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Thursday April 25 2019, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM   Fatima Farheen Mirza on A Place for Us Brooklyn Public Library Joel Whitney 10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 7182302200 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

The first novel from Sarah Jessica Parker’s new imprint, SJP for Hogarth—and a finalist for One Book, One New York—A Place for Us is a deeply moving and resonant story of love, identity, and belonging... [details »]

Saturday April 27 2019, 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM   Brownstone Poets Brownstone Poets Patricia Carragon 220 Cadman Plaza West, Brooklyn, NY, United States 11201 Brooklyn, NY 9176795002 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Three amazing poets Jerry T. Johnson, Anne Elezabeth Pluto, Bob Quatrone to rock Brownstone Poets on Saturday, April 27 at 2:30 p.m. at Park Plaza Restaurant in historic Brooklyn Heights. Poetry grows... [details »]

Saturday April 27 2019, 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM   Brownstone Poets Brownstone Poets Patricia Carragon 220 Cadman Plaza West, Brooklyn, NY, United States 11201 Brooklyn, NY 9176795002 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Three amazing poets Jerry T. Johnson, Anne Elezabeth Pluto, Bob Quatrone to rock Brownstone Poets on Saturday, April 27 at 2:30 p.m. at Park Plaza Restaurant in historic Brooklyn Heights. Poetry grows... [details »]

Sunday April 28 2019, 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM   The Very Hungry Caterpillar 50th Birthday Party Brooklyn Public Library Paquita Campoverde 10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 7182302100 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

This program will take place in the Grand Lobby. Be part of The Very Hungry Caterpillar's 50th birthday celebration and nationwide tour! Listen to Eric Carle's beloved children's book at this very ... [details »]

Thursday May 2 2019, 5:00 PM to Sunday May 5 2019, 7:00 PM      10th annual Spring Writes Literary Festival (Ithaca, NY) Community Arts Partnership Robin Schwartz 8 locations in downtown Ithaca Ithaca, NY 607-273-5072 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

The 10th annual Spring Writes Literary Festival includes 43 (juried) literary themed events in 8 locations in downtown Ithaca from Thursday, May 2nd to Sunday, May 5th. Over 120 (!) local writers are ... [details »]

Thursday May 2 2019, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM   Poets Tina Chang, Ilya Kaminsky & Brenda Shaughnessy Brooklyn Public Library Joel Whitney 10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 7182302200 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Copresented with Brooklyn Poets as a Brooklyn Poets Reading Series event: three poets on their new books. A timely, stirring, and confident examination of mixed-race identity, violence, and history... [details »]

Friday May 3 2019, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM   "Intimate Ties": An Evening with P. Wortsman, K. Holzermayr Rose Deutsches Haus at NYU Deutsches Haus at NYU 42 Washington Mews New York, NY 10003, NY 2129988663 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Deutsches Haus at NYU and Archipelago Books present the book launch of Robert Musil’s Intimate Ties (“Vereinigungen”), and a conversation among the acclaimed author and translator of Intimate Ties, Pe... [details »]

Tuesday May 7 2019, 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM   Michael Ondaatje discusses Warlight Brooklyn Public Library Joel Whitney 10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 7182302200 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Copresented with Greenlight Books: From the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of The English Patient: a mesmerizing new novel that tells a dramatic story set in the decade after World War... [details »]

Wednesday May 8 2019, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM   Kahn Humanities Lecture: Valeria Luiselli Brooklyn Public Library Joel Whitney 10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 7182302100 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Valeria Luiselli discusses the American border crisis and the migrants from Mexico and Central America whose stories inspired her new novel, Lost Children Archive. Luiselli was born in Mexico City and... [details »]

Saturday May 11 2019, 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM   Press Fest with CLMP and PEN World Voices Brooklyn Public Library Joel Whitney 10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 7182302200 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Join us on the Plaza at the third annual Press Fest, an indie book fair co-presented by the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) and BPL Presents. Discover remarkable books from small pu... [details »]

Thursday May 16 2019, 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM   Third Thursday Poetry Night Poetry Motel Foundation D Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave. Albany, NY 5184820262 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

A reading by poet Kendall Hoeft with an open mic for community poets. Your donation supports poetry events in the Capital District & the work of the Social Justice Center.... [details »]

Sunday June 2 2019, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Message from the Library with Sonia Sanchez Brooklyn Public Library Joel Whitney 10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 7182302100 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Sonia Sanchez, renowned writer poet, professor and activist delivers a library-commissioned speech addressing today’s most critical issues in our local and global communities. Following the lecture, a... [details »]

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