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Monday January 23 2012, 11:49 PM to Thursday February 16 2012, 7:30 PM      Judith Sloan's Yo Miss-February 16th, Joe's Pub 7:30PM EarSay Inc. Judith Sloan 425 Lafayette St. New York, NY (212) 539-8778 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Judith Sloan’s Yo Miss! Teaching Inside the Cultural Divide Thursday February 16th, 7:30 PM Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street, New York NY Advance tickets, reserved seating. $15 Award-winning play... [details »]

Sunday February 5 2012, 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM   Delicious New Fiction Sunday Best Reading Series Patricia Eakins, Curator The Lounge, Pinehurst Avenue @183rd Street New York City, NY 212-923-7800 x1342 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

The Sunday Best Reading Series presents "Delicious New Fiction: Jonathan Baumbach, Janice Eidus, Douglas Light. $7 suggested admission includes the performances, drinks, snacks, and reception for the ... [details »]

Tuesday February 7 2012, 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM   Mischief & Mayhem Reading Series Mischief and Mayhem Le Poisson Rouge 158 Bleecker Street (btw. Thompson and Sullivan) New York, NY (212) 505-3474 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

With Kaylie Jones , Thaddeus Rutkowski and host Katie Halper Mischief and Mayhem is a publishing collective, not a publishing company. Our goals are to nurture and promote distinctive authorial voi... [details »]

Thursday February 9 2012, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM   "One Story": with Seth Fried, Bruce Machart, Claire Vaye Watkins NYU April Naoko Heck Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street New York, NY 212-998-8816 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

A reading by contributors to "One Story," the Brooklyn-based literary magazine. Seth Fried’s debut story collection, "The Great Frustration," was published by Soft Skull Press in 2011. Bruce Machart’s... [details »]

Saturday February 11 2012, 5:00 PM to 6:15 PM   Library Forum presents Woodstock Poetry Society Woodstock Public Library Amy Raff Woodstock Public Library 5 Library Lane Woodstock, NY 12498 Woodstock, NY 845-679-2213 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Members of the Woodstock Poetry Society, including Phillip Levine, Trina Porte, and Marcia Slatkin, will read from their in celebration of the publication of LIFEBLOOD, their new poetry anthology.... [details »]

Saturday February 11 2012, 5:45 PM to 7:45 PM   IAWA Presents The Interrogation and A Brooklyn Love Story Italian American Writers Assoc. Maria Lisella Cornelia St. Cafe, 29 Cornelia St. Cafe New York City, NY 718-777-1178 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

IAWA presents Santi Buscemi, a scholar, translator and passionate keeper of a Sicilian dialect will read from his translation of Capuana's The Interrogation and Chiara Montalto author and actress of t... [details »]

Sunday February 12 2012, 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM   How Should a Person Be Seen? or, Charles Dickens' Hard Times Aesthetic Realism Foundaiton Devorah Tarrow 141 Greene Street New York, NY 212-777-4490 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Sunday, Feb. 12th, at 2:30 PM—to celebrate Dickens’ 200th birthday and the justice people everywhere deserve—the Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company will perform Eli Siegel’s work “How Should a Person B... [details »]

Tuesday February 14 2012, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   A Valentine's Day treat for Book Lovers Pen Parentis Milda M. De Voe Libertine Library at Gild Hall, 15 Gold Street, second floor NEW YORK, NY 212-501-2031 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Treat yourself to a literary event with a loved one. This Valentine's Day, 2011 Rohr Prize winner Austin Ratner and bestselling author Stephen Stark read from new works and discuss the balance of a li... [details »]

Tuesday February 21 2012, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Brownstone Poets Brownstone Poets Patricia Carragon Linger Cafe & Lounge 533 Atlantic Ave between 3rd and 4th Aves Brooklyn, NY 917 679 5002 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Poetry Grows In Boerum Hill The Brownstone Poets Presents: Amy Leigh Cutler and Ronnie Norpel Tuesday, February 21 Starts at 7p.m. – Sign up at 6:45 p.m. At Our New Venue,... [details »]

Thursday February 23 2012, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM   The Soundtrack Series The Gallery at LPR 158 Bleecker Street (btw. Thompson and Sullivan) Nw York, NY (212) 505-3474 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Dana Rossi hosts a monthly merging of stories and songs in this legendary music venue. Six artists--writers, comics, actors and musicians--tell the stories they associate with songs of their choosing.... [details »]

Tuesday March 13 2012, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   The Pen Parentis Literary Salon Pen Parentis Milda M. De Voe Libertine Library at Gild Hall, 15 Gold Street at Platt NEW YORK, NY 212-501-2031 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Join celebrated authors Eleanor Henderson Myfanwy Collins and Rock sensation Suzzy Roche as they discuss literary careers and family life book signings, networking, cash happy hour at the Liber... [details »]

Sunday March 25 2012, 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM   Bellevue Literary Review Spring Poetry and Prose Reading Bellevue Literary Review Stacy Bodziak Bellevue Hospital, 462 First Avenue (at 28th Street), 10016 NYC, NY 212-263-3973 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Please join us for an evening of poetry and prose to celebrate the Spring issue of the Bellevue Literary Review. Featured readers include Lauren Schmidt (winner of the 2012 Marica and Jan Vilcek Prize... [details »]

Tuesday April 10 2012, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Pen Parentis Literary Salon Pen Parentis Milda M. De Voe Libertine Library at Gild Hall, 15 Gold Street at Platt NEW YORK, NY 212-501-2031 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Join authors Ann Napolitano and Deborah Copaken Kogan as they read from their current works and discuss the balance of family life with a successful literary career. Cash bar & books available for ... [details »]

Tuesday May 8 2012, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   The Pen Parentis Literary Salon Pen Parentis Milda M. De Voe Libertine Library at Gild Hall, 15 Gold Street at Platt NEW YORK, NY 212-501-2031 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Celebrate the close of our seventh successful season with authors Josh Rolnick Christine Schutt and Anna Solomon as they read from their current works and discuss the balance of family life with a... [details »]

Tuesday November 6 2012, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM   THE TEXTURE OF POETRY: an exploration of poems as objects Middle Country Public Library Loretta Piscatella Middle Country Public Library, 101 Eastwood Blvd. Centereach, NY 631-585-9393 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

What happens when a poem leaves the page? This exhibit demonstrates the written word taking a physical form through video, collage, sculpture, photography, & book making. Project is a result of a Ston... [details »]

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