Jan C. Grossman's Poetry

It's National Poetry Month...

NYSL member (and leader of NYSL's own poetry writing group)
Jan C. Grossman, will be reading this coming Saturday:

Saturday, April 14, 2pm
New York Public Library
96th Street Branch






And don't miss Jan at our Library's own National Poetry Month Celebration next week, along with NYSL member poets Louis Phillips and David Yezzi.
Three Poets, Three Voices
Friday, April 20
Refreshments at 6pm, Readings at 6:30pm
Members' Room
$10 with advance registration

Maggie Jackson

NYSL member Maggie Jackson will be speaking at the Murray Hill Institute as part of the Culture and Core Beliefs Lecture series.

Maggie Jackson
From Daydreaming to Contemplation: Rediscovering Reflection in a Hurried, Overloaded Age
April 11, 2012, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
$10; Refreshments will be served
RSVP by Monday, April 9th, or call 347-213-0729 to reserve a space.

Murray Hill Institute
243 Lexington Avenue

Jay Prasad's Prisoner of Love Opening April 5

NYSL member Jay Prasad's new play Prisoner of Love premieres this week.

Prisoner of Love
April 5th-7th, 10th-14th, 17th-21st @ 8PM
Matinees on April 8th and 15th @ 2PM
45th Street Theatre
354 W. 45th St. (between 9th and 10th ave)
General Admission tickets $25
Tickets and Info

Louis Begley on Schmidt Steps Back

In Schmidt Steps Back , NYSL member Louis Begley continues the poignant, darkly funny, emotionally nuanced series that began with About Schmidt.

Begley will speak about the new novel here at The New York Society Library on May 10. Register online or call the Events office at 212-288-6900 x230. But if you can't make that....





He will also be appearing tonight at the Center for Fiction:
Thursday, March 22, 7pm
The Center for Fiction
17 East 47th Street
Info

Paul Werner at the LeftForum Conference

NYSL member Paul Werner will be autographing and selling copies of his book The Red Museum at this weekend's LeftForum Conference at Pace University.

March 16 - 18
Pace University
City Hall campus
LeftForum Conference

Maggie Jackson on sustaining attention & reflection in children

NYSL member Maggie Jackson is the author of Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age (Prometheus, 2008) and is an award winning writer on the impact of technology on humanity. This coming Monday, she'll be in conversation with Richard Lewis of The Touchstone Center for Children discussing ways to sustain the innate nature of attention and reflection in children, as they play, imagine, and express themselves through the arts.

Monday, March 12, 7pm
The Performance Project University Settlement
184 Eldridge Street
Free admission but please register online

Joan Didion Nominated for Indies Choice Award

NYSL member Joan Didion has been nominated for an Indies Choice Award for her latest work, Blue Nights.

The winners will be announced April 5 by the American Bookseller Association.