READINGS Wednesday 7/25 ROBERT CRAFT Author & conductor discusses Places: ...
ROBERT CRAFT
Author & conductor discusses Places: A Travel Guide for Music & Art Lovers; Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble, 1972 B'way (66th St.), 212-595-6859; 7, free.
SAMUEL R. DELANY
Reads from collection of letters & essays as part of NY Review of Science Fiction Reading Series at Dixon's Place, 309 E. 26th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-532-1546; 7:30, $7.
KAREN FINLEY
Appears for booksigning & launch of A Different King of Intimacy: The Collected Writings of Karen Finley; Dia Center for the Arts, 548 W. 22nd St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-989-5566; 7, free.
Thursday 7/26
GENERATIONJ.COM
Webzine feat. works by 20 & 30-something Jewish writers; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (betw. Columbus & Central Park W.), 212-601-1000; 7:30, $5.
YVETTE HEYLIGER
Reads from Autobiography of a Homegirl, about interacial marriage & Miss America; Upper West Side Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.
SUMMER WORDSMITHS
Frank Gaughan hosts spoken word series feat. Jane Van Ingen & Lisa Roma; Halcyon, 227 Smith St. (betw. Butler & Douglass Sts.), Bklyn., 718-260-9299; 7:30, free.
REBECCA WALKER
Reads from memoir Black, White & Jewish; Bluestockings, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-777-6028; 7, free.
Friday 7/27
PINK PONY WEST
Maggie Balistreri & Jackie Street host weekly reading series feat. Jonathan Winell; Cornelia St. Café, 29 Cornelia St. (6th Ave.), 212-989-9319; 6, $6, incl. 1 free drink.
Saturday 7/28
CLAY CHAPMAN
Reads for weekly series hosted by Yictove; Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St. (betw. B'way & Church St.), 212-219-3055; 6, $5.
Sunday 7/29
KGB FICTION SERIES
Weekly series feat. Carolyn Cooke, reading from new collection, "The Bostons," plus Sheila Kohler reads from new novel; KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-505-3360; 7, free.
OUR UNORGANIZED READING (O.U.R.)
The rule w/acronyms is that you can't use the acronym itself as a word in the acronym! Try again, O.U.R. J.D. Rage, Bob Hart, Carl Herr, Bruce Weber & Peter Kerns host series?all-spoken words welcome, no time limit, no features, no b.s.; ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St. (betw. Suffolk & Clinton Sts.), 212-638-2927; 3, contrib.
Monday 7/30
FRIENDLY FRENCH CONVERSATION GROUP
Weekly readings cater to 18th-century French literature; 54 Carmine St. (betw. Bleecker & Bedford Sts.), 914-803-0654; 7:30, free.
DAVID HAJDU
Author reads from Positively 4th Street, about lives of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez & more; the Half King, 505 W. 23rd St. (10th Ave.), 212-462-4300; 7, free.
MICHAEL LEWIS
Author of The Next Big Thing reads from latest, Next; Union Sq. Barnes & Noble, 33 E. 17th St. (betw. B'way & Park Ave. S.), 212-253-0810; 7:30, free.
SLAM THIS!
Little Bit Louder & Guy LeCharles Gonzalez host national poetry slam sendoff w/guests; 13 Bar/Lounge, 35 E. 13th St. (betw. B'way & University Pl.), 212-979-6677; 7, $5, $4 st.
Tuesday 7/31
HARRY ELLISON'S POETS CIRCLE
Ellison lectures, discussion of participants' poetry & workshop follow; Corrado Bakery Cafe, 120 E. 15th St. (Irving Pl.), 718-651-1664; 6:30-9:30, $7.
PHILIP GOUREVITCH
Writer for the New Yorker reads from A Cold Case, about crime & punishment; Housing Works Used Book Café, 126 Crosby St. (betw. Houston & Lafayette Sts.), 212-334-3324; 6:30, free.
THE POETRY BEAT
Weekly open mic plus readings by Jennifer Yu & Iris Berman; Source of Life Center, 22 W. 34th St., 5th fl. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-946-4356; 6:30-9:30, $5.