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X-WR-CALNAME:WORD |  May 16 2012- July 15 2012
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120516T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120516T230000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/ticketed-intimate-evening-josh-ritter
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/ticketed-intimate-evening-josh-ritter
SUMMARY:TICKETED\: An Intimate Evening with Josh Ritter
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T230000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/brian-francis-slattery-presents-lost-everything
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/brian-francis-slattery-presents-lost-everything
SUMMARY:Brian Francis Slattery presents Lost Everything
DESCRIPTION:<p>Brian Francis Slattery presents his new novel <i>Lost Everything</i>\, in a launch party extravaganza accompanied by Dr. Caterwaul's Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps. The band will perform alongside Slattery as he\, well\, “reads” isn’t really the right word but it’ll do in a pinch. Jenn raves\: “<i>Lost Everything</i> is a moving and timely meditation on war\, a testament to the devotion of a father for his son\, and a journey bursting with both terror and laughter.”</p>
 <p>If you were lucky enough to see his performance last time he was at WORD\, you know that it's a must-see experience. There's nothing quite like witnessing an author accompany himself with a banjo as he reads from a book. And if you weren't there\, we cannot recommend highly enough that you come out for this! </p>
 <p><a href=\\"http\://www.facebook.com/events/413502948679501\\">Facebook RSVP encouraged</a>\, but not required.</p>
 
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T230000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/ticketed-david-rees-and-john-hodgman-public-assembly
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/ticketed-david-rees-and-john-hodgman-public-assembly
SUMMARY:TICKETED\: David Rees with Jonathan Coulton and John Hodgman at Public Assembly
DESCRIPTION:<p><b>TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE ONLINE. There will be a limited number available at the door\, first come first served!</b> </p>
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 <p>In the culminating event of his tour\, David Rees will be joined by fellow funnymen John Hodgman and Jonathan Coulton. The evening will include a pencil sharpening tutorial\, a Q&amp\;A and signing\, and much much more.</p>
 <p><b>Please note\:</b> This event will take place at <a href=\\"http\://www.publicassemblynyc.com/\\">Public Assembly</a>\, and is 21 and up only! Doors will open at 6\:30pm\, and the show will start at 7pm SHARP. There is no physical ticket\; please bring your ID to check in and receive your book. Each ticket includes admission and a copy of <i>How to Sharpen Pencils</i>\; extra books\, including John Hodgman's\, will also be available for purchase. </p>
 
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120520T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120520T180000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/john-fox-and-ball
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/john-fox-and-ball
SUMMARY:John Fox and The Ball
DESCRIPTION:<p>From Scotland to the Amazon\, lacrosse to basketball\, John Fox explores our relationship with that most playful of objects\, the ball. In a reading and discussion sponsored by WORD’s nerdy basketball league\, he’ll present his findings\, entertain us with anecdotes about related topics such as beheadings and steroids\, take questions\, and sign copies of <i>The Ball</i>.</p>
 <p>From Mexican jungles to the small-town gridirons of Ohio\, from medieval villages and royal courts to modern soccer pitches and baseball parks\, <i>The Ball</i> explores the little-known origins of our favorite sports across the centuries\, and traces how a simple invention like the ball has come to stake an unrivaled claim on our passions\, our money\, and our lives. Equal parts history and travelogue\, <i>The Ball</i> removes us from the scandals and commercialism of today's sports world to uncover the true reasons we play ball\, helping us reclaim our universal connection to the games we love.</p>
 <p><a href=\\"http\://www.facebook.com/events/195283050588231\\">Facebook RSVP encouraged</a>\, but not required.</p>
 
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T230000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/largehearted-lit-dylan-hicks-and-thad-ziolkowsky
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/largehearted-lit-dylan-hicks-and-thad-ziolkowsky
SUMMARY:Largehearted Lit\: Dylan Hicks and Thad Ziolkowski
DESCRIPTION:<p>May’s Largehearted Lit\, a series celebrating music\, books\, and their intersection\, features Dylan Hicks and Thad Ziolkowski. Hicks\, whose novel <i>Boarded Windows</i> captures the music and mood of America’s boomer counterculture\, will speak and perform a few songs. Ziolkowski will also read and discuss music’s influence on his novel <i>Wichita</i>\, the latest addition to Europa Editions’ new line\, Tonga Books.</p>
 <p><a href=\\"http\://www.facebook.com/events/426890810659243\\">Facebook RSVP encouraged</a>\, but not required.</p>
 
