2015 in Review
By Ian MacAllen
Monday, December 28th, 2015 | 14,449 views
Alphabetical by Author
Kathleen Alcott
Jabari Asim
Kate Axelrod
Dean Bakopoulos
Paul Beatty
Megan Mayhew Bergman
T.C. Boyle
Bill Clegg
Kathleen Alcott
Jabari Asim
Kate Axelrod
Dean Bakopoulos
Paul Beatty
Megan Mayhew Bergman
T.C. Boyle
Bill Clegg
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When you want to read your fiction after just publishing a book, but there just doesn’t seem to be a good fit for you in your state, what do you do?
Well, Nicole Haroutunian, an English Kills Review contributor, joined forces with Apryl Lee to create their own series in Montclair, New Jersey. Now, four times a year, The Halfway There Reading Series combines community and the arts to give both emerging and well-established authors a platform for their work without a hike into the city.
Michael Cunningham read from his latest book, A Wild Swan, a collection of short stories at BookCourt in Brooklyn. He brought him his friend and musician Billy Hough.
The story collection pulls from classic fairy tales, though all with modern twists. The idea originated in Cunningham’s childhood when his parents would read to him. He describes himself as a junkie for stories as kid.
Luc Sante discussed The Other Paris with Jason Diamond of Vol 1. Brooklyn at WORD Bookstore in Brooklyn last week. Sante previously has written Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York, a portrait of the city. The Other Paris similarly explores Paris.
The New York City Reading Series Census is an ongoing project to catalogue the contemporary literary scene. Any reading series curator in the New York area can take the survey here.
What is the name of the series, and what is the significance or meaning of the series name?
“Tea & Poetry”
As the series takes place at Alice’s Tea Cup Chapter II, an Alice-in-Wonderland themed tea shoppe (of which there are three in NYC), it’s pretty self-explanatory…It’s a Tea-room setting with readings in poetry/fiction/non-fiction
Simon Critchley is a philosopher and professor typically writing on political theory, ethics and aesthetics. His first novel, Memory Theater, does not stray very far from those topics. He was at McNally Jackson Books to discuss the novel with Joshua Cohen, author of Book of Numbers.