March 8, 2014
Marcus reads from his new short story collection, Leaving the Sea. Recognized as one of the most innovative and vital writers of his generation, Marcus is the author of Notable American Women and The Age of Wire and String. Curated and hosted by Rob Spillman. @ The Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Dweck Center, 4:00 p.m.
March 10, 2014
This Iraq War vet, whose first story was published in the summer 2011 issue of Granta, copes with battle and its aftermath in his new collection, Redeployment. In spare (and unsparing) prose, Klay lets readers see disturbing moments of overseas service and conflicting emotions that arise afterward. @ The Powerhouse Arena, 27 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, 7:00 p.m.
Patricia Marx is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a former writer for Saturday Night Live. She is the author of twelve books, including the novels Starting From Happy and Him Her Him Again The End of Him, both of which were finalists for the Thurber Prize for Humor, and several collaborations with the cartoonist Roz Chast. Susan Minot is an award-winning novelist, short-story writer, poet, and screenwriter. Her first novel, Monkeys, was published in a dozen countries and won the Prix Femina Étranger in France. Her novel Evening was a worldwide bestseller and became a major motion picture. @ Stony Brook Manhattan, 101 E 27th Street, 7:00 p.m.
March 11, 2014
Want to know everything there is to know about Andy Warhol? Bob Colacello, who edited Warhol’s Interview magazine, published the definitive Warhol biography, Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up, in 1990. Now it’s being reissued by Vintage with more than 60 of the author’s own photos of Warhol and the stars who orbited around him, including Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall, Truman Capote, Diane von Furstenberg, Paloma Picasso, and Liza Minnelli. Bring your questions to tonight’s event at the Strand, where Colacello is joined by Factory regular Vincent Fremont, the longtime exclusive agent for the Warhol Foundation, and Billy Name, Warhol’s close friend and collaborator. @ The Strand Book Store, 828 Broadway, 7:00 p.m.
March 13, 2013