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Behind the Book Reading Series

On June 10th, spend an evening with Behind the Book and two major talents: acclaimed authors David Goodwillie and Aryn Kyle.

WHAT: The Behind the Book Reading Series

WHEN: Thursday, June 10th, 7:00-9:00pm – FREE

WHERE: KGB Bar, 85 East Fourth Street
(btwn Second & Third Aves.; take the F/V to Second Ave. or the 6 to Astor Place)

CONTACT: info@behindthebook.org or http://www.kgbbar.com

WHO:

David Goodwillie is the author of the novel American Subversive, which The New York Times calls “a hip and quick-paced literary thriller [about] what motivates radicalism” that “excels at jet-black social satire in a style reminiscent of Bret Easton Ellis.”  His debut book, the memoir Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, earned him a “Best New Writers of 2006″ honor from the literacy association, PEN American Center.  David is a regular contributor to The Daily Beast, and his fiction and nonfiction have appeared in numerous magazines, journals, and web sites, including New York, The New York Times, The New York Post, and The Rumpus.  He has also played professional baseball, worked as a private investigator, and been an expert at Sotheby’s auction house.  He lives in New York City.

Aryn Kyle is the author of the newly published short story collection Boys and Girls Like You and Me.  Her debut novel, The God of Animals, was an international bestseller and the winner of an American Library Association’s Alex Award, a PNBA Award, an MPIBA Award, and others.  The God of Animals was named by Amazon as the Number One Fiction Debut of 2007, and was chosen as a Book Sense Pick and a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers title.  Aryn’s short fiction has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Ploughshares, Best American Short Stories 2007, Best New American Voices 2005, and elsewhere.  She is the recipient of a Rona Jaffe Award and a National Magazine Award in fiction.  She lives in New York City.

MORE:
Behind the Book is a literacy nonprofit working with low-income students in NYC public schools.  Our mission is to excite children and young adults about reading.  Working in the 1st -12th grades, we bring authors and their books into individual classrooms to build literacy skills and a new generation of book readers.  www.behindthebook.org

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Recent Behind the Book Readings:

March 11, 2010
Jonathan Dee and Adam Haslett

January 14, 2010
Brad Leithauser and Katharine Weber

December 10, 2009
Elizabeth Nunez and Victor LaValle

November 12, 2009
Stephen Elliot, Nancy Mauro, and Brian DeLeeuw

October 8, 2009
Lev Grossman, Rivka Galchen, and Ed Park

September 10, 2009
Stacey D'Erasmo and Nick Burd

June 11, 2009
Caitlin Macy, Arthur Phillips, and Mary Gaitskill

May 14, 2009
Christine Schutt and Ben Greenman

April 9, 2009
Robert Goolrick and Darin Strauss

March 12 , 2009
Deb Olin Unferth and Paul Harding

February 12 , 2009
Daphne Beal and David Ebershoff

January 8, 2009
Hannah Tinti and Allison Amend

November 13 , 2008
Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum and Karan Mahajan

October 9, 2008
Judy Blundell, Maureen Johnson, Siobhan Vivian and Coe Booth

July 10, 2008
Sarah Schulman and Rivka Galchen

June 12, 2008
Melissa Walker, Carolyn Mackler, Bennett Madison, and Michael Northrop

May 8, 2008
Kelly McMasters and Abigail Thomas

April 10, 2008
Askold Melnyczuk and Felicia Sullivan

March 13, 2008
Lydia Millet and Abha Dawesar

February 14, 2008
Charles Bock and Peter Trachtenberg

January 10, 2008
Helen Benedict, Felicia Luna Lemus, Karen Russell

December 13, 2007
Mary Gordon, Maxine Swann, Kelly Braffet

November 8, 2007
Susanna Moore and Stephanie Elizondo Griest

October 11, 2007
Joshua Cohen, Rebecca Curtis, and Wayne Koestenbaum

September 13, 2007
Nicholas Christopher, Carol Muske-Dukes, and Alain Mabanckou

July 12, 2007
Will Allison, Arthur Phillips, and Helen Schulman

June 14, 2007
Victoria Redel, Dani Shapiro, and Darcey Steinke

May 10, 2007
John Haskell and Joshua Ferris

April 12 , 2007
Natalie Danford, Adam Rapp, and Anthony Tognazzini

February 8, 2007
Martha Southgate, Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Colson Whitehead

January 11, 2007
John Hodgman and Darin Strauss

December 14, 2006
Jennifer Egan, Sigrid Nunez, and Katharine Weber

November 9, 2006
Myla Goldberg and Rick Moody

October 12, 2006
Peter Behrens, Scott Snyder, and Lynne Tillman

September 14, 2006
Calvin Baker, Emily Barton, and Alix Ohlin

July 13, 2006
Marina Budhos, E.R. Frank, and Patty McCormick 

June 8, 2006
Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop, Emily Raboteau, Patrick Ryan, and Justin Tussing

May 11, 2006
Ben Marcus

April 13, 2006
Angie Cruz, Nelly Rosario and Sheila Maldonado

March 9, 2006
Jonathan Ames and Thomas Beller

February 9, 2006
Sam Lipsyte and Christine Schutt

January 12, 2006
Nick McDonell and Ned Vizzini

December 8, 2005
Marcy Dermansky and Hannah Tinti

October 27, 2005
A. M. Homes and Adam Rapp

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