WORD FOR WORD is a Bryant Park lunchtime series presented in cooperation with Coliseum Books. Notable authors discuss their newest books at the Bryant Park Reading Room, alongside 42nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. Following the readings, the authors will sign books, for sale on site from Coliseum Books.
In case of rain, the events will be moved across the street to the Coliseum Books Café.
BRYANT PARK SUMMER 2006
Wednesday,
May 17 at 12:30 pm
Marian Keyes, Anybody
Out There?: A Novel
Hosted by Stephanie Lehmann, author of Are You
in the Mood?
Wednesday,
May 24 at 12:30 pm
Augusten Burroughs
Possible Side Effects: True Stories
Hosted
by David Rakoff, author of Don't Get
Too Comfortable
Wednesday,
May 31 at 12:30 pm
Ann Pleshette Murphy
The 7 Stages of Motherhood
Hosted by Alix Kennedy, editor-in-chief of Family
Fun magazine
Wednesday,
June 7 at 12:30 pm
McSweeney’s
and Believer Magazine Group Event
with authors:
Rich
Cohen
Sweet and Low: A Family Story
Evany Thomas
The Secret Language
of Sleep
and
Dustin
Long
Icelander
Hosted
by
Lawrence Weschler
Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences
Wednesday,
June 14 at 12:30 pm
Robert B. Parker, Blue
Screen
Hosted by Elizabeth Foxwell, author of The
Robert B. Parker Companion and
host of the radio show It’s a Mystery
Wednesday,
June 21 at 12:30 pm
Wendy Williams
Drama is Her Middle Name
Hosted
by Touré, Never Drank the Kool-aide
Wednesday,
June 28 at 12:30 pm
Female
Mystery Writers Panel Discussion
Co-sponsored by Sisters
In Crime
with authors:
Laura Lippman
No Good Deeds
Carol
Goodman
The Ghost Orchid
Cynthia
Baxter
Reigning Cats & Dogs Mystery Series
Sandra
Scoppettone
Too Darn Hot
Hosted
by
Gammy L. Singer
Down
and Dirty: Another Landlord's Tale
Wednesday,
July 5 at 12:30 pm
Lawrence Block
Hit Parade
and
Peter
Blauner
Slipping Into Darkness
Hosted by Charles Ardai, publisher of the
Hard Case Crime Novels
Wednesday,
July 12 at 12:30 pm
Caitlin
Friedman & Kimberly
Yorio
The Girl’s Guide to Being a Boss (Without Being a Bitch)
Wednesday,
July 19 at 12:30 pm
Erica Jong, Seducing
the Demon: Writing for My Life
Hosted b: Ariel Levy, author of Female
Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture
Wednesday,
July 26 at 12:30 pm
Daniel Silva
The Messenger
Wednesday,
August 2 at 12:30 pm
Debbie Stoller, Stitch ’n
Bitch: The Knitter’s Handbook and Stitch ’n
Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker
Hosted by Adina Klein, Editor and Chief at Knit 1 Magazine
Wednesday,
August 9 at 12:30 pm
A.M.
Homes
This Book Will Save Your Life
Wednesday,
August 16 at 12:30 pm
NYC Opera with Anthony Rapp
Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss,
and the Musical Rent
Hosted
by Cori Ellison,
Dramaturg at the New York City Opera
Wednesday,
August 23 at 12:30 pm
All-Star
Reading From:
This Is Not Chick Lit: Original
Stories by America's Best Women Writers
with contributors:
Jennifer
Egan
The Keep
and
Lynne
Tillman
This Is Not It: Stories
Hosted by
Elizabeth Merrick
editor of This Is Not Chick
Lit and author of Girly
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