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Thursday June 29 2017, 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM   Poetry reading with Susan Lewis and Sharon Mesmer New York Public Library Andy Buckalew 209 W 23rd St New York, NY 212-924-1585 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Susan Lewis and Sharon Mesmer will present their poetry at the Muhlenberg Library. Susan Lewis (susanlewis.net) is the publisher and editor of Posit (positjournal.com). Her most recent book, Hei... [details »]

Thursday July 6 2017, 2:00 PM to Saturday December 16 2017, 4:00 PM      Literary Fiction Think Tank Writing Workshops Literary Fiction Think Tank workshops are ongoing Schwarzman/NYPL; and online 10018, NY email inquiries only Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Literary Fiction Think Tank Writing Workshops  “Whole manuscript”, “close textual reading” writing workshop, “on the house” (no cost) — by invitation only A writing community that encourages ... [details »]

Wednesday July 12 2017, 7:30 PM to Friday July 21 2017, 5:45 PM      An Evening with Idra Novey & Alex Mar Hudson Valley Writers' Center Glenn Raucher 300 Riverside Drive Sleepy Hollow, NY 9143325953 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Join us for a night of compelling essays and work of journalistic non-fiction at The Hudson Valley Writers' Center. Idra Novey is the author of the debut novel Ways to Disappear, currently a finalist ... [details »]

Thursday July 13 2017, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Word Thursdays Readings-Joe Elliot & Dorothy Friedman 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!)

Joe Elliot ran a weekly reading series at Biblios Bookstore in New York City for many years. He co-edited two chapbook series: A Musty Bone and Situations, and is the author of numerous chapbooks of ... [details »]

Thursday July 27 2017, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Word Thursdays Readings-Jaime Wriston Colbert & Margaret Ryan 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!)

Jaimee Wriston Colbert is the author of a new linked collection, Wild Things, published in 2016. She is also the author of a novel, Shark Girls, finalist for the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year an... [details »]

Sunday August 6 2017, 4:30 PM to 5:45 PM   Voices of Poetry at The Hudson Valley Writers' Center Hudson Valley Writers' Center Glenn Raucher 300 Riverside Drive Sleepy Hollow, NY 9143325953 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Come to the Hudson Valley Writers’ Center for an exciting night of poetry! Acclaimed poets Theresa Senato Edwards, Howie Faerstein, Paul Richmond, Cheryl Rice, and Neil Silberblatt will read from t... [details »]

Thursday August 10 2017, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Word Thursdays Readings-Sharon Mesmer 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!)

Sharon Mesmer's newest poetry collection, Greetings From My Girlie Leisure Place, from Bloof Books, was voted "Best of 2015" by Entropy. Previous collections are Annoying Diabetic Bitch (Combo Books,... [details »]

Thursday August 24 2017, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Word Thursdays Readings-Pamela Bernard & Adrian Blevins 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!)

Pam Bernard was awarded her BA from Harvard University. Her major was History of Art, and she graduated cum laude. She received her MFA from the Warren Wilson Graduate Program for Writers, a Nationa... [details »]

Thursday September 14 2017, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Word Thursdays Readings-Eric Gansworth & Charlotte Walker 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!)

Eric Gansworth, S ha-wen na-sae, a writer and visual artist, (enrolled Onondaga) was raised at the Tuscarora Nation Territories in Western New York. Currently, he is a Professor of English and Lowery... [details »]

Thursday September 28 2017, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Word Thursdays Readings-Margot Farrington & Andrew Morris 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!)

Margot Farrington is a poet, writer, and performer. She is the author of three collections, most recently Scanning For Tigers (Free Scholar Press, 2014). Her poetry has been anthologized in the Unit... [details »]

Thursday October 12 2017, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Word Thursdays Readings-Rachel Guido Devries & Jesse Hilson 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!)

Rachel Guido Devries' latest book of poems is A Woman Unknown in Her Bones, (Bordigherea, 2014). Other collections of poetry are The Brother Inside Me, Gambler's Daughter, and How to Sing to a Dago, ... [details »]

Thursday October 26 2017, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Word Thursdays Readings-Marwa Helal & Patricia Eakins 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!)

Marwa Helal is a poet and journalist. Her work appears in Apogee, Hyperallergic, the Offing, Poets & Writers, the Recluse, Winter Tangerine and elsewhere. She is the author of invasive Species (Nigh... [details »]

Thursday November 9 2017, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Word Thursdays Readings-Ginnah Howard & Billy Merrell 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!)

Ginnah Howard's work has appeared in Water-Stone Review, Permafrost, Portland Review, Descant 145, Eleven Eleven Journal, The Tusculum Review, and elsewhere. Several stories have been nominated for a... [details »]

Wednesday November 29 2017, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM   The Sherlock Holmes of Non-Fiction Medical Writers The New York Academy of Medicine Emily Miranker 1216 5th Avenue New York, NY 2128227301 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Medical diagnosis is detective work. In his book, The Family Who Couldn’t Sleep, D.T. Max unfolds a medical mystery of a noble Venetian family whose offspring suffered from fatal insomnia. Physician a... [details »]

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