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Notable NYC: 10/28–11/3
Saturday 10/28: Greg Ames reads from the story collection Funeral Platter. Powerhouse Arena, 6 p.m., free. Safia Elhillo and Rami Karim join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 10/29:...
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Notable NYC: 9/8–9/14
Saturday 9/8: Christine H. Lee, Dennis Norris II, and Ivelisse Rodriguez join SLICE Literary for a live exquisite corpse reading. Powerhouse Arena, 6:30 p.m., free. Uche Nduka presents Living in...
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Notable NYC: 1/26–2/1
Saturday 1/26: Mary Boo Anderson, Hratch Arbach, James Cañón, Mina Hamedi, Naomi Falk, Jason Koo, and Kate Olsson join the Unpublishable reading series. Powerhouse Arena, 7:00 p.m., free. Emmanuel...
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Notable NYC: 4/20–4/26
Saturday 4/20: Andrea Abi-Karam, Neon, Gia Gonzales, and Samuel Ace celebrate Extratransmission. McNally Jackson – SoHo, 7 p.m., free. Krystal Languell and Stephon Lawrence join the Segue Series. Zinc...
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Notable NYC: 5/11–5/17
Saturday 5/11: Jacqueline Woodson reads from and discusses Harbor Me, Locomotion, If You Come Softly, and Brown Girl Dreaming. The Center for Fiction, 11 a.m., $10. Danny Caine, BK Fischer, Christopher...
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What to Read When 2020 Is Just Around the Corner
It’s true that 2019 was another difficult year in so very many ways, but it was also a banner year for reading (find some of our favorite books from the year here and here). While we know that 2020...
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Notable NYC: 2/29–3/6
Saturday 2/29: Moncho Alvardao and Sawako Nakayasu join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 3/1: Marie Rutkoski presents The Midnight Lie. McNally Jackson – SoHo, 6 p.m., free. Isaac...
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Women’s History
March is Women’s History Month, and while we celebrate women year-round at The Rumpus, we wanted to share a list of books written exclusively by women and genderqueer authors this month. We asked our...
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Notable Online: 5/10–5/16
Sunday 5/10: Tiana Clark, Chinaka Hodge, Hala Alyan, Aricka Foreman, Hope Wabuke, and Adeeba Shahid Talukder join the Soul Sister Revue. Zoom, 6 p.m. EDT, free with RSVP, donation suggested. Monday...
View ArticleNot One Thing, But Many: A Review of Cynthia Cruz’s Hotel Oblivion
Imagine a woman all jaw and piled hair, lipstick, and long teeth. Imagine her formless, a chiffon dress falling from a wooden hanger. A woman I could seamlessly step into; a woman I too could become....
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