Lit Up NYC is Eckleburg’s weekly guide to readings, launches and literary conversations across New York, for today, the week ahead and next weekend. Times and tickets change, so check each event’s page before you go.
The Week Ahead
Monday, November 9
- 7 PM, Manhattan: Then and Now: A Conversation About the Rise of Fascism. McNally Jackson Seaport, 4 Fulton Street.
Writer Rebecca Donner in conversation with playwright Sarah Ruhl about All the Frequent Troubles of our Days, a deeply personal and gripping tale of resistance in Germany. Details - 7 PM, Manhattan: Book Launch at Columbus Circle: Life in Perspective by Tiago Forte in conversation with Ryder Carroll. Powerhouse at Columbus Circle.
A proven, powerful framework for reclaiming clarity on your life, your values, and your goals, from the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Building a Second Brain and The PARA Method. Details - 8 PM, Manhattan: Christeene + Geo Wyex. The Poetry Project, St. Mark’s Church, 131 E. 10th St.. $10.
A Poetry Project reading. Details
Tuesday, November 10
- 7 PM, Manhattan: Eve Sneider & Alexandra Schwartz. McNally Jackson Seaport, 4 Fulton Street.
An illuminating critical biography of one of our most influential nonfiction authors, New Yorker journalist Janet Malcolm. Janet Malcom was a New Yorker journalist and titan of American letters. Details - 7 PM, Brooklyn: Book Launch: In Good Taste by Kit Keenan in conversation with Eli Rallo. POWERHOUSE Arena.
Simple, satisfying, and elegant dishes with an Italian American flair from food and fashion influencer Kit Keenan. Details
Wednesday, November 11
- 7 PM, Manhattan: Avni Doshi & Noor Brara. McNally Jackson Seaport, 4 Fulton Street.
“Each page is sharp, piercing, and totally defiant of the expected.” , Douglas Stuart“[A] beautiful book that delights in resisting its readers’ expectations.” , Rumaan Alam, New York… Details
Thursday, November 12
- 7 PM, Manhattan: 2666 in 6 (Months): SESSION II. McNally Jackson Seaport, 4 Fulton Street.
2666 in 6 (months). Join us for a monthly discussion of Bolaño's masterpiece, 2666. We will read the novel together, ~150 pages a month over six months. Details
Friday, November 13
- 7 PM, Manhattan: Tareq Baconi & Rashid Khalidi. McNally Jackson Seaport, 4 Fulton Street.
Presented by the Palestine Festival of Literature. A soul-stirring philosophical and political treatise on what liberation for Palestine, and all people, will look like in the twenty-first centur… Details - 7 PM, Brooklyn: Book Launch: Any Time but This Time by Adam Peterson in conversation with James Folta. POWERHOUSE Arena.
The stories of Adam Peterson’s funny, daring, and deliciously outrageous debut Any Time But This Time span our history and confront our future. Details
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