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Local Author Naomi Jackson Connects Brooklyn And The Caribbean In Her Writing

Photo by Lola FlashIn local Naomi Jackson [http://www.naomi-jackson.com/]‘s new novel, The Star Side of Bird Hill, two girls spend the summer of 1989 with their grandmother in Barbados, and it’s Jackson’s deft descriptions of both people and places that earned her the accolade “a

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Life On The Fringes: Three Authors Who Explore The Darker Side To Read At Lit At Lark This Sunday, April 19

Photo via Lit at Lark [https://www.facebook.com/litatlark/photos/pb.528192820587606.-2207520000.1429294080./675226092550944/?type=3&theater] We always love Lit at Lark [https://www.facebook.com/litatlark?fref=ts], the free monthly reading series hosted by neighbor and writer Amy Shearn [/blog/events/lit-at-larks-amy-shearn-on-this-sundays-kickoff-our-neighborhoods-literary-community-why-its-important-for-writers-to-stick-together] , and this Sunday,

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Local Picture Book Husband-And-Wife Team Selina Alko & Sean Qualls Celebrate New Work Next Weekend

Neighbors Sean Qualls and Selina Alko. Photo courtsey Selina Alko.The story of Mildred and Richard Loving had an inspirational impact on South Slope locals Selina Alko [http://www.selinaalko.com/] and Sean Qualls [http://seanqualls.com/]. The Lovings met in Virginia in 1958, when it was illegal for them

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Join A Winter Fiction Writing Workshop With Local Author Rachel Sherman

Local author Rachel Sherman [http://www.rachelsherman.net/] will be leading her winter fiction writing workshop at Lark Café [http://www.larkcafe.com/] (1007 Church Avenue) beginning Tuesday, January 13. Rachel says: > Structured around in-class discussions of your work, we will focus on outline, structure, plot, narrative, dialogue and pacing,

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Enjoy A Reading Of ‘Sofia’s Stoop Story’ On The Local Street That Inspired It

Teacher and children’s book author Maria LaPlaca Bohrer was born at Methodist Hospital, but grew up in Lindenhurst, Long Island. That didn’t keep her from the neighborhood, though — through her childhood, she spent every weekend at her uncle’s house on 18th Street with her parents, her sister,

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It’s Literary Love Stories Night At February’s Lit At Lark

This month’s edition [https://www.facebook.com/events/220015861520831/] of the author reading series Lit at Lark [https://www.facebook.com/litatlark] features a trio of literary novelists whose works have complex love stories at their core: Joanna Hershon [http://www.joannahershon.com/]: The Brooklyn author of the novels

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Neighbor Jere Hester On Family, Publishing, And ‘Raising A Beatle Baby’

Writer and neighbor Jere Hester is passionate about his work, his wife and daughter, and the Beatles, and he managed to combine all three in a new book called Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George, and Ringo Helped Us Come Together As a Family [http://www.beatlebaby.com/

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Learn About Local Author Amy Shearn, Then Meet Her At The E 4th St Community Garden On Saturday

Author Amy Shearn [http://www.amyshearnwrites.com/] has been living in the neighborhood for about a year, and she’s already created quite a home for herself and her family. She’ll be reading from her new book, The Mermaid of Brooklyn [http://www.amyshearnwrites.com/#!mob/c981], this Saturday,

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Prepare Healthy Chinese Takeout With Diana Kuan’s New Cookbook

Chinese takeout is a staple in our home, as it is in many homes around the country. The downside to this admission, of course, is that the delights found in those little white takeout boxes are not the healthiest treats on the block. What if you could make the same

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Celebrate ‘Drinking With Men’ at South With Rosie Schaap

Be sure to drop by South [http://southpubnyc.com/] (629 5th Ave) tonight at 8pm, and help Rosie Schaap [http://rosieschaap.com/] celebrate the release of her new memoir, Drinking With Men [http://www.amazon.com/Drinking-Men-Memoir-Rosie-Schaap/dp/1594487111]. Sponsored by South, where Rosie also moonlights as a bartender, and

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Say Hello to Powerhouse on 8th

POWERHOUSE on 8th [http://www.powerhouseon8th.com/], located in the old Reel Life space at 1111 8th Avenue, opened last Wednesday, so we decided to stop by this morning and check it out. For this book junkie, it was love at first sight. The little sister to Dumbo’s POWERHOUSE