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 2
- 12 AM, Manhattan: "The future exists for the most part in the present": On Poetry, the Avant-Garde, and the Left. The Poetry Project, St. Mark’s Church, 131 E. 10th St.. $10–25.
A Poetry Project reading. Details
Tuesday, November 3
- 7 PM, Brooklyn: Book Launch: A Whole Lotta History by Jason Lipshutz in conversation with Brittany Spanos. POWERHOUSE Arena.
From music journalist and co-chief content officer at Billboard Jason Lipshutz, a captivating cultural history of the boy band sensation One Direction, featuring exclusive new interviews with their key collaborators. Details - 7 PM, Manhattan: Columbus Circle Book Launch: Farewell, Diagnosis by Benjamin Morsa. Powerhouse at Columbus Circle.
Farewell, Diagnosis examines the material urgencies of autism diagnosis alongside the conceptual and clinical problems that diagnosis can produce. Details
Wednesday, November 4
- 7 PM, Brooklyn: Book Launch: Phrased and Confused by Eli Burnstein. POWERHOUSE Arena.
Get to know the working cats of New York City and the owners of these neighborhood stores through powerful narratives and 150 heartwarming photographs. Details
Thursday, November 5
- 7 PM, Brooklyn: Book Panel: Hungry for Connection by Kathryn Garland and Vanessa Scaringi in conversation with Dr. Alexis Conason. POWERHOUSE Arena.
Based in attachment theory, this essential and timely book reframes emotional and restrictive eating as a deeper struggle for safety and security. Details
Friday, November 6
- 7 PM, Brooklyn: Book Launch: Bodega Cats of New York by Dan Rimada. POWERHOUSE Arena.
Get to know the working cats of New York City and the owners of these neighborhood stores through powerful narratives and 150 heartwarming photographs. Details
Eckleburg was founded in 2010 as an online and print literary and arts journal. We take our title from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and include the full archives of our predecessor Moon Milk Review. Our aesthetic is eclectic, literary mainstream to experimental. We appreciate fusion forms including magical realist, surrealist, meta- realist and realist works with an offbeat spin. We value character-focused storytelling and language and welcome both edge and mainstream with punch aesthetics. We like humor that explores the gritty realities of world and human experiences. Our issues include original content from both emerging and established writers, poets, artists and comedians such as authors, Roxane Gay, Rick Moody, Cris Mazza, Steve Almond, Stephen Dixon, poets, Moira Egan and David Wagoner and actor/comedian, Zach Galifianakis.