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  • December 2022

  • Mon 5
    December 5, 2022 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

    Writers Read: Jonathan Galassi reads from School Days: A Novel

    Jonathan Galassi reads from School Days: A Novel (Other Press, 2022) The new novel from the acclaimed poet and publisher asks fundamental questions about love…

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  • March 2023

  • Mon 13
    March 13, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    Annie Rachele Lanzillotto reads from Whaddyacall the Wind? (Bordighera Press, 2022)

    The ebullient writer and performance artist Annie Lanzillotto presents her latest publication, in which she invites readers to join her on a poetic journey to…

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  • April 2023

  • Wed 12
    April 12, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    Anthony Marra reads from Mercury Pictures Presents: A Novel (Hogarth, 2022)

    In his third novel Anthony Marra recounts a story of Roman immigrant Maria Lagana who has come to Hollywood to outrun her past. On the…

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  • November 2023

  • Wed 29
    November 29, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    Angelo Zeolla reads from The Bronx Unbound, ovvero i versi Bronxesi (Bordighera Press, 2023)

    Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 6pm Angelo Zeolla reads from The Bronx Unbound, ovvero i versi Bronxesi (Bordighera Press, 2023) With rugged verse “like a strega’s…

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  • March 2024

  • Mon 25
    March 25, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    Richard Vetere Reads from She’s Not There (Bordighera Press, 2023)

    It is the summer of 1965, and Christopher Ricci’s mother has run away. Chris’s father, unable to take care of him, decides to leave the…

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  • May 2024

  • Wed 15
    May 15, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    Lorenzo Carcaterra Reads from Nonna Maria and the Case of the Lost Treasure: A Novel (Bantam, 2024)

    New York Times bestselling author Lorenzo Carcaterra has created an endearing character in the amateur sleuth Nonna Maria. Nonna Maria is a lifetime resident of…

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  • September 2024

  • Mon 9
    September 9, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    Roundtable Discussion: Three Creative Women: Penny Arcade, Joanna Clapps Herman, and Helene Stapinski

    Three women artists with roots in Basilicata gather to discuss their work and shared origins. Penny Arcade (born Susana Ventura into a family hailing from…

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  • October 2024

  • Wed 23
    October 23, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    Juliet Grames reads from The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia: A Novel (Knopf, 2024) and Camilla Trinchieri reads from The Road to Murder (Soho Crime, 2024)

                  Juliet Grames reads from The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia: A Novel (Knopf, 2024)        …

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  • November 2024

  • Wed 13
    November 13, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    George Guida reads from The Uniform (Guernica World Editions, 2024) Alexander Sammartino reads from Last Acts (Scribner, 2024)

    George Guida reads from The Uniform (Guernica World Editions, 2024) Alexander Sammartino reads from Last Acts (Scribner, 2024) Two writers explore the expectations and realities…

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  • March 2025

  • Thu 20
    March 20, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    South of My Dreams: Finding My American Home

    F. K. Clementi reads from South of My Dreams: Finding My American Home (University of South Carolina Press, 2024) Growing up in 1970s Italy, F.…

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  • October 2025

  • Mon 27
    October 27, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    Frank Ingrasciotta presents excerpts from Blood Type: RAGU (Next Stage Press, 2025)

    Award-winning actor and playwright Frank Ingrasciotta performs excerpts from his acclaimed solo play Blood Type: RAGU, which was published this year. The 2009 off-Broadway production…

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  • November 2025

  • Mon 10
    November 10, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    *EVENT CANCELLED* Marianne Leone reads from Christina the Astonishing: A Novel (Akashic Books, 2025)

    THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED This novel is told from the perspective of the irrepressible yet lonely Christina, an Italian American teen in 1960s Catholic…

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