The Book Report: Othello: The Curious Case of Who Fucked Desdemona

The Book Report is a reading series that promises to deliver exactly what it promises: reports on books by the people who’ve read them. Tonight, June 11, join hosts Leigh Stein and Sasha Fletcher, with special guests Micaela Blei, Chelsea Hodson, and Ashleigh Lambert, for an evening that will remind you of 3rd grade in the best possible way. 7pm, The Gallery at LPR. Othello:  The Curious Case of Who Fucked Desdemona by J. Hope Stein For the past few months, I’ve been […]

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The Book Report: Fighting Swamp Witches and Decapitation in “My Donkey”

The Book Report is a reading series that promises to deliver exactly what it promises: reports on books by the people who’ve read them. The next event will be Tuesday, June 11th, with special guests Micaela Blei, Chelsea Hodson, and Ashleigh Lambert, at the Gallery at LPR, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC. Here, Ted Travelstead writes about My Donkey. My Donkey, a “novel for children” was written by H. Robert Tassel and published by Grosset & Dunlap in 1932. It is the story of […]

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The Book Report: “Rebecca” and Daphne du Maurier’s “Extraordinary Mind”

The Book Report is a reading series that promises to deliver exactly what it promises: reports on books by the people who’ve read them. Tonight, May 8, join hosts Leigh Stein and Sasha Fletcher, with special guests Maris Kreizman, Amy Lawless, and J. Hope Stein, for an evening that will remind you of 3rd grade in the best possible way. 7pm, The Gallery at LPR.  Here: Julia Phillips reviews Rebecca. Halfway through reading Rebecca, the sentence “this bitch is looney-tunes” popped into my head. […]

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