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T230000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/pank-invasion
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/pank-invasion
SUMMARY:PANK Invasion
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T230000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/emily-mandel-and-lola-quartet
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/emily-mandel-and-lola-quartet
SUMMARY:Emily St. John Mandel and The Lola Quartet
DESCRIPTION:<p>Local author and staff favorite Emily St. John Mandel presents her third novel\, <i>The Lola Quartet</i>\, with a launch party and reading\, with an opening musical performance by guitarist Tzvi Skolnik! </p>
 <p>In <i>The Lola Quartet</i>\, mistakes made years in Gavin Sasaki's past come back to haunt him as mistakes made in his career send him back to his hometown. An intense piece of literary noir\, the plot spans jazz\, Django Reinhardt\, economic collapse\, friendship and love\, Florida's exotic wildlife problem\, fedoras\, and the unreliability of memory.</p>
 <p><a href=\\"http\://www.facebook.com/events/220133858086628\\">Facebook RSVP encouraged</a>\, but not required.</p>
 
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T190000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T190000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/wodehouse-book-group-bounty-blandings
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/wodehouse-book-group-bounty-blandings
SUMMARY:Wodehouse Book Group\: A Bounty of Blandings
DESCRIPTION:<p>The Wodehouse Book Group will be reading <i>A Bounty of Blandings</i> in May\, June and July -- one month per story! The book is 10% off during its discussion months.</p>
 
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120529T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120529T230000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/paperback-launch-lev-grossman%E2%80%99s-magician-king
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/paperback-launch-lev-grossman%E2%80%99s-magician-king
SUMMARY:Paperback Launch for Lev Grossman’s The Magician King
DESCRIPTION:<p>WORD welcomes back staff favorite and local author Lev Grossman for the paperback launch of <i>The Magician King</i>\, sequel to <i>The Magicians</i>. <i>The Magician King</i> brings us the further adventures of Quentin and Julia\, spanning Fillory and Earth\, and was the best sequel bar none that we read last year. Grossman will be in conversation with Tor.com staff writer Ryan Britt about fandom\, the writing process\, the relative attractiveness of naiads vs dryads\, and more.</p>
 <p><b>Lev Grossman</b> is a senior writer and book critic for <i>Time</i> magazine. He is also the author of the international bestselling novel <i>Codex</i>\, the creator of the Time blog <i>Techland</i>\, and a graduate of Harvard and Yale. <b>Ryan Britt</b>'s writing has been published with <i>Good Magazine</i>\, Nerve.com\, <i>Opium Magazine</i>\, and <i>Soon Quarterly</i>\, as well as the Hugo-Award winning <i>Clarkesworld Magazine</i>. He is the staff writer for the popular science fiction and fantasy blog Tor.com.</p>
 <p><a href=\\"http\://www.facebook.com/events/289435194472470/\\">Facebook RSVP encouraged</a>\, but not required. </p>
 
