READINGS Wednesday 11/29 EXPECTATIONS Author Kit Reed reads from new ...
EXPECTATIONS
Author Kit Reed reads from new work at Village Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Pl. (betw. Lafayette St. & B'way), 212-420-0816; 7:30, free.
Thursday 11/30
CONVERSATIONS WITH... SERIES
NY Times Arts & Leisure editor John Rockwell discusses Book of the Dead w/author John Moran at Joe's Pub at The Joseph Public Theater, 425 Lafayette (betw. 4th St. & Astor Pl.), 212-539-8770; 6:30, free.
DAVID HOLLANDER
Debut novelist of L.I.E reads at KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-505-3360; 7, free.
INDIAN TACOS & POETRY
Fundraiser benefit for American Indian Community House feat. all you can eat tacos & Native American poetry; American Indian Community House, 404 Lafayette St., 8th fl. (Astor Pl.), 212-598-0100; 6, $25 contrib.
MAD ALEX PRESENTS
Author Ron Padgett reads from early & present works at Locus Media, 594 B'way, #1010 (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-693-0405; 6:30, $5.
Friday 12/1
BELLADONNA
Poetry series feat. Mei Mei Berssenbrugge, Kristen Prevallet & Laura Wright, w/host Rachel Levitsky at Bluestockings, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-777-6028; 7, free.
A NIGHT OF TABOOS
Poets Cynthia Andrews, Jaclyn Piudik, Richard Loranger, Halo Sirowitz & others read erotic poetry, open mic follows at the Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church, 131 E. 10th St. (2nd Ave.), 212-674-0910; 8, $7.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON
Author signs copies of Fear & Loathing in America at Union Sq. Barnes & Noble, 33 E. 17th St. (betw. B'way & Park Ave. S.), 212-253-0810; 7:30, free.
Saturday 12/2
STACY DORIS & LYTLE SHAW
Poets read from recent works at Double Happiness, 173 Mott St. (Broome St.), 212-941-1282; 4, $4.
GOING GLOBAL
Authors Lisa Suhair Majaj & Aamal Amireh read & discuss new anthology Going Global: Globalizing Third World Women's Texts; Bluestockings, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-777-6028; 7, free.
SHAKING THE TREE
Multi-cultural reading by women poets Hadara Bar-Nadav, Onome Djere, Lisa Freedman, Veronica Golos, Mariposa, Veronica Mitchell & B. Lois w/host Clara Sala at The New York Open Center, 83 Spring St. (betw. B'way & Lafayette), 212-219-2527, res. req.; 7, $9.
VIOLENT/CHRIST
Author Donna Minkowitz explores relationship between ethics & violence, feat. sermons by Rev. Pat Bamgardner & Rev Annie Ruth Powell at The Kitchen, 512 W. 19th St. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 212-255-5793; 8, $12.
Sunday 12/3
NY MARXIST SCHOOL'S 25th ANNIVERSARY
Readings, music, food, drinks & discussions to celebrate anniversary at Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-242-4201; 7:30, $6.
LEGS MCNEIL, GILLIAN MCCAIN, PETE PAVIA
Please Kill Me duo read from McNeil's book, Sins of the Flesh: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Industry, Pavia reads from Lake City Blues; Manitoba's, 99 Ave. B (betw. 6th & 7th Sts.), 212-982-2511; 8, free.
OUR UNORGANIZED READING (O.U.R.)
Spoken word every Sunday, hosted by Bob Hart, J.D. Rage, Carl Herr, Peter Kerns & Bruce Weber?no time limit, no list, no features, no b.s.; ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St. (betw. Suffolk & Clinton Sts.), 718-638-7039; 3, contrib.
SUNDAY EVENING READING SERIES
Author Elizabeth Tibbens & other fiction writers for Harpers read new works at KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-505-3360; 7, free.
Monday 12/4
ROSELLEN BROWN & PAULE MARSHALL
Novelists read from various works at 92nd St. Y's Unterberg Poetry Center, 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd St.), 212996-1100; 8, $12.
THE POETRY PROJECT
Open reading; St. Marks Church, 131 E. 10th St. (2nd Ave.), 212-674-0910; 8 (sign-up 7:30), $7.
SATURN POETRY
Hosts John Chism, Bill Duke & Su Polo, open mic follows, 129 E. 15th St. (betw. Irving Pl. & 3rd Ave.), 212-598-4820; 7:30, $3.
Tuesday 12/5
BENEFIT READING FOR GLOBAL CITY REVIEW
Readings of poetry & prose from authors Mary Morris, Hettie Jones, Timothy Liu & Gwendolen Gross from Global City Review anthology at Blue Heron Art Center, 123 E. 24th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-206-7485, 7, $10.
COOL FOR YOU
Author Eileen Myles reads from new book published by Soft Skull Press at Bluestockings, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-777-6028; 7, free.
HARRY ELLISON'S POETS CIRCLE
Weekly lecture w/topic: poetry as a celebration & embodiment of mysticism, readings of participants' works, workshop follows; Corrado Bakery Cafe, 120 E. 15th St. (Irving Pl.), 718-651-1664; 6:30, $7.