Lots going on at the Community Bookstore in the month of November. The bookstore is located at 143 Seventh Avenue between Garfield and Carroll Streets. The readings and book groups are free.
–Tuesday
November 17 @ 7pm
Matthea Harvey reads
from
The Little
General and the Giant Snowflake
Matthea
Harvey –professor of poetry at Sarah Lawrence, Kingsly Tufts Poetry
Prize-winner, and poetic inspiration/intellectual heartthrob of several members
of our staff—will be reading from her allegorical children’s book, published by Tin House (again, be still my
heart), and illustrated by Elizabeth Zechel (Is There A Mouse in the Baby’s Room?). The book is suitable
for all ages, but the free wine is just for grown-ups.
–Thursday
November 19
Jonathan
Safran Foer reads from
Eating Animals
Suggested
$10 donation.
Reading @
6:30pm,
Old First Reformed Church (729 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY 11215-2101, 718.638.8300,
www.oldfirstbrooklyn.org)
Wine &
cheese reception @ 8:00pm at Community Bookstore
–Monday November 23 @ 7:30pm
The Modernist
Book Club discusses The Invention of Morel by Adolfo
Bioy Casares with a special guest: the editor of the NYRB Classics series,
Edwin Frank
About the
book:
“Jorge
Luis Borges declared The Invention
of Morel a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to The Turn of the Screw. This
fantastic exploration of virtual realities also bears comparison with the
sharpest work of Philip K. Dick. It is both a story of suspense and a
bizarre romance, in which every detail is at once crystal clear and deeply
mysterious.” –Publisher review
club:
The
Modernist Book Club is a lively group of people who delight in a “modern” book
and await the opportunity to discuss it in an informal setting at the back of
the store, near the garden. Sometimes 8, other times 18, hardy readers gather
to discuss the latest selection. Newcomers and drop-ins are always welcome! No reservations
necessary.
celebrity guest lecturer:
Edwin
Frank was born in Boulder, Colorado and studied at Harvard College and Columbia
University. He is the author of two small books of poetry, The Further Adventures of Pinocchio and Stack, and has been the editor of the
NYRB Classics series since its beginning ten years ago.
–
Wednesday
December 2 @ 7pm
100 New York
Photographers, book party
Edited
by Cynthia Dantzic
“An
extensive review of the great range of contemporary New York photographers and
their widely diverse, surprisingly divergent, images… Included are such
iconic figures as Annie Liebovitz, Jay Maisel, Amy Arbus, Hugh Bell, Arnold
Crane, Bruce Davidson, Carrie Mae Weems, Elliott Erwitt, Helen Levitt, David
Gahr, Lee Friedlander, Arthur Leipzig, Builder Levy, Duane Michals, Joel
Meyerowitz, Jamel Shabazz, John Loengard, Tony Vaccaro, Mary Ellen Mark, Pete
Turner, Burke Uzzle, Deborah Willis, and others, as well as many less familiar
but no less brilliant photographers.” –Publisher review