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Behind the Book Reading Series

Join us on Thursday, January 8 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at KGB Bar, when Behind the Book hosts another evening of free readings by exceptional writers: Hannah Tinti and Allison Amend.

WHAT: The Behind the Book Reading Series

WHEN: Thursday, January 8 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm -- FREE

WHERE: KGB Bar, 85 East Fourth Street
(between 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:
Hannah Tinti grew up in Salem, Massachusetts, and is co-founder and editor-in-chief of One Story magazine. Her short story collection, Animal Crackers, has sold in sixteen countries and was a runner-up for the PEN/Hemingway award. Her first novel, The Good Thief, is published by The Dial Press and Headline. The Good Thief is a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and recently won the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize.

Allison Amend is the author of Things That Pass For Love, her first published book. Her work has appeared in several publications, including One Story, The Atlantic Monthly, and Other Voices. She has been awarded residencies at Yaddo, Djerassi, and the Vermont Studio Center, among others. A graduate of Stanford University, she spent a year studying at the Sorbonne in Paris and has taught English in Lyon on a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship.

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 nurture a new generation of book readers.

www.behindthebook.org

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Recent Behind the Book Readings:

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