New York magazine and BRIC’s Rotunda Gallery Present
THE STOOP SERIES
with
Writers Jonathan Lethem and Stephen Wright
featuring music by DJ Rekha
Thursday, March 1 at 7 pm
33 Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights
Guest Moderated by
Boris Kachka, New York magazine contributing editor
New York, NY – New York magazine, in conjunction with BRIC’s Rotunda Gallery, presents the fifth installment of The STOOP Series on March 1 featuring a discussion with writers Jonathan Lethem and Stephen Wright. New York magazine contributing editor Boris Kachka will moderate the free public talk.
Jonathan Lethem, who was raised and still resides in Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill, is the author of several novels, including New York Times bestseller and “Editor’s Choice” pick The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn, for which he received the National Book Critic’s Circle Award. Lethem is also the author of the short story collections Men and Cartoons and The Wall of the Sky, The Wall of the Eye, and an essay collection, The Disappointment Artist. His new novel, entitled You Don’t Love Me Yet will be on sale March 13.
Stephen Wright, a New York City-based novelist, is the author of The Amalgamation Polka, Meditations in Green, and the road novel Going Native. Educated at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Wright has taught writing classes at Princeton, Brown, and The New School and has been called “a bright star in the literary sky” by the San Francisco Chronicle.
The STOOP Series discussion will be followed by the monthly STOOP SLAM, featuring music by DJ Rekha. Complimentary drinks from Brooklyn Brewery and Johnnie Walker Blue Label will be served. DJ Rekha (Rekha Malhotra) was born in London and raised in Queens and Westbury, Long Island, and is one of the pioneers of New York’s South Asian music scene. She founded Basement Bhangra and continues to be instrumental in introducing the sounds of Bhangra and British Asian music to North America. Rekha has been featured in the Village Voice, New York Times, Times of India and Daily News, in addition to magazines like Billboard, New York, and Stress.