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What's happening at WORD?
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Haley Tanner, author and gift-wrapper extraordinare, at the 2012 Holiday Open House.
(Photo credit: Jesse Chan-Norris; more pictures here and here!)
Happy 2013! It was lovely to see so many of you over the holidays, not to mention help you find the right books for you and your lucky friends and family. We also want to thank you for your generous donations to the Greenpoint Food Pantry -- it was truly heartwarming to see the support for them and all the good work they do in our community.
We're looking forward to a new year full of opportunities to share our favorite authors and fall in love with new ones. January is pretty packed with a wide range of events, and our book groups continue to create killer discussions (and consume lots of baked goods). As always, details are below, as well as on our website. See you all in the store soon! |
This month's featured event:
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 New York Times columnist -- and WORD's favorite cocktails expert -- Rosie Schaap presents her memoir Drinking with Men. We've been excited for this memoir since we first heard about it, and the early copy we got has already been passed from one staffer to another. Schaap will discuss being a woman in the almost exclusively male world of bar regulars, her far-flung travels, and more. She'll be introduced by Jami Attenberg ( The Middlesteins), and will take questions and sign. In Drinking with Men, Schaap shares her unending quest for the perfect local haunt, which takes her from a dive outside Los Angeles to a Dublin pub full of poets, and from small-town New England taverns to a character-filled bar in Manhattan's Tribeca. Drinking alongside artists and expats, ironworkers and soccer fanatics, she finds these places offer a safe haven, a respite, and a place to feel most like herself. In rich, colorful prose, Schaap brings to life these seedy, warm, and wonderful rooms. Drinking with Men is a love letter to the bars, pubs, and taverns that have been Schaap's refuge, and a celebration of the uniquely civilizing source of community that is bar culture at its best.
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 This month at WORD!
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For fans of great literature:
Wednesday, January 9, 7 p.m.
In Conversation: Heidi Julavits and Hari Kunzru  Join The Believer's Heidi Julavits (The Vanishers) and Hari Kunzru (Gods Without Men) for a joint paperback release, reading, and discussion, moderated by WORD event manager Jenn Northington. The discussion will be followed by an open Q&A, signing, and refreshments.
Kunzru's Gods Without Men is a kaleidoscope of a novel, with characters whose stories collide and build upon one another in an exploration of the search for meaning in a chaotic universe. In Julavits's The Vanishers, a talented student at an elite institute for psychics is the catalyst for a novel exploring grief, female rivalry, and the furious power of a daughter's love.
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 For readers far and wide:
Monday, January 14, 7 p.m.
Emma Straub and Lauren Groff, BookTalk Nation
WORD favorites Emma Straub and Lauren Groff will be in conversation about their newest novels on BookTalk Nation! Please note: This is a virtual event; full details are available on the BookTalk Nation site. Readers from across the country can order copies of Straub's Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures or Groff's Arcadia and have them personally inscribed through booktalknation.com. The authors' local independent bookstores, WORD and Wild Iris, will fulfill the orders after they are inscribed. |
 For fans of true stories:
Tuesday, January 15, 7 p.m.
Anna Goldfarb on Not Thinking Things Through
Anna Goldfarb will discuss her book, Clearly, I Didn't Think This Through, her love of shorter men, the perils of first-time sexting, and more, followed by a Q&A moderated by Tobias Carroll of Vol. 1 Brooklyn.
While her friends lead lives seemingly plucked out of the pages of an Ikea catalog, Anna Goldfarb is still trying to figure out where she'll score this week's beer money. Clearly, I Didn't Think this Through chronicles Anna's hilarious attempts to get her love life, career, and living situation under control. But the harder she tries to get where she thinks she should be, the harder it is for her to get there. Is adulthood an achievable goal? Come and find out!
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 For fans of multimedia:
Wednesday, January 16, 7 p.m.
Manuel Gonzales and the 1000 Words Project
Manuel Gonzales presents his debut short story collection, The Miniature Wife. The eighteen stories render the fantastic commonplace and the ordinary extraordinary, challenging us to look at our surroundings with fresh eyes.
He'll be joined by his fellow conspirators on the Thousand Words project, photographer Emily Raw and musician Ellia Bisker, for a multimedia event and reading. Refreshments and fun guaranteed.
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For fans of short stories:
Thursday, January 17, 7 p.m.
Porter Prize winners reading with Tehila Lieberman, Peter Brown, Michael Hyde
  
