2 NYC Events
--Brooklyn's First Annual Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival: Saturday, August 20, 4:30-7 p.m. in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn. Free, rain orshine. Featuring: SONIA SANCHEZ, AMIRI BARAKA, Carl Hancock Rux, Marlon James, plus young writers from Brooklyn summer writing workshops and music by the childrens' Brooklyn Summer Jazz Workshop. Master of Ceremonies: DANNY SIMMONS. For more information contact NY Writers Coalition at 718-398-2883 or visit www.nywriterscoalition.org.
--Double book launch party for MARLON JAMES ("John Crow's Devil") and JOE MENO (author of "How the Hula Girl Sings" and "Hairstyles of the Damned"). Live& direct from Chicago, IL (Joe) and Kingston, Jamaica (Marlon). Short readings by the authors, followed by live DJs & festivities. Special guest host: DAVID REES, author of "Get Your War On." Live DJs: COLIN CHANNER & ELI JANNEY.TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 7 p.m., at McNally Robinson Bookstore (52 Prince St., SoHo)
posted by Felicia Pride @ 9:39 AM
2 Comments:
i soooo wanted to go to this, but i'm not comin' up til next weekend... sanchez? baraka? rux?
*sigh*
don't worry when you get here you'll have so many events to choose from, it'll be overwhelming! I'll let you know how the event goes. I am excited about it.
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