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120530T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120530T230000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/tour-exotic-andrew-blackwell-james-higdon-and-lizzie-stark
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/tour-exotic-andrew-blackwell-james-higdon-and-lizzie-stark
SUMMARY:A Tour of the Exotic with Andrew Blackwell\, James Higdon\, and Lizzie Stark
DESCRIPTION:<p>Authors Andrew Blackwell (<i>Visit Sunny Chernobyl</i>)\, James Higdon (<i>The Cornbread Mafia</i>) and Lizzie Stark (<i>Leaving Mundania</i>) will combine forces for a joint reading and discussion on everything from LARPing to radioactive waste to recreational drug use. </p>
 <p>For most of us\, traveling means visiting the most beautiful places on Earth—Paris\, the Taj Mahal\, the Grand Canyon. It’s rare to book a plane ticket to visit the lifeless moonscape of Canada’s oil sand strip mines\, or to seek out the Chinese city of Linfen\, legendary as the most polluted in the world. But in <i>Visit Sunny Chernobyl</i>\, <b>Andrew Blackwell</b> embraces a different kind of travel\, taking a jaunt through the most gruesomely polluted places on Earth. From the hidden bars and convenience stores of a radioactive wilderness to the sacred but reeking waters of India\, <i>Visit Sunny Chernobyl</i> fuses immersive first-person reporting with satire and analysis\, making the case that it’s time to start appreciating our planet as it is—not as we wish it would be.</p>
 <p>In the summer of 1987\, Johnny Boone set out to grow and harvest one of the greatest outdoor marijuana crops in modem times. In doing so\, he set into motion a series of events that defined him and his associates as the largest homegrown marijuana syndicate in American history\, also known as the Cornbread Maña. In <i>Cornbread Mafia</i> author <b>James Higdon</b>--whose relationship with Johnny Boone\, currently a federal fugitive\, made him the first journalist subpoenaed under the Obama administration--takes readers back to the 19705 and ’80s and the clash between federal and local law enforcement and a band of Kentucky farmers with moonshine and pride in their bloodlines.</p>
 <p>Exposing a subculture often dismissed as “geeky” by mainstream America\, <i>Leaving Mundania</i> is the story of live action role-playing (LARP). A hybrid of games—such as Dungeons &amp\; Dragons\, historical reenactment\, fandom\, and good old-fashioned pretend—LARP is thriving\, and this book explores its multifaceted communities and related phenomena\, including the Society for Creative Anachronism\, a medieval reenactment group that boasts more than 32\,000 members. Author <b>Lizzie Stark</b> looks at the hobby from a variety of angles\, from its history in the pageantry of Tudor England to its present use as a training tool for the US military.</p>
 <p><a href=\\"http\://www.facebook.com/events/270405176380107\\">Facebook RSVP encouraged</a>\, but not required.</p>
 
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120531T223000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120601T003000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/pickling-workshop-kate-payne-registration-required
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/pickling-workshop-kate-payne-registration-required
SUMMARY:TICKETED\: Pickling Workshop with Kate Payne
DESCRIPTION:<p>In this interactive class you'll learn about both methods of pickling\, fresh and fermented pickling. Participants will learn how to pickle small amounts of extra produce without pulling out the canner pot.</p>
 <p>In addition to understading common safety concerns with food preservation\, you'll learn the basics of fermentation (brining) as a form of food preservation. Lacto-fermented foods provide numerous health benefits using lactobacillus bacteria to preserve food as opposed to vinegar. We'll discuss how fermentation works\, why it's safe and how to try a small-scale fermented pickling project at home.</p>
 <p>Every attendee should come with questions\, as Kate will make sure there is time to troubleshoot their own projects. Registration also includes a copy of <i>The Hip Girl's Guide to Homemaking</i>.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120602T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120602T160000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/book-group-everything-happens-today
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/book-group-everything-happens-today
SUMMARY:Book Group\: Everything Happens Today
DESCRIPTION:<p>We've declared this the Summer of Indie Presses\, starting with June! Our next pick is <i>Everything Happens Today</i> by local author Jesse Browner\, published by the fabulous Europa Editions. 10% off the month leading up to discussion.</p>
 
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120609T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120609T160000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/classics-book-group-great-granny-webster
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/classics-book-group-great-granny-webster
SUMMARY:Classics Book Group\: Great Granny Webster
DESCRIPTION:<p>Next up is <i>Great Granny Webster</i>\, on June 9th. Blackwood was raised in the aristocracy (heiress to the Guinness fortune!) and later in life\, used that experience to produce this dark and witty look at the craziness that only the rich can inhabit. 10% off the month leading up to discussion.</p>
 
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120609T190000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120609T190000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/music-writing-book-group-fear-music
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/music-writing-book-group-fear-music
SUMMARY:Music Writing Book Group\: Fear of Music
DESCRIPTION:<p><i>Fear of Music</i> discussion 6/9. Jonathan Lethem's entry in the 33 1/3 series revisits a time and place that he's also covered in his fiction\: New York City in the late 1970s. In June\, we'll talk about Lethem's book\, which covers both this album and his own lifelong relationship with it. 10% off leading up to the discussion.</p>
 
