THE WRITERS STUDIO READING SERIES

2009-2010

Sunday, October 18 at 5:00 PM: The Writers Studio welcomes special guest Susan Choi, who reads along with Writers Studio faculty members Lisa Badner, Eleanor Kedney, Michele Herman, and Elliot Satsky. Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, 126 Crosby Street, NYC. Free admission.

Friday, December 4 at 7:00 PM: Students from the Writers Studio KW, an after-school program providing free writing workshops to high schoolers in Brooklyn, will read at Brownstone Books, 409 Lewis Avenue (between Decatur and MacDonough Streets) in Brooklyn. Brownstone Books is two blocks from the Utica stop on the A/C line. Exit the train on the "Fulton" side and walk through Fulton Park to Lewis Avenue. Turn right and walk two short blocks.

Friday, December 11 at 7:00 PM: The Writers Studio celebrates the release of the 2010 Pushcart Prize XXXIV, Best of the Small Presses with readings by Mark Doty, Marie Howe, Dale Peck, and Kate Walbert. Introduction by Bill Henderson, editor and founder. Le Poisson Rouge, Main Space, 158 Bleecker St, NYC. $5 admission at the door, one drink minimum.

Sunday, January 17 at 7:00 PM: Writers Studio faculty members Lisa Bellamy, Lucinda Holt, Lesley Dormen, Rachael Nevins and Cynthia Weiner read at KGB Bar, 85 East 4 St., NYC. Free admission, one drink minimum.

Friday, February 19 7:00 PM: Poets Meghan O'Rourke and Meena Alexander with fiction writers James Lasdun and Christine Schutt read. Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, NYC. $5 suggested donation at the door. 

Friday, April 2 at 7:00 PM: The Writers Studio celebrates the publication of Philip Schultz's book, The God of Loneliness, Selected and New Poems, with readings by Philip Schultz and Colm Toibin. Location: Le Poisson Rouge, 156 Bleecker Street (at Thompson Street), NYC. $7 admission at the door plus a one-drink minimum.

Saturday, April 24 at 7:00 PM: Students from the Writers Studio KW, an after-school program providing free writing workshops to high schoolers in Brooklyn, will read at Brownstone Books, 409 Lewis Avenue (between Decatur and MacDonough Streets) in Brooklyn. Brownstone Books is two blocks from the Utica stop on the A/C line. Exit the train on the "Fulton" side and walk through Fulton Park to Lewis Avenue. Turn right and walk two short blocks.

Thursday, May 13 at 7:00 PM: The Writers Studio celebrates The Hudson Review with readings by Madison Smartt Bell, Dena Seidel, Daniel Hoffman, and Lorna Knowles Blake. Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, NYC. $7 suggested donation at the door.

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"One of the smartest audiences I've ever encountered. More than a reading--a communal event."
-GARY SHTEYNGART, author of Absurdistan (Cocolalla Press, 2006) and The Russian Debutante's Handbook (Penguin Putnam 2002)

“The vibe of the real world was everywhere present. The joyous presence of reality was palpable in the room. Here were people living life interested in hearing about life. And this is why we write: to connect.”