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The Patron Saint of Liars
by Ann Patchett
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Thursday, May 31
6:30pm
Eat, Drink, & Be Literary with Ann Patchett
“Expect miracles when you read Ann Patchett’s fiction.” —The New York Times Book review Ann Patchett is the author of six novels, including the New York Times Notable Book The Patron Saint of Liars; The Magician’s Assistant; the Pen/Faulkner Award winner Bel Canto; Run; and, most recently,…

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“Expect miracles when you read Ann Patchett’s fiction.” —The New York Times Book review

Ann Patchett is the author of six novels, including the New York Times Notable Book The Patron Saint of Liars; The Magician’s Assistant; the Pen/Faulkner Award winner Bel Canto; Run; and, most recently, State of Wonder. She is also the author of the memoir Truth & Beauty, and has made numerous contributions to The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, The Atlantic, and others. A Guggenheim fellow, Patchett was the editor of The Best American Short Stories 2006. Patchett’s work has been translated into more than 30 languages.

This event is part of Eat, Drink & Be Literary, a unique series for sophisticated writers, readers, and eaters, that brings major contemporary authors to BAMcafé for intimate dinners, entertaining readings, and engaging discussions.

Tickets: $50 (includes dinner, wine, tax, and tip)

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Brooklyn Academy of Music
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30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217-1486
718-636-4100
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Sick from Freedom:
African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction
by Jim Downs
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Thursday, May 31
7:00pm
Jim Downs With Annette Gordon-Reed: Sick From Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering During the Civil War and Reconstruction
In conversation with Pulitzer Prize winner Annette Gordon-Reed, history professor Jim Downs discusses his book Sick From Freedom, and how the mostly celebrated emancipation of slaves 150 years ago was also a devastating time for African Americans.
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Windeye
by Brian Evenson
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Understories
by Tim Horvath
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The Uninnocent:
Stories
by Bradford Morrow
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Thursday, May 31
7:00pm
"Laughter in the Dark: The Comedy of Noir" with Tim Horvath, Brian Evenson, and Bradford Morrow
Bradford Morrow's stories have garnered him awards such as the O. Henry and Pushcart Prizes and have given him a devoted following. The Uninnocent is a collection of his finest, gothic tales. He's also the editor of Conjunctions. Jonathan Lethem says that "Brian Evenson is one of the treasures of …

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Bradford Morrow's stories have garnered him awards such as the O. Henry and Pushcart Prizes and have given him a devoted following. The Uninnocent is a collection of his finest, gothic tales. He's also the editor of Conjunctions. Jonathan Lethem says that "Brian Evenson is one of the treasures of American story writing, a true successor both to the generation of Coover, Barthelme, Hawkes and Co., but also to Edgar Allan Poe." And Kate Christensen says of Tim Horvath's debut short story collection, Understories: “Tim Horvath is a fluid, inventive writer who deftly interweaves the palpably real and the pyrotechnically fantastic. At once playful, deeply moving, and sharply funny, Understories satisfies the mind, the heart, and the gut.”

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McNally Jackson Books
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52 Prince Street, New York, NY 10012
212-274-1160
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Gillespie and I:
A Novel
by Jane Harris
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Friday, June 1
7:00pm
Friday Night Book Group
The Friday Night Book Group reconvenes in the Cafe for their monthly meeting. This month the group will discuss Gillespie and I by Jane Harris. Group meetings are open to the public.
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150 East 86th Street, New York, NY 10028-2105
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The Kid
by Sapphire
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Thursday, June 7
6:30pm
Eat, Drink, & Be Literary with Sapphire
“unflinching in her exploration of ignorance and deprivation” —The Guardian Sapphire is a poet, novelist, and performer whose work explores the experience of poverty and struggle in black America. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Push, which won the Black Caucus of …

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“unflinching in her exploration of ignorance and deprivation” —The Guardian

Sapphire is a poet, novelist, and performer whose work explores the experience of poverty and struggle in black America. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Push, which won the Black Caucus of the American Library Association’s First Novelist Award and was the basis of the Academy Award winning motion picture Precious. She is also the author of The Kid, the recently released companion novel to Push, as well as the poetry collections American Dreams and Black Wings & Blind Angels.

This event is part of Eat, Drink & Be Literary, a unique series for sophisticated writers, readers, and eaters, that brings major contemporary authors to BAMcafé for intimate dinners, entertaining readings, and engaging discussions.