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120612T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120612T230000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/shehan-karunatilaka-presents-cricket-americans
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/shehan-karunatilaka-presents-cricket-americans
SUMMARY:Shehan Karunatilaka presents Cricket for Americans
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120613T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120613T230000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/sweet-evening-victoria-belanger-and-fany-gerson
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/sweet-evening-victoria-belanger-and-fany-gerson
SUMMARY:A Sweet Evening with Victoria Belanger and Fany Gerson
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120614T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120614T230000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/john-scalzi-and-redshirts
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/john-scalzi-and-redshirts
SUMMARY:John Scalzi and Redshirts
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120619T230000Z
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UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/launch-party-leni-zumas
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/launch-party-leni-zumas
SUMMARY:Launch Party for Leni Zumas
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120620T223000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120621T003000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/ticketed-bookbinding-beginners-nate-kressen
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/ticketed-bookbinding-beginners-nate-kressen
SUMMARY:TICKETED\: Bookbinding for Beginners with Nate Kressen
DESCRIPTION:<p>Back by popular demand\, join Nathaniel Kressen\, local writer and author of Concrete Fever\, for an interactive workshop! Kressen will showcase the hand-bound first edition of his debut novel\, and will teach attendees how to construct their own bound books. Everyone will make a notebook to take home!</p>
 <p><b>Registration required\: $15 (includes materials and workshop)\; $35 (includes materials\, workshop\, and a copy of <i>Concrete Fever</i>). </b></p>
 <p><b>TICKETS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE ONLINE. There may be spots left\, please call the store at 718-383-0096 to verify.</b></p>
 
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120621T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120621T230000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/david-yoo-conversation-dave-cullen
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/david-yoo-conversation-dave-cullen
SUMMARY:David Yoo in conversation with Dave Cullen
DESCRIPTION:<p>Author David Yoo will present his memoir <i>The Choke Artist</i>\, capturing the fears\, insecurities\, and vicious cycles of the anxiety sufferer with insight and a large dose of humor\, in a conversation with journalist Dave Cullen (<i>Columbine</i>).</p>
 <p>In this brutally honest collection of often cringe-inducing episodes\, David Yoo perfectly captures the cycle of failure and fear from childhood through adulthood. Whether he's wearing four layers of clothing to artificially beef up his slim frame\, routinely testing highlighters against his forearm to see if he indeed has yellow skin\, or preemptively sabotaging promising relationships to avoid being compared to former boyfriends\, Yoo celebrates and skewers the insecurities of anxious people everywhere.</p>
 <p><a href=\\"http\://www.facebook.com/events/397418380303607\\">Facebook RSVP encouraged</a>\, but not required. </p>
 
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120624T190000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120624T190000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/wodehouse-book-group-bounty-blandings-0
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/wodehouse-book-group-bounty-blandings-0
SUMMARY:Wodehouse Book Group\: A Bounty of Blandings
DESCRIPTION:<p>The Wodehouse Book Group will be reading <i>A Bounty of Blandings</i> in May\, June and July -- one month per story! The book is 10% off during its discussion months.</p>
 
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120626T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120626T230000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/launch-party-carissa-halston
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/launch-party-carissa-halston
SUMMARY:Launch Party for Carissa Halston
DESCRIPTION:<p>Writer and former New Yorker Carissa Halston presents <i>The Mere Weight of Words</i>\, a novel that chronicles the efforts of a young woman to reinvent her life when faced with ill health\, a career change\, and an estranged father suffering from Alzheimer’s. Facebook RSVP encouraged\, but not required.</p>
 <p>When Meredith initially hears that her estranged father has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s\, she says nothing. When Eliot\, a long-time friend of her father’s\, calls and asks her to see him\, she hangs up. But once she runs out of ways to say no\, Mere agrees to visit\, reasoning that he’ll soon lose all memory of their estrangement. He’ll forget about her paralysis. He’ll forget about their fights. He’ll forget that he ever stopped loving her mother and be the person Mere adored. She leaves her house certain she’ll say something she can’t take back and arrives at his knowing he’ll someday forget she visited at all. In language honest and heartfelt\, Carissa Halston presents Mere’s life with and without her father\, and how Mere fills his absence with worry\, wit\, and words.</p>
 
