Almost Live at Mellow Pages: Penina Roth

This episode was something Eric and I have wanted to do since we had the idea for the show. At this point, everyone in New York City know about the Franklin Park Reading Series and we wanted to spend some time with the mother of the series, and let everyone get to know Penina Roth. Penina is lovely and kind and engaging and she loves what she does [and she does A LOT]. This episode was recorded on Mother’s Day, […]

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“Betrayal”: Live at Franklin Park with Heidi Julavits, Touré, Fiona Maazel, Leah Umansky, and Joseph Riippi

  Franklin Park, just off the prettier end of Eastern Parkway and Franklin Avenue, has quickly become perhaps the best place in Brooklyn to see live literature. Thanks to the superb efforts of host and curator Penina Roth, who verifies that success comes from being kind to anyone and everyone, the high pedigree of authors who’ve graced the Franklin Park Reading Series at 618 St. John’s Place in recent months has included Jennifer Egan, Rick Moody, Mary Gaitskill, Michael Showalter, […]

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Morning Bites: Borges birthday bash, Sex with Stephen Malkmus, Frankin Park Reading Series, dirty fiction, and more

Today is the birth date of Jorge Luis Borges.  The Argentinian writer was born in this day in 1899.  Google has decided to celebrate his birthday by dedicating their logo to him. Penina Roth’s Franklin Park Reading Series is written up. Blake Butler reviews Wayne Koestenbaum’s Humiliation and Kate Zambreno’s Green Girl   Dirty fiction writers of past and present. Stephen Malkmus gives sex advice at Nerve.  Many dudes over 30 take everything he says to heart. Back in 1981, […]

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