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Brooklyn Academy of Music
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The Pulpwood Queen's Tiara-Wearing, Book-Sharing Guide to Life
by Kathy L. Patrick
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Friday, June 8
7:00pm
The Pulpwood Queens Book Club
As part of New York Book Week, we welcome the Pulpwood Queens Book Club featuring book club authors Kathy Patrick, Robert Leleux, Karen Abbott, Tina Sloan and Michael Morris! They will discuss their latest books and sign copies after the event.
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C. P. Cavafy:
Collected Poems
by C.P. Cavafy
translation by Daniel Mendelsohn
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Saturday, June 9
7:00pm
Daniel Mendelsohn reads C.P. Cavafy
ABOUT C.P. CAVAFY AND DANIEL MENDELSOHN No modern poet so vividly brought to life the history and culture of Mediterranean antiquity; no writer dared break, with such taut energy, the early-twentieth-century taboos surrounding homoerotic desire; no poet before or since has so gracefully melded elegy…

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ABOUT C.P. CAVAFY AND DANIEL MENDELSOHN

No modern poet so vividly brought to life the history and culture of Mediterranean antiquity; no writer dared break, with such taut energy, the early-twentieth-century taboos surrounding homoerotic desire; no poet before or since has so gracefully melded elegy and irony as the Alexandrian Greek poet Constantine Cavafy (1863–1933). Whether advising Odysseus on his return to Ithaca or confronting the poet with the ghosts of his youth, these verses brilliantly make the historical personal—and vice versa. To his profound exploration of longing and loneliness, fate and loss, memory and identity, Cavafy brings the historian’s assessing eye along with the poet’s compassionate heart.

After more than a decade of work and study, Mendelsohn—a classicist who alone among Cavafy’s translators shares the poet’s deep intimacy with the ancient world—gives readers full access to the genius of Cavafy’s verse: the sensuous rhymes, rich assonances, and strong rhythms of the original Greek that have eluded previous translators.

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192 Books
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192 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY 10011
212-255-4022
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James Joyce's Ulysses:
A Study
by Stuart Gilbert
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Monday, June 11
6:00pm
Special Tribute to James Joyce With Pete Hamill and Malachy McCourt
Please join authors and actors Pete Hamill, Malachy McCourt, Larry Kirwan, Jeffrey Frank, Aedin Moloney and others as they read from their favorite James Joyce masterpieces. It's a special event you won't want to miss!
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97 Warren St, New York, NY 10007
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The Stranger Within Sarah Stein (Modern Jewish Literature and Culture)
by Thane Rosenbaum
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Monday, June 11
7:00pm
Thane Rosenbaum — The Stranger Within Sarah Stein
Thane Rosenbaum, the author of a number of adult novels, joins us for his new work of teen fiction, The Stranger Within Sarah Stein, a story that is part fairy tale and part tragedy of a young heroine dealing with her parents' divorce.
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Love, Christopher Street:
Reflections of New York City
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Wednesday, June 13
7:00pm
Thomas Keith and Contributors — Love, Christopher Street
Editor Thomas Keith is joined by his Love, Christopher Street contributors Brendan Fay, G. Winston James, Andrea Meyers and Ocean Vuong for readings of their personal stories that form their book's tapestry of gay life in New York City.
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Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders
by Samuel R. Delany
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Monday, June 18
7:00pm
Samuel R. Delany With Kenneth James — Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders
Prolific author Samuel Delany, whose works of science fiction and on sexual identity have won him numerous awards, reads from his new novel, Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders, and discusses writing with literary scholar Kenneth James.
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The Buddha in the Attic
by Julie Otsuka
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Wednesday, June 20
7:00pm
86th and Lex Reading Group
The Upper East Side Reading Group reconvenes in our Cafe for their monthly book discussion. This month's selection is Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka.
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The Patron Saint of Liars

by Ann Patchett

$14.95 List Price

For more info visit:Amazon • IndieBound • Barnes & Noble

Thursday, May 31

6:30pm

Sick from Freedom:

African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction

by Jim Downs

$29.95 List Price

For more info visit:Amazon • IndieBound • Barnes & Noble

Thursday, May 31

7:00pm

Windeye

by Brian Evenson

$16.00 List Price

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Understories

by Tim Horvath

$14.95 List Price

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The Uninnocent:

Stories

by Bradford Morrow

$25.00 List Price

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Thursday, May 31

7:00pm

Gillespie and I:

A Novel

by Jane Harris

$14.99 List Price

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Friday, June 1

7:00pm

The Chemistry of Tears

by Peter Carey

$26.00 List Price

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Wednesday, June 6

7:00pm

You've Got A Deal! The Biggest Lies of the Music Business

by Jeffrey Weber

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Wednesday, June 6

7:00pm

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