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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/4ScYxej1cEhj bookthugnation bookthugnation Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:42:20 -0800 Gotham Writer's Workshop Free Fiction Writing Class with Anne-E Wood! Thursday 1/26 7:30pm http://bookthugnation.com/gotham-writers-workshop-free-fiction-writing http://bookthugnation.com/gotham-writers-workshop-free-fiction-writing

FREE FICTION WRITING CLASS

WITH ANNE-E WOOD

BOOK THUG NATION — JANUARY 26, 2012

 

 

Gotham Writers’ Workshop instructor Anne-E Wood will present a free introductory Fiction Writing course on Thursday, January 26, 2012 from 7:30-8:30pm at Book Thug Nation (100 N. 3rd Street, Brooklyn).

 

In this free course, Ms. Wood will reveal how writers craft fictional characters and bring them to life on the page through short lectures and exercises. Advance registration is not required—participants need only arrive for a prompt class start with paper, pen, and an eagerness to write. 

 

Event:          Free Fiction Writing class with Anne-E Wood

Date:            Thursday, January 26, 2012

Time:           7:30-8:30pm
Where:         Book Thug Nation – 100 N. 3rd Street, Brooklyn

                     (between Berry Street and Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg)
Subway:       L train to Bedford Avenue

Admission:   FREE


ANNE-E WOOD has published fiction in Tin House, Agni, Other Voices, New Letters, Chicago Quarterly Review, Karuma Review, Fourteen Hills, Cream City Review, Fiction Attic, Beloit, and Licking River.

 

GOTHAM WRITERS' WORKSHOP is the largest school in the country devoted exclusively to teaching creative writing, enrolling over 6,000 students a year. While based in New York City, its online division, WritingClasses.com, has enrolled thousands of students worldwide since its inception in 1997 and was selected “Best of the Web” by Forbes. With a faculty of over 100 professional writers, the school offers introductory and advanced classes in more than a dozen forms of writing. Learn more at WritingClasses.com.

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/4ScYxej1cEhj bookthugnation bookthugnation Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:27:16 -0800 Certain Days: Launch of the 2012 Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar, Monday 11/14, 7pm http://bookthugnation.com/certain-days-launch-of-the-2012-freedom-for-p http://bookthugnation.com/certain-days-launch-of-the-2012-freedom-for-p
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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/4ScYxej1cEhj bookthugnation bookthugnation Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:25:15 -0800 Crimethinc. Presents: Capitalism & Resistance in the 21st Century, Tuesday 11/15 7pm http://bookthugnation.com/crimethinc-presents-capitalism-resistance-in http://bookthugnation.com/crimethinc-presents-capitalism-resistance-in
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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/4ScYxej1cEhj bookthugnation bookthugnation Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:46:23 -0700 Inside Pee-Wee's Playhouse! Reading by Caseen Gaines, Thursday 11/10 7pm http://bookthugnation.com/inside-pee-wees-playhouse-reading-by-caseen-g http://bookthugnation.com/inside-pee-wees-playhouse-reading-by-caseen-g
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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/4ScYxej1cEhj bookthugnation bookthugnation Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:42:33 -0700 Ben Nadler Reads From His Debut Novel, "Harvitz, As To War" Friday, 12/2 7pm http://bookthugnation.com/ben-nadler-reads-from-his-debut-novel-harvitz http://bookthugnation.com/ben-nadler-reads-from-his-debut-novel-harvitz
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Fellow Street BookThug Ben Nadler Reads From His Excellent Debut Novel!!!

This event is a BTN Staff Pick.  Don't Miss it!!!

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/4ScYxej1cEhj bookthugnation bookthugnation Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:39:38 -0700 Reading - Juan Lopez and Danyel Wendroff, Wednesday 10/26, 7pm http://bookthugnation.com/reading-juan-lopez-and-danyel-wendroff-wednes http://bookthugnation.com/reading-juan-lopez-and-danyel-wendroff-wednes

Juan Lopez- Born in Spain, and came to US. He has a BA in Comparative Literature and Spanish Literature. The experiences he has had as an immigrant, and the courses he has taken, have given him a unique perspective on the world around him. He has been published in the journal Galerna.