Hear fiction from three recipients of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction! Prize-winners Tehila Lieberman (Venus in the Afternoon), Michael Hyde (What Are You Afraid Of?), and Peter Brown (A Bright Soothing Noise) will read, take questions, and sign.
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 For fans of Williamsburg and/or mysteries:
Friday, January 18, 7 p.m.
Brooklyn Launch: Sacrifice Fly with Tim O'Mara
Meet Raymond Donne, NYC school teacher, former cop, and hero of the debut mystery novel Sacrifice Fly. Set in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Sacrifice Fly follows Donne's efforts to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of one of his students. Author Tim O'Mara will read, take questions, and sign.
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For fans of The Boss:
Tuesday, January 22, 7 p.m.
Springsteen Night with Caryn Rose and Marc Dolan
  Authors Marc Dolan (Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock and Roll) and Caryn Rose (Raise Your Hand: Adventures of an American Springsteen Fan in Europe and backstreets.com writer) appear at WORD in an evening of debate and conversation about Springsteen past, present, and (given 2013 tour dates already on sale!) future. They'll also be hosting a fun Springsteen trivia game open to all, with Bruce-related prizes. Cold beer at a reasonable (free!) price, provided courtesy of Sixpoint.
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 For anyone who's ever had a bad trip:
Wednesday, January 23, 7 p.m.
Bad Trips with Jerry Stahl, LZ Hansen, Sophia Langdon, and Nathan Larson
Jerry Stahl, author of Bad Sex on Speed and editor of The Heroin Chronicles, will be joined by his fellow Chronicles contributors LZ Hansen, Sophia Langdon, and Nathan Larson (The Nervous System, The Dewey Decimal System) for a night of readings, followed by a group Q&A.
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For peaceniks:
Friday, January 25, 7 p.m.
Brooklyn for Peace: The Passion of Bradley Manning
Brooklyn for Peace presents lawyer and journalist Chase Madar reading from his book The Passion of Bradley Manning. Madar's book is a polemical defense of Wikileaks' alleged source inside the US military and a panoramic sketch of the many large issues that collide in this case. Which is the real risk to US national security: Wikileaks, whistleblowers, or extreme government secrecy? Does Manning's 11-month pretrial isolation confinement mean that US citizens can now be treated like enemy combatants, or is such torture already "normal" in the American penal system? What power does information have anyway? |
 For rockers who rock out:
Monday, January 28, 7 p.m.
Vol. 1 Brooklyn and Akashic present Ian Svenonius
Ian Svenonius comes to Brooklyn for a presentation/performance/seance discussing the genesis and evolution of rock 'n' roll music, in honor of the release of his book Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group. The event is co-sponsored by Akashic and will feature an introduction by Vol. 1 Brooklyn's Jason Diamond.
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For everyone:
Wednesday, January 30, 7 p.m.
Largehearted Lit's 11th Anniversary Celebration
  Join us and David Gutowski in celebrating the 11th anniversary of Largehearted Boy! The party will feature readings from Karolina Waclawiak and Jami Attenberg, music by Jon DeRosa, a book raffle, cupcakes, and wine. It will also be a benefit for 826NYC, a nonprofit organization that supports students age 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills.
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All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Facebook RSVPs appreciated but certainly not mandatory.
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Book groups
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Discussions this month:
  
Reading for next month: - Book Group: Safe as Houses (discussion 2/2, 12 p.m.)
- Classics Book Group: Bartleby the Scrivener (discussion 2/9, 12 p.m.)
- Music Writing Book Group: What Are You Doing Here? (discussion 2/9, 3 p.m.)
  
As always, all book group picks are 10% off in the month before their discussion. And if you need help remembering to mark your calendar, or can't make the discussion but still want to complain about that thing that happened on page 210, you can join our Facebook groups! There's one for the regular group, one for Classics, and one for Music Writing.
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Quick links
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This has been another production of the book-lovin' fools at: WORD 126 Franklin St Brooklyn NY 11222 Open for your reading needs from: 10am to 9pm, seven days a week Available during those hours at: 718.383.0096 And always open at: wordbrooklyn.com |
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