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Behind the Book Reading Series

Join us on Thursday, February 12th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at KGB Bar, when Behind the Book hosts another evening of free readings by exceptional writers: Daphne Beal and David Ebershoff.

WHAT: The Behind the Book Reading Series

WHEN: Thursday, February 12 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:

Daphne Beal’s first novel, In the Land of No Right Angles, was published by Vintage/Anchor in August, 2008. Her nonfiction has appeared in Vogue, McSweeney's, and the London Review of Books. Her work has been anthologized in The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers; State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America; and The KGB Bar Reader. Originally from Wisconsin, she lives in New York City with her husband, writer Sean Wilsey, and their two children.

David Ebershoff is the author of three novels—The 19th Wife, Pasadena, and The Danish Girl—and a short-story collection—The Rose City. His fiction has won a number of awards, including the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Ferro-Grumley Award, and the Lambda Literary Award. His books have been translated into fifteen languages to critical acclaim. Ebershoff has taught creative writing at New York University and Princeton and currently teaches in the graduate writing program at Columbia University. For many years he was the publishing director of the Modern Library and now is an editor-at-large at Random House. He 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 nurture a new generation of book readers.

www.behindthebook.org

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Recent Behind the Book Readings:

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