Kaveh Akbar, Shira Erlichman, Jason Koo, Katy Lederer, Matt Longabucco, and Angel Nafis celebrate the launch of issue 2 of Prelude. Baby’s All Right, 3 p.m.,…
The Unromantic Realities of Book Publishing
Books make being an editorial assistant seem pretty glamorous. Meghan Daum discusses the unromantic realities of being an editorial assistant in book publishing, in an excerpt from the new reprint…
The Rumpus Interview with Bill Clegg
Author and agent Bill Clegg talks about his new novel, Did You Ever Have A Family, grief in fiction and in life, and why there is no finish line except the final finish line.
Notable NYC: 10/31–11/6
Saturday 10/31: Sandra Simonds and Meld Nichols join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Monday 11/2: Angela Lockhart-Aronoff, Jaime Shearn Coan, Chelsea Lemon Fetzer, Morgan Parker, and Jon…
The Rumpus Interview with Kate Bolick
Kate Bolick talks about her new book, Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own, writing and the nuclear family, and whether women are finally people yet.
Notable NYC: 10/24–10/30
Saturday 10/24: Eileen Tjan, Fawna Xiao, Chris Nickels, and LA Johnson celebrate the launch of The Intentional, issue 4. 20 Pulaski Street, 8 p.m., Free. Anna Lefler reads Preschooled. BookCourt,…
The Sunday Rumpus Interview: David Ulin
Two long-time Angelenos walk and talk about that city, New York City, and how we experience urban life.
Notable NYC: 10/17–10/23
Saturday 10/17: Happy 6th Birthday, Greenlight Bookstore. John Reid Currie, Roberto Montes, Claire Van Winkle, and Emily Wallis Hughes join the Oh, Bernice! reading series. Astoria Bookshop, 7 p.m., free.…