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Monday, October 23, 2006

Akashic readings around NYC: Amiri Baraka, Colin Channer, and K.E. Silva

Thursday, October 26, 7pm,
Colin Channer reads from his story in "Iron Balloons" (called "a tour de force" by the New York Times) and K.E. Silva reads from her debut novel, "A Simple Distance." Bluestockings Bookstore (172 Allen St., MANHATTAN), post-reading reception with Jamaican Red Stripe beer for all.

Wednesday, November 1, 7-9pm,
Legendary writer/activist Amiri Baraka and award-winning Nigerian novelist Chris Abani come together for a reading and discussion moderated by Colin Channer, at Medgar Evers College (Founders Auditorium, 1500 Bedford Ave., Crown Heights, BROOKLYN). This will be the first public event in support of Baraka's new short story collection, "Tales of the Out & the Gone" (Akashic, 2007), and advance copies of the book, along with Abani's new novella, "Becoming Abigail," will be available for sale.

Friday, October 27, 7:30pm, Colin Channer reads from his story in "Iron Balloons" and K.E. Silva reads from her debut novel, "A Simple Distance." Barnes & Noble-Park Slope (267 Seventh Ave., BROOKLYN).

1 Comments:

At 8:51 AM, Blogger slb said...

i read this three times and i'm *just* noticing that amiri baraka has a SHORT STORY COLLECTION coming out???

get outta dodge!

when was the last time *he* published fiction? (or maybe he's always been publishing it?) i thought he was primarily poetry and plays, though.

this is cool.

 

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