Life On The Fringes: Three Authors Who Explore The Darker Side To Read At Lit At Lark This Sunday, April 19
We always love Lit at Lark, the free monthly reading series hosted by neighbor and writer Amy Shearn, and this Sunday, April 19, is sounding especially juicy, with the evening featuring three talented authors who write about life on the fringes, from the underbellies of cities to the history of illicit beverages.
The readings kick off at 5pm at Lark Cafe (1007 Church Avenue), and the literary festivities will wrap up around 7pm.
As for the esteemed readers, these are the folks you’ll be able to see and chat with this Sunday:
- Nicole Haroutunian’s debut short story collection, “Speed Dreaming,” was just published by Little A in March of this year, and the acclaimed book takes readers on a whirlwind of a voyage from the marriage of a curator and butcher who got hitched impulsively to a coyote that shows up at a birthday party in Queens. Nicole co-edits the digital journal Underwater New York and is a museum educator and teaching artist at the American Folk Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Morgan Library and Museum, and Symphony Space.
- Bradley Spinelli has herded cattle, worked on Wall Street and run away with the circus. The author of the novel “Killing Williamsburg,” which won the 2013 Naked Girls Reading Literary Honors, Bradley also has had short fiction published by Sparkle Street Press and Le Chat Noir. He is now working on a novel set in Bangkok and recently published the short story “CHUCHOS.”
- Jaime Joyce’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, Saveur, Edible Manhattan, Edible Brooklyn, and Washingtonian, as well as on The Atlantic online and The Big Roundtable, a website for long-form narrative nonfiction. “Kill Me Now,” her work about an assisted suicide, was included by the Washington Post in its list of “10 BuzzFeed stories the company should turn into feature films.” Jaime is the author of “Moonshine: A Cultural History of America’s Infamous Liquor” and is an editor at Time Inc.
In addition to the free event, Lark Cafe will, as always, offer a happy hour drink special just for the Lit at Larkers, and WORD will be selling books written and recommended by the series’ authors. Following readings by the authors, there will be an informal, salon-style chat.
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