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“First off, there’s no question—in my humble opinion—that the literary center of New York has moved to Brooklyn,” said our oh-so-humble Borough President Marty Markowitz celebrating the Brooklyn Book...
View ArticleBrooklyn Book Fest Participants Reflect Borough’s Literary Tradition
Marty Markowitz finally divulged this year’s list of participants in the 4th Annual Brooklyn Book Festival (last year’s coverage here) at Thursday night’s Literary Mingle at Borough Hall. The festival,...
View ArticleDavid Cross and Jonathan Ames Lock Lips At Brooklyn Book Fest
The Brooklyn Book Festival set up shop in our literary left bank utopia on Sunday, and it was a typical day in Brooklyn: David Cross yelled about Jews, Amy Goodman yelled about war profiteers and then...
View ArticleAmy Goodman Raises Her Independent Voice at Book Fest
The description for the Independent Media Voices panel at the Brooklyn Book Festival was slightly more in depth than the subsequent discussion between Amy Goodman (host, Democracy Now!), Pamela Newkirk...
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Book It! Get Ready for the Biggest Brooklyn Book Festival
New York City’s biggest book festival is getting even bigger. Yesterday, the Brooklyn Literary Council announced a star-packed line up for this year’s Brooklyn Book Festival, which will take place on...
View ArticleKeeping Your (Local) Cool: Kurt Andersen on Book Fest 2010
That New Year’s Day of the Brooklyn literary scene, the Brooklyn Book Festival, is fast approaching. On September 12, myriad writers, readers, and other assorted bookfolk will descend once again on...
View ArticleBook Fest Brass: Johnny Temple On The Balance Between Art and Commerce
Johnny Temple is a man of many talents. He's played shows around the world as the bassist for Girls Against Boys, he founded an independent press Akashic Books in 1996, and publishes unsung urban...
View ArticleGraphic Parallels: T Cooper on ‘How Things Shake Out’ at Book Fest
T Cooper’s The Beaufort Diaries, released by Melville House in July, reads more like a grown-up picture book than a graphic novel. The story chronicles the Hollywood rise and fall of an arctic polar...
View ArticleThe Great Woman: Kate Christensen on Good Girls, Gay Men and Books to Read
Intelligent, wry and hilarious writing make Kate Christensen a serious wordsmith and a PEN/Faulkner fiction award winner. Her titles include Trouble (Doubleday, 2009), The Great Man (Doubleday, 2007),...
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Go Greenlight Go! Bookstore Celebrates First Anniversary
On the eve of Greenlight Bookstore's one year anniversary – actually next month – Jessica Stockton Bagnulo (left) and Rebecca Fitting (right), the Fort Greene duo who founded the shop are set to...
View ArticleAuthor and Adventurer Elizabeth Streb is a Modern Day Action Hero
Elizabeth Streb is a special force. She has jumped through glass, set herself on fire and has undertaken the equally dangerous feat of writing a book, Streb: How to Become an Extreme Action Hero,...
View ArticleSarah Silverman Gets Distracted from Writing by her Bed
This year’s 5th annual Book Festival at Borough Hall was a hit once again, despite the rainy weather, and we were fortunate enough to catch a lot of great authors. Watch the video below for a taste of...
View ArticleJhumpa Lahiri Honored at Brooklyn Book Festival
Author Jhumpa Lahiriwas was honored with a Bobi Award today at the 6th Annual Brooklyn Book Festival, for a body of work that exemplifies or speaks to the spirit of Brooklyn and has had a broad impact...
View ArticleBaratunde Thurston Says Post-Racial America is Some Bullshit
At this year's Brooklyn Book Festival authors Baratunde Thurston, Rebecca Walker and Wesley Yang discussed "The Politics of Identity—Do They Still Matter?" moderated by Amitava Kumar. The authors...
View ArticleChris Hayes Takes Over 5 Minutes To Say OWS & Tea Party Should Be Friends
After Baratunde Thurston's panel at the Brooklyn Book Fest we decided to stick around for the next panel – "The Nation Presents the Twilight of the Elites" – featuring Rachel Maddow stand-in Chris...
View ArticleTariq Ali Describes “The Birth and Emergence of an Extreme Center”
Towards the end of Brooklyn Book Fest we headed over to the Brooklyn Historical Society's gorgeous old library for "Power to the People: Grassroots Revolution in the Post-Hope Era." Tariq Ali (The...
View ArticleDan Savage Walks Into a Church and Gets Applauded By A Priest
Thankfully YouTube has allowed our account to upload more than 15 minutes at a time because this is seriously a great video. Last but not least in our Book Fest video series this year came from the...
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