 
Danyel Wendroff- Born in Trenton,.NJ, lives in Brooklyn. He is a collagist who uses words and sounds. He is recently working on a series of fragmented e-mails, noise environments, mail art.

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/4ScYxej1cEhj bookthugnation bookthugnation Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:14:22 -0700 Book Thug Nation's Two-Year Anniversary! Saturday 10/15 http://bookthugnation.com/book-thug-nations-two-year-anniversary-saturd http://bookthugnation.com/book-thug-nations-two-year-anniversary-saturd
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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/4ScYxej1cEhj bookthugnation bookthugnation Sat, 24 Sep 2011 04:51:00 -0700 Cindy Crabb reads from "The Encyclopedia of Doris" Mon 9/26 7pm http://bookthugnation.com/cindy-crabb-reads-from-the-encyclopedia-of-do http://bookthugnation.com/cindy-crabb-reads-from-the-encyclopedia-of-do

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Also, just added:

"Little Shadows"
a short puppet show by puppeteer and musician
Roby Newton,
following the reading.

 

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/4ScYxej1cEhj bookthugnation bookthugnation Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:39:00 -0700 Bonnie Nadzam reads from her novel "Lamb", Weds 9/28 7pm http://bookthugnation.com/bonnie-nadzam-reads-from-her-novel-lamb-weds http://bookthugnation.com/bonnie-nadzam-reads-from-her-novel-lamb-weds

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/4ScYxej1cEhj bookthugnation bookthugnation Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:47:00 -0700 Perfect Day Publishing & Vol. 1 BK Present: Lisa Wells (reading from her new book "Yeah. No. Totally"), Deenah Vollmer and Scott McClanahan Tues 9/27 7pm http://bookthugnation.com/perfect-day-publishing-vol-1-bk-present-lisa-21129 http://bookthugnation.com/perfect-day-publishing-vol-1-bk-present-lisa-21129

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/4ScYxej1cEhj bookthugnation bookthugnation Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:16:12 -0700 2011 Benefit Book Sale for Daniel McGowan, Sunday 9/18 11am-7pm http://bookthugnation.com/2011-benefit-book-sale-for-daniel-mcgowan-sun http://bookthugnation.com/2011-benefit-book-sale-for-daniel-mcgowan-sun
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WHAT: 6th Annual Benefit Book Sale for Daniel McGowan
WHEN: 11am to 7pm, Sunday, September 18th, 2011 [rain date: TBA]
WHERE: Bedford Avenue at North 6th Street in Brooklyn
COST: There will be books priced for any budget

Friends and supporters,

We are writing to announce our 6th Annual Benefit Book Sale for Daniel McGowan. We've had great success and good times with these book sales in the past and this year will be no different.

Why a fundraiser now? While you may not realize it, life in prison can actually be really expensive. From making overpriced phone calls and e-mail access, to having to buy basic necessities from the commissary at prices many times that of retail, Daniel’s living costs have add up. For that reason, even if you can’t make it to the book sale, please consider r donating to Daniel today (http://tiny.cc/danieldonation). Without donations from friends and supporters, Daniel would be unable to buy the minimal goods that provide a small amount of comfort while he is imprisoned. Not to mention the staggering amount of money he still owes for the legal representation during his trial.

On Sunday, September 18th, Book Thug Nation and Family & Friends of Daniel McGowan will be having an all-day book sale to raise money for Daniel's legal defense and commissary fund. The sale will be held at the Book Thug Nation book tables on Bedford Avenue and North 6th Street in Williamsburg Brooklyn.  Along with great books at inexpensive prices, there will be music, a table with Daniel t-shirts, merchandise and literature and maybe even some free food!

