Join us for a FREE reading and panel discussion with three amazing writers: Julia Fierro (THE GYPSY MOTH SUMMER), Kaitlyn Greenidge (WE LOVE YOU, CHARLIE FREEMAN), and Hannah Tinti (THE TWELVE LIVES OF SAMUEL HAWLEY).
Closest subway: 7/E/M/G to Court Square; G to 21st St; or 7 to Vernon/Jackson
Readings/panel discussion/prizes Books for sale on site courtesy Astoria Bookshop.
About our readers:
JULIA FIERRO is the author of the novels The Gypsy Moth Summer and Cutting Teeth. Her work has been published in The Millions, Poets & Writers, Buzzfeed, Glamour, and other publications, and she has been profiled in The Observer and The Economist. A graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, Julia founded The Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop in 2002, a creative home to more than 4,000 writers in NYC, Los Angeles and Online. SSWW was named Best Writing Classes by The Village Voice, Time Out NY, and Best MFA-Alternative by Poets & Writers.
KAITLYN GREENIDGE was born in Boston. She received her BA from Wesleyan University and her MFA from Hunter College. Her work has appeared in The Believer, American Short Fiction, the Virginia Quarterly, Guernica, Kweli Journal, The Feminist Wire, Afro Pop Magazine, and Green Mountains Review. She is the recipient of fellowships from Lower Manhattan Community Council’s Work-Space Program; Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and other prizes. We Love You, Charlie Freeman (Algonquin Books, January 2017) is her debut novel. She currently lives in Brooklyn.
HANNAH TINTI is a writer, editor and teacher. Her story collection, Animal Crackers, was a runner-up for the PEN Hemingway Award. Her best-selling novel, The Good Thief, won the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Her new novel, The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley, was published in March by The Dial Press. Hannah is also co-founder and executive editor of One Story magazine, and has been recognized with the PEN/Magid Award for excellence in editing and the AWP Prize for Best Small Press. To find out more, visit hannahtinti.com.
This event is made possible (in part) by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.