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Start: 7:00 pm
Hugo/Nebula Award winner Paolo Bacigalupi (The Drowned Cities) and Hugo/Nebula nominee N.K. Jemisin (The Killing Moon) will be in conversation with fellow sci-fi writer K. Tempest Bradford on their new books, world-building, the writing life, and more. Bacigalupi is the author of The Windup Girl and Shipbreaker, both of which are perennial staff picks at WORD. Jemisin is a recent discovery of ours but no less beloved -- The Killing Moon, first in her new Dreamblood duo, has been the topic of effusive and adoring emails between several staffers. Facebook RSVP encouraged, but not required. | 7
Start: 7:00 pm
One night only: Internet friends IRL! Three fiction writers who all first met in the virtual world now all know each other in the actual world, and prove it by reading together in a real brick-and-mortar bookstore. Mark Doten is a Greenpoint local. Justin Taylor is a Bushwick ex-pat now clinging to the fringe of Park Slope. Gregory Howard is visiting from Bangor, Maine. Facebook RSVP encouraged, but not required. | 8
Start: 7:00 pm
NPR’s Brooke Gladstone and artist Josh Neufeld will dish on the state of modern media, the process of creating The Influencing Machine and more with a multimedia presentation, Q&A, and signing. In The Influencing Machine, NPR 's Brooke Gladstone guides us through two millennia of media history, debunking the notion that The Media is an external force beyond our control and equipping us to be savvy consumers and shapers of the news. They burst onto the page in vivid comics, thanks to the artistry of Josh Neufeld. Facebook RSVP encouraged, but not required. | 9
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Start: 7:00 pm
Our favorite lifestyle guinea pig AJ Jacobs will be in conversation with fellow improvement-junkie Gretchen Rubin in honor of his newest book, Drop Dead Healthy. What does it take to become the healthiest person on earth, and how happy does it make you in the long run? Jacobs will also read from the book, and both authors will take questions and sign. Facebook RSVP encourage, but not required. | 12
Start: 12:00 pm
Our year of Brits continues! (Hughes is technically Welsh, but don't tell anyone.) Set against the unstable world of Europe between World Wars as well as the unstable impulses of a man who thinks he's been wronged. Start: 3:00 pm
Geoff Dyer has a particular talent at writing about music, film, and literature. In May, we'll look at his book But Beautiful, a collection of impressionistic portraits of jazz musicians. 10% off leading up to the discussion! |
