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Wednesday July 30 2014, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM   Book Discussion Series: Small Southern Comforts - Welty Brooklyn Public Library Meredith Walters 10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 718-230-2100 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Central Library, Information Commons Lab Novelist Bridgett Davis leads a discussion of short stories by four of the most influential writers of the 20th century. For this session, we’ll discuss Wel... [details »]

Saturday August 9 2014, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM   Italian American Writers Association Literary Reading IAWA Amy Barone 94 Avenue A New York City, NY 646 942 4972 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

IAWA gives voice to writers through its literary series every second Saturday of the month. Event kicks off with Open Mic readings of five minutes, followed by two featured writers: Michael Cirelli i... [details »]

Wednesday August 13 2014, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM   Book Discussion Series: Small Southern Comforts - Hurston Brooklyn Public Library Meredith Walters 10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 718-230-2100 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Central Library, Trustees' Room Novelist Bridgett Davis leads a discussion of short stories by four of the most influential writers of the 20th century. The final discussion session will focus Hurs... [details »]

Thursday August 14 2014, 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM   Word Thursdays - Open Mic - Alan Jude Moore Bright Hill Literary Center Bertha Rogers 94 Church Street Treadwell, NY 607-829-5055 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Alan Jude Moore was born in Dublin in 1973. He is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin where he studied Political Science. His published work includes the poetry collections Black State Cars (Salmon P... [details »]

Saturday August 23 2014, 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM   A Special Event, The 2nd Great American Poets Series Day Bright Hill Literary Center Bertha Rogers 94 Church Street Treadwell, NY 607-829-5055 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

A Special Event, The 2nd Great American Poets Series Day, August 23, 2014, Celebrating the Life and Work of NY Poet Dorothy Parker, 1893-1967. Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an Am... [details »]

Thursday August 28 2014, 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM   Word Thursdays - Open Mic - Maya Pindyck & Joanna Fuhrmann Bright Hill Literary Center Bertha Rogers 94 Church Street Treadwell, NY 607-829-5055 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Maya Pindyck is the author of the poetry collection Friend Among Stones, which received the Many Voices Project Award from New Rivers Press, and a chapbook, Locket, Master, which won a Poetry Society ... [details »]

Thursday September 11 2014, 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM   Word Thursdays - Open Mic - Lolette Kuby & Claudia T. Stanek Bright Hill Literary Center Bertha Rogers 94 Church Street Treadwell, NY 607-829-5055 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Lolette Kuby moved from Cleveland to Toronto in 1999. She earned her doctorate from Case Western Reserve University and taught in the English Department of the Cleveland State University. In Toronto s... [details »]

Thursday September 25 2014, 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM   Word Thursdays - Open Mic - Mario Moroni & Cheryl Boyce Taylor Bright Hill Literary Center Bertha Rogers 94 Church Street Treadwell, NY 607-829-5055 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Mario Moroni was born in Italy and moved to the United States in 1989. He has taught at Yale University, the University of Memphis, Colby College, and currently teaches Italian at Binghamton Universit... [details »]

Thursday October 9 2014, 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM   Word Thursdays - Open Mic - Nichole Callahan & Chavisa Woods Bright Hill Literary Center Bertha Rogers 94 Church Street Treadwell, NY 607-829-5055 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Nicole Callihan writes poems, stories and essays. Her work has appeared in, among others, Painted Bride Quarterly, Salt Hill, New York Quarterly, North American Review and cream city review and has be... [details »]

Thursday November 13 2014, 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM   Word Thursdays - Open Mic - Puma Perl & Annie Sauter Bright Hill Literary Center Bertha Rogers 94 Church Street Treadwell, NY 607-829-5055 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Puma Perl is a widely published poet and writer. She is the author of two chapbooks, the award-winning Belinda and Her Friends and the recently published Ruby True, and two full-length collections knu... [details »]

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