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120628T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120628T230000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/letter-q
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/letter-q
SUMMARY:The Letter Q
DESCRIPTION:<p>More than 50 writers share their struggles and triumphs in <i>The Letter Q</i>\, a compilation for LGBT teens following in the steps of “It Gets Better.” Join the East Coast contributors\, including Nick Burd\, Benoit Denizet-Lewis\, Diane DiMassa\, David Ebershoff\, Paula Gilovich\, Arthur Levine\, David Levithan\, Sarah Moon\, Eric Orner\, Rakesh Satyal\, and Bil Wright\, for a reading and signing. <a href=\\"http\://www.facebook.com/events/304363589647416/\\">Facebook RSVP encouraged</a>\, but not required.</p>
 <p>In this anthology\, sixty-three award-winning authors such as Michael Cunningham\, Amy Bloom\, Jacqueline Woodson\, Gregory Maguire\, David Levithan\, and Armistead Maupin make imaginative journeys into their pasts\, telling their younger selves what they would have liked to know then about their lives as Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual\, or Transgendered people. Through stories\, in pictures\, with bracing honesty\, these are words of love and understanding\, reasons to hold on for the better future ahead. They will tell you things about your favorite authors that you never knew before. And they will tell you about yourself.</p>
 
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120707T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120707T160000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/book-group-coffins-little-hope
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/book-group-coffins-little-hope
SUMMARY:Book Group\: The Coffins of Little Hope
DESCRIPTION:<p>Our next pick is <i>The Coffins of Little Hope</i>\, by Timothy Schaffert\, from Unbridled Books. Unbridled specializes in plot-driven literary fiction (usually with a big twist). Jenn describes <i>The Coffins of Little Hope</i> as something like a weird blend of Lemony Snicket and <i>The Fates Will Find Their Way</i> -- in the small town of Little Hope\, known only for being the site of the printers for an immensely popular children's series\, a small girl goes missing. Narrated by an elderly obituary writer\, who is not even sure that the missing girl ever existed in the first place\, this book is a constant surprise and a dark pleasure to read.</p>
 <p>10% off all June!</p>
 
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T230000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/social-media-writers-pubslush-press
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/social-media-writers-pubslush-press
SUMMARY:Social Media for Writers with Pubslush Press
DESCRIPTION:<p>Pubslush Press presents a social media workshop geared towards writers and authors\, published and unpublished\, led by development director Amanda Barbara and founder Jesse Potash. Come with questions\; refreshments will also be served. <a href=\\"http\://www.facebook.com/events/481333151893958\\">Facebook RSVP appreciated</a>\, but not required.</p>
 <p><a href=\\"http\://pubslush.com\\">Pubslush</a> is a publishing platform\: authors raise funds and build an audience for new book ideas\, and trendsetting readers pledge their support to bring books to life. Their publishing arm\, powered by readers\, acquires books from this platform\, and for every book they sell\, they donate a children's book to a child in need.</p>
 
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120714T160000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120714T160000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/classics-book-group-twenty-thousand-streets-under-sky
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/classics-book-group-twenty-thousand-streets-under-sky
SUMMARY:Classics Book Group\: Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky
DESCRIPTION:<p><em>Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky</em> is perhaps the most British book ever written. From the man who brought you <em>Gaslight</em>\, a sort-of trilogy full of characters worth loving and hating in equal measure. Due to the length of this book\, we'll devote two discussions to it\: the first on July 14th and the second on August 11th. 10% off all June and July!</p>
 
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130619T095004Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120714T190000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120714T190000Z
UID:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/music-writing-book-group-michael-jackson
URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/music-writing-book-group-michael-jackson
SUMMARY:Music Writing Book Group\: On Michael Jackson
DESCRIPTION:<p>Music Writing Book Group moves on to Margo Jefferson's meditation on one of the most popular (and contentious) musicians of all time\, <i>On Michael Jackson</i>. 10% off leading up to discussion!</p>
 
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