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Announcing Diane Cook in Conversation With Lincoln Michel

November 7, 2014 No Comments

We’re tremendous admirers of Man V. Nature, the debut collection from Diane Cook. The stylistic range found in these stories encompasses everything from minute dissections of childhood friendships to suburban nightmares to flat-out horror, as a group of co-workers are pursued by a monster. We’ve just signed on to host the collection’s launch, which will take place next week at powerHouse Arena. Cook will read from Man V. Nature, and will then be in conversation with Lincoln Michel. This event will take place on […]

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Maritime Food and Literary Inventiveness: Matthew Gavin Frank at Book/Plate

October 6, 2014 No Comments

The email from Jeff Waxman had said that there would be one more Book/Plate event this year, and I had to read it twice: “a literary supper series at Peck’s Specialty Foods in Clinton Hill.” The rest of Jeff’s missive was charmingly dictated in the style of Moby-Dick, and then I finally came to the name: “Matthew Gavin Frank, author of Preparing the Ghost.” A dinner with squid, starring the author of a book about giant squids—what else would I […]

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Vol.1 Brooklyn Presents Jac Jemc in Conversation with Sasha Fletcher

September 8, 2014 No Comments

Jac Jemc’s debut novel My Only Wife was one of our favorite books of 2012: a perfectly-constructed story about memory, intimacy, and the stories we tell ourselves. This October, Dznac Books will release Jemc’s collection A Different Bed Every Time, and we’re pleased to announce that we will be hosting her in collaboration with Community Bookstore, where she will be in conversation with Sasha Fletcher. This event will take place on Wednesday, October 29th, at 7:00 pm. Community Bookstore is located at […]

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Vol.1 Brooklyn Presents The Greatest 3-Minute Suburban Stories

August 25, 2014 No Comments

The suburbs. It’s where many of us came of age; it’s a place that serves as the inspiration for many a novel, short story, film, and album. You might want to add “3-minute stories” to that list, as that will be the theme of our first 3-Minute Stories event in several months. Reading on October 2nd will be: Margaret Eby Ami Greko Rahawa Haile Mikki Halpin Saeed Jones Maxwell Neely-Cohen Kevin Nguyen Stan Parish Sarah Seltzer Meredith Turits Pilot Viruet

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Bringing the Literary Midwest to NYC: Two Events with Curbside Splendor

August 21, 2014 No Comments

This September, we’ll be teaming with acclaimed Chicago publisher Curbside Splendor for a pair of events–one in Manhattan, and one in Brooklyn. They’ll feature some of our favorite writers, including Megan Stielstra, Dmitry Samarov, Sarah Gerard, and D. Foy. On Tuesday, September 16, at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe: Jason Diamond D. Foy Dmitry Samarov Megan Stielstra Erika Wurth Housing Works Bookstore Cafe is located at 126 Crosby Street in Manhattan. This event will begin at 7:00 pm. Facebook RSVP here. On Thursday, September 18th, at […]

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Announcing Luke B. Goebel at Greenlight Bookstore

July 29, 2014 No Comments

Vol.1 Brooklyn and the Franklin Park Reading Series are proud to present the Brooklyn launch party for Luke B. Goebel‘s debut novel, Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours. Gobel will read from his work, and then will be interviewed by Vol.1 Brooklyn managing editor Tobias Carroll. Blake Butler had this to say about Goebel’s book: “About twenty pages into Luke B. Goebel’s Fourteen Stories: None of Them Are Yours, I realized I was reading with one hand holding my […]

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Vol. 1 Brooklyn Presents Haunting Shirley Jackson: A Panel

June 12, 2014 No Comments

On the occasion of a new novel about her life, five Shirley Jackson-ophiles discuss her work, her life, and her haunting interests. In recent years acclaim for Shirley Jackson’s writing has been rekindled thanks to rediscovery of American classics like The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle. Now comes Shirley, the second novel by Susan Scarf Merrell, a haunting look at the relationship between Shirley Jackson and her professor husband, Stanley Hyman.

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Announcing David Yow in Conversation with Jason Diamond at WORD Brooklyn

June 11, 2014 No Comments

David Yow: vocalist of Jesus Lizard and Scratch Acid, known in various circles as one of the most dynamic vocalists to ever stand before a microphone. And also the author of a new book of cat drawings, titled Copycat: And a Litter of Other Cats. We’re happy to announce that we’ll be hosting him at WORD in Greenpoint. For this event, Yow will be in conversation with Jason Diamond.