• NOTABLE ALUM

    Susan Choi
    Joshua Cohen
    Teju Cole
    Michael Cunningham
    Jonathan Dee
    Joshua Ferris
    Nell Freudenberger
    Myla Goldberg
    David Goodwillie
    Amelia Gray
    Ben Greenman
    Victor Lavalle
    Chang-rae Lee
    Kelly Link
    Ben Marcus
    Patrick McGrath
    Tea Obreht
    Helen Oyeyemi
    Karen Russell
    Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
    Elissa Schappell
    Dani Shapiro
    Jim Shepard
    Joan Silber
    Darin Strauss
    Hannah Tinti
    Teddy Wayne
    Edmund White

Last-ever: Fiction Addiction Finale–Tuesday, August 19

TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2014. AT 2A UPSTAIRS, 8 PM.   August Readers:   Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Marie-Helene Bertino Chloe Krug Benjamin   The series has been recommended by… The New Yorker Time Out New York New York Magazine The L Magazine Poets & Writers