Brooklyn Reading Works (BRW) started because Mary Warren owned a men’s clothing shop in the south Slope called Fou Le Chakra with a tiny cafe in the back. It seemed like the perfect spot for a small, extremely intimate reading series. I immediately thought up a list of writers to invite and BRW was up and running.

Well, Fou Le Chakra is a thing of the past. The last BRW reading was in May with Susan Karwoska and Marian Fontana, the night before the shop closed. It was a great reading and the joint was packed. Fou Le Chakra went out with a bang.

The very next day, Kim Maier offered the Old Stone House as the new home for Brooklyn Reading Works. In June over 60 people came out to hear Carlton Schade, Lauren Yaffe, and Sophia Romero read their engaging work.

Tonight, OTBKB takes off her blogging shoes and puts on her fiction and poetry ones. I will be reading a story about a Janis Joplin obsessed teenager and a self-abusing Manhattan housewife, as well as some poetry.

Mary Warren is a transplanted southerner who is firmly rooted in Brooklyn. She has a 7-year old son, a shop called Shangri La, and is currently getting certified as a financial planner. A former journalist, she has an MFA from Brooklyn College in creative writing.

I think it’ll be a fun night and I hope to see you there.

At 8 p.m. The Old Stone House is in J.J. Byrne Park on Fifth Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets. Refreshments. Free. A small donation to the Old Stone House is optional but much appreciated.

Brooklyn Reading Works at the Old Stone House has a full fall schedule of great writers, including Regina McBride, Shelia Kohler, Matthew Zapruder, Nancy Graham, Ellen Ferguson and Cathy Caplan and more Go here for BRW’s fall schedule.