To make the sale happen we NEED your book donations-- preferably ahead of time.  Please see the list of guidelines below for what to donate. The best way to donate is to bring your books to the Book Thug Nation storefront at 100 North 3rd Street (between Berry and Wythe Streets) from 12-9pm any day before the sale. Please be sure to tell whoever is working that the books are specifically for the Daniel McGowan Benefit Sale. You can also bring books to North 6th Street and Bedford Avenue the morning of September18th or contact krazdale@gmail.com to make specific arrangements for donating.

DONATION GUIDELINES
BOOKS WE WANT:
-Contemporary and Classic Literary Fiction (e.g. Murakami, Nabokov, Plath, Safran Foer, Hemingway, Didion, Poe, Bolano, et cetera)
-Non Fiction on topics such as:
History
Sociology
Women's Studies
African American
Latino/a
Art
Eastern Religion
Alternative Health/Nutrition
-Dictionaries and Thesauruses (these books will be donated directly to NYC Books Through Bars)

Books we DON'T want:
-Pulp fiction (a.k.a drug store paperbacks, best-sellers, e.g. Danielle Steele, Michael Crichton, Anne Rice, Tom Clancy, et cetera)
-Cook Books
-Self Help


Books that aren't sold on the day of the sale will be held for future benefits or donated to NYC Books Through Bars.

Brought to you by Book Thug Nation, www.bookthugnation.com

Thanks for your continued support of Daniel!

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/4ScYxej1cEhj bookthugnation bookthugnation Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:47:00 -0700 2nd Annual N3rd Street Block Party! This Saturday 9/10 noon-9pm http://bookthugnation.com/2nd-annual-n3rd-street-block-party-this-satur http://bookthugnation.com/2nd-annual-n3rd-street-block-party-this-satur

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!!!North 3rd St. Community Block Party!!!
September 10th, noon-9pm
N3rd St Between Berry St and Wythe Ave

(Street closed to traffic - No Parking)

To celebrate Williamsburg's fastest growing and thriving block, we're having a party!!!

Join us Sept 10th for:


-Delicious Local Food to enjoy on a large community table in the middle of the street!
-Lots of activities, art, crafts and games for children
-A children's reading and free books for kids at 1pm
-A sophisticated scavenger hunt with prizes!
-Tastings throughout the day of the finest chocolate, wine, Japanese tea, coffee and cheese! 
-Cheap yoga!
-Piñata making (& breaking)!
-Great sales at stores!
-Live bands throughout the day!
-Brandon Terzic performs live at 7pm!

AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!

Participating businesses include (Among Others!): About Glamour, Baked in Brooklyn, Book Thug Nation, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn Denim, Brooklyn Oenology, Crème Design, Depanneur, Kula Yoga, Lina Lex Designs, Lumber City & Building Supply, Mast Brothers, Modca, Radegast, Sanford and Sven, The Shanti Shack, Task, Vamos,

For updates, check our Facebook invite  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=208713009187739

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/4ScYxej1cEhj bookthugnation bookthugnation Mon, 08 Aug 2011 06:28:21 -0700 ⒶFOLK #4 Zine Release Party w/ Andy Folk, Matt Baker, Gleb Boundin, Thurs 8/11 7pm http://bookthugnation.com/folk-4-zine-release-party-w-andy-folk-matt-ba http://bookthugnation.com/folk-4-zine-release-party-w-andy-folk-matt-ba
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Pick up a copy of "le chien qui mord tout le monde," hear some recent work by Andy Folk, Matt Baker, (co-author of Sundays and Special Occasions), and Gleb Boundin (http://culturedestroyscult​ure.tumblr.com/)

and enjoy some FREE SPARKS

The Fourth issue of ⒶFOLK, a short story about a punk named dream and his contemplations on love, nihilism, suicide, misery, biking, and the Scene is now available from Magic Muscle Media.

Excerpt here: http://magicmuscle.wordpre​ss.com/2011/07/23/le-chien​-qui-mord-tout-le-monde/

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/4ScYxej1cEhj bookthugnation bookthugnation Tue, 26 Jul 2011 04:46:05 -0700 Phong Nguyen, Author of Memory Sickness and Other Stories Reading Thurs 7/28 7:30pm http://bookthugnation.com/phong-nguyen-author-of-memory-sickness-and-ot http://bookthugnation.com/phong-nguyen-author-of-memory-sickness-and-ot

A Reading by Phong Nguyen, author of Memory Sickness and Other Stories (Elixir Press)

About Phong Nguyen:

          The son of a Vietnamese-American immigrant scholar and a daughter of the American revolution, Phong Nguyen grew up outside of Princeton, New Jersey, where he was a confirmed member of the under-achieving generation X. After attending college for a year, he dropped out to live on the beach and work at a series of crappy jobs. In a used bookstore in New Haven, he discovered Marcel Proust's THE REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST, and did not put it down for nearly a year. After finishing the book, Nguyen committed his life to writing, and proceeded to complete a Master's degree at Emerson College, where he studied with Dewitt Henry, and a PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he studied with George Makana Clark.  

          Phong Nguyen is now an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Central Missouri, where he teaches fiction-writing and edits the literary journal PLEIADES. Before editing for PLEIADES, he was chief editor of CREAM CITY REVIEW, and before that, an editorial assistant at THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY.  

          His own stories have appeared in AGNI, BOULEVARD, IOWA REVIEW, KENYON REVIEW ONLINE, MASSACHUSETTS REVIEW, NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, FLORIDA REVIEW, MISSISSIPPI REVIEW, MERIDIAN, NEW OHIO REVIEW, TEXAS REVIEW, PHOEBE, CHATTAHOOCHEE REVIEW, SOUTHERN INDIANA REVIEW, and dozens of other literary journals.  His stories have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010.  

          His first collection of stories, MEMORY SICKNESS AND OTHER STORIES, won the Elixir Press Fiction Award for 2010, and was published in June 1st of 2011. Don Lee, former editor of PLOUGHSHARES and author of YELLOW, has called MEMORY SICKNESS "a superb debut" full of stories that "pulse with poetry, power, and grit," adding, "This is a truly memorable collection." William Giraldi, editor of AGNI, and author of BUSY MONSTERS, said, "Phong Nguyen has crafted stories with zero at the bone, stories of how the child is father of the man, of what we do to one another in this world, and what we do to ourselves. ... This book will scar you." And Benjamin Percy, author of THE WILDING, called these "gritty, moving stories."

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/4ScYxej1cEhj bookthugnation bookthugnation Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:39:01 -0700 Ryan Dilbert, Reading From His New Novel! Tues, 7/26, 7:30pm http://bookthugnation.com/ryan-dilbert-reading-from-his-new-novel-tues http://bookthugnation.com/ryan-dilbert-reading-from-his-new-novel-tues
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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/4ScYxej1cEhj bookthugnation bookthugnation Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:35:00 -0700 Prison Industrial Complex Puppet Show: Tues, 7/12, 7pm http://bookthugnation.com/upcoming-events-prison-industrial-complex-pup http://bookthugnation.com/upcoming-events-prison-industrial-complex-pup

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Join NYC ABC and Book Thug Nation as we welcome a traveling puppet show of a history of the Prison Industrial Complex from slavery to where it is today. There will also be some other road show elements and presentations as well as a few anti-capitalist fairy tales using rod puppets. The roadshow is a product of the Mysterious Rabbit Puppet Army, whose past work highlighted security culture in the midst of the feds and cops working to destroy our movements and communities.
The tour will raise awareness about the Prison Industrial Complex and the ways in which police and policing hurt our communities.

"Our goal in this tour is to use art to explore these relationships and brainstorm with our audiences how we can fight this brutally racist system," said Mysterious Puppeteer Michael Snacks.

The United States currently imprisons nearly 3 million people. About 6.5 million people are presently under some form of supervision within the criminal justice system. Racism continues to be a major factor in the United States, illustrated by policies and programs that sustain white supremacy. Racism, as it is used through criminal laws that target people of color, is essential to prisons, not accidental. The Prison Industrial Complex is also fueled by dramatic and racist reporting about "crime," "delinquency," and "rebellion," creating a culture of fear. As a result, people (primarily people of color, youth, and the poor) are locked in cages for longer and longer in the interests of "public safety." The way the many parts of the Prison Industrial Complex interact is exactly what makes it so powerful and destructive. In order to fight this system, we have to recognize what drives and shapes it.

These shows are child-friendly and we greatly encourage you to bring younger folks to this event. The focus is not sub-culture specific, in an attempt to make it more appealing to a larger number of folks.
For more information, please visit:
Mysterious Rabbit Puppet Army: mrpuppetarmy.wordpress.com
NYC Anarchist Black Cross: nycabc.wordpress.com

 

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/4ScYxej1cEhj bookthugnation bookthugnation Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:31:00 -0700 Vol. 1 Brookyn Presents: Wed, 7/13, 7pm http://bookthugnation.com/upcoming-events-vol-1-brookyn-presents-713-7p http://bookthugnation.com/upcoming-events-vol-1-brookyn-presents-713-7p

Wednesday, 7/13 7pm

Vol. 1 BK Presents:  Adam Novy, Christian TeBordo, Seth Fried and Katarina Hybenova
(www.vol1brooklyn.com)

Adam Novy is the author of a novel, The Avian Gospels. Adam’s work has been published in Dossier, The Believer, The Collagist, The Denver Quarterly, and American Letters and Commentary. He lives in southern California and teaches for at least two colleges.
http://www.adamnovy.net/

Christian TeBordo: born 1978 in cohoes (discord), ny. educated many times. wrote books. got them published. has taught to read and write. lives in philadelphia with a brilliant wife.
http://www.awfulpossibilit​ies.com/

Seth Fried's short stories have appeared in numerous publications, including Tin House, One Story, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, The Kenyon Review, The Missouri Review, and Vice, and have been anthologized in The Better of McSweeney's, Volume 2 and The Pushcart Prize XXXV: The Best of the Small Presses. His debut short story collection, The Great Frustration, was published in May 2011 by Soft Skull Press.
http://sethfried.blogspot.​com/

Katarina Hybenova is a Brooklyn-based photographer and a writer. She is the founder of the website Bushwick Daily (www.bushwickdaily.com).
http://katarinahybenova.co​m/

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Saturday 7/9  7:30pm  

FICTION READING!!!

featuring:

 

*Matthew Clark Davison

*Leigh Gallagher

*Evan Rehill

*Anne-E. Wood

 

Matthew Clark Davison has been published by The Atlantic Monthly, The Mississippi Review, and other journals. He teaches in San Francisco State University and at The Douglass Street Lab.  He has recently completed a novel manuscript, Letters to the Dead, which was awarded a Cultural Equities Grant by the city of San Francisco.

 

Leigh Gallagher grew up in rural Northern California, but was educated in the weird ways of the world in San Francisco.  She recently completed her MFA at the University of Michigan.  Her work has been published in American Short Fiction, Instant City, and Big Bell.  She is working on a novel.

 

Evan Rehill’s writing has been published in Open City, American Short Fiction, and 14 Hills.  He teaches at Pratt Institute and Rutgers University.  He is a founding member of the reading/performance series Picasso Machinery in Brooklyn.

 

Anne-E. Wood teaches at Rutgers University and Gotham Writers’ Workshop.  Her fiction has appeared in Agni, Gargoyle, and Tin House.  Her collection, Two If By Sea, won the 2006 Michael Rubin Chapbook Award.

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