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Sahar Delijani was born in Tehran's Evin Prison in 1983 and grew up in California, where she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. Her work has been published in a broad spectrum of literary journals and publications, including The Battered Suitcase, Tryst, Slice Magazine, Prick of the Spindle, Perigee, Border Hopping, Berkeley Poetry Review, and Sangam Review. She was nominated for the 2010 and 2011 Pushcart Prize and was for a time a regular contributor to Iran-Emrooz (Iran of Today) Political and Cultural Journal. She makes her home with her husband in Turin, Italy. Children of the Jacaranda Tree is her first novel. Find out more at... Read full bio
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Tuesday, June 18, 7:00 PM Neil Gaiman presents The Ocean at the End of the Lane at BAM's Howard Gilman Opera House Part of Unbound at BAM: A Literary Series with Greenlight Bookstore

From one of the world’s most beloved storytellers––#1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman (The Sandman, Stardust, Coraline) –– comes his first adult novel in eight years. Wondrous and imaginative, and at times deeply scary, The Ocean at the End of the Lane captures the very essence of childhood fear and uncertainty. In a clash of memory and reality, it is a pitched fever dream of a novel, and could very well be Gaiman’s most accomplished work to date.

LOCATION: Peter Jay Sharp Building BAM Howard Gilman Opera House 30 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217

RUN TIME: 1 hour (followed by book signing)

TICKETS: $45 and $55, available through the BAM box office or online through BAM.org. Each event ticket includes a copy of The Ocean at the End of the Lane; books will be distributed in the Opera House lobby preceding the event.

SIGNING: Neil Gaiman will sign books for all ticket holders following the event. He will sign and personalize any number of copies of The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and no more than one other title. Gaiman's books will be offered for sale by Greenlight at BAM in the Opera House lobby before and after the reading.

QUESTIONS: please email info@greenlightbookstore.com

Location: Street: 686 Fulton Street City: Brooklyn, Province: New York Postal Code: 11217 Country: United States (añadidos desde IndieBound)… (más)

Tuesday, June 18, 7:30 PM Greenlight Fiction Book Group discusses The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai Led by Greenlight general manager Alexis, this book group discusses paperback fiction on the third Thursday of each month. For June, the group discuses Kiran Desai’s Booker Prize-winning novel The Inheritance of Loss. In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judge’s cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another. Kiran Desai’s brilliant novel, published to huge acclaim, is a story of joy and despair. Her characters face numerous choices that majestically illuminate the consequences of colonialism as it collides with the modern world.

Location: Street: 686 Fulton Street City: Brooklyn, Province: New York Postal Code: 11217 Country: United States (añadidos desde IndieBound)… (más)

Wednesday, June 19th, 7PM Montclair Public Library Auditorium Play Ball! We're talkin' baseball: The best writing sport in America Local Authors Book Discussion Filip Bondy & Ron Kaplan Filip Bondy is a sports columnist for the Daily News, where he has worked since 1993. He has been cited as one of the top ten sports columnists in America by the Associated Press Sports Editors. Over the years, his articles have appeared in such publications as the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, GQ, and the Village Voice. He has also authored or co-authored six books, including Tip Off: How the 1984 NBA Draft Changed Basketball Forever and Chasing the Game: American and the World Cup. Ron Kaplan is a sports and features writer and editor for the New Jersey Jewish News. His book reviews, author interviews, and articles have appeared in publications such as the Huffington Post, Baseball America, and Mental Floss. He also hosts a blog, ronkaplansbaseballbookshelf.com, on baseball literature. Montclair Public Library With the Authors Spring/Summer 2013 Author Discussion Series Free Admission No registration required Refreshments served

Location: Street: Montclair Public Library Additional: 50 South Fullerton Avenue City: Montclair, Province: New Jersey Postal Code: 07042-4137 Country: United States (añadidos desde IndieBound)… (más)

Wednesday, June 19, 7:30 PM Philipp Meyer presents The Son Philipp Meyer made an impressive literary debut with his critically-acclaimed first novel American Rust, which landed on the Best of the Year lists of the New York Times, Washington Post, and The Economist, won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was selected as one of Newsweek’s “Best. Books. Ever.” Meyer’s much-anticipated new novel The Son (already a Greenlight favorite) is a multi-generational epic set in Texas, inspiring comparisons to the work of Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy. Spanning most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the narrative tells the story not just of the settlement of the west, but of the moral cost of America’s rise to power, and of the people and cultures we have displaced along the way. Meyer reads and discusses his book and signs copies tonight.

Location: Street: 686 Fulton Street City: Brooklyn, Province: New York Postal Code: 11217 Country: United States (añadidos desde IndieBound)… (más)

Thursday, June 20, 7:30 PM Steamboat: A Literary Humor Series Hosted by Bob Powers Featuring George Gordon, Starlee Kine, Adam Wade On the third Thursday of every month, comedian and author Bob Powers (author of Happy Cruelty Day) hosts the city's best humor writers for a night of wine-addled, text-based hilarity. June's featured performers include Adam Wade (Moth Storyslam Repeat Champion), Starlee Kine (writer for This American Life) and George Gordon (comedian and storyteller). Check the Steamboat Facebook page for an updated lineup of tonight’s performers.

Location: Street: 686 Fulton Street City: Brooklyn, Province: New York Postal Code: 11217 Country: United States (añadidos desde IndieBound)… (más)

Friday, June 21, 2013 from 5-6:30 pm. SOMEWHERE FUN with Jenny Schwartz and Kathleen Chalfant: Reading, Q&A and Book Signing (FREE)

Acclaimed playwright Jenny Schwartz (SOMEWHERE FUN, God's Ear) will discuss her work and sign copies of her plays, joined by actress Kathleen Chalfant who will read from SOMEWHERE FUN.

Jenny Schwartz, acclaimed playwright of God's Ear and SOMEWHERE FUN, will discuss her work and sign copies of her plays. Jenny will be joined actress Kathleen Chalfant from SOMEWHERE FUN, currently running at Vineyard Theatre through 6/23, who will read from the play. Ms. Schwartz and Ms. Chalfant will participate in a discussion and Q&A moderated by Vineyard Theatre Co-Artistic Director Sarah Stern, and Jenny will sign books afterwards.

Jenny Schwartz (Playwright) plays include God's Ear, CAUSE FOR ALARM, and SOMEWHERE FUN, currently running at Vineyard Theatre. God's Ear was produced in New York by New Georges and Vineyard Theatre, also directed by Anne Kauffman. God's Ear has been produced nationally and internationally from Lisbon, Portugal to Boise, Idaho to Sydney, Australia. Jenny is the 2012 recipient of the Frederick Loewe Award for Musical Theatre for the development of her musical IOWA, which she is writing with composer Todd Almond. Other awards and honors include the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Benjamin H. Danks Award in Drama, a Kesselring honor, two grants from Lincoln Center's Lecomte du Nuoy Foundation, and Soho Rep's Dorothy Strelsin Playwriting Fellowship. Additionally, both God's Ear and SOMEWHERE FUN were finalists for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Jenny received an MFA in Theatre Directing from Columbia University, is a graduate of Juilliard's playwriting program, and a member of New Dramatists. Jenny co-chairs the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab with director Ken Rus Schmoll. "A playwright to reckon with" – Alexis Soloski, Village Voice "Tremendous… What is revolutionary is Schwartz' ability to make linguistic gamesmanship into something profoundly moving." – Helen Shaw, Time Out New York

Somewhere Fun by Jenny Schwartz The Vineyard Theatre world-premiere production features Kathleen Chalfant, Kate Mulgrew, Mary Shultz, Greg Keller, Brooke Bloom, Maria Elena Ramirez, Richard Bekins, Makenna Ballard, Griffin Briney. Playing through June 23rd. "If you care about theater that stretches your imagination, go see this remarkable play. Playwrights like Schwartz make our landscape somewhere strange, heightened and incredibly fun." – David Cote, Time Out NY "Evocative, darkly funny and moving. The stellar cast on display at the Vineyard Theatre fluently voices Schwartz's imaginative linguistics. Kauffman's stylish production is a perfect showcase for Schwartz's unique way of communicating how humor may inform and illuminate the messy, contradictory human condition."– Jennifer Farrar, Associated Press "A first-rate production. Kate Mulgrew and Kathleen Chalfant give bravura performances. It is impossible not to admire Schwartz's deft facility with wordplay, reminiscent of the great Edward Albee. Anyone willing to think — and feel — will be rewarded by experiencing Somewhere Fun." – Brian Scott Lipton, Theatremania

Location: Street: The Drama Book Shop, Inc. Additional: 250 West 40th Street City: New York, Province: New York Postal Code: 10018-1511 Country: United States (añadidos desde IndieBound)… (más)

Friday, June 21, 2:30 PM Singalong with Jarrod

Greenlight is delighted to offer a weekly singalong/story time event for babies and toddlers each Friday afternoon! Join us in the kids section for 40 minutes of favorite songs and stories for the littlest booklovers, led by Greenlight bookseller Jarrod and his trusty guitar.

Ages 6 weeks to 3 years.

Location: Street: 686 Fulton Street City: Brooklyn, Province: New York Postal Code: 11217 Country: United States (añadidos desde IndieBound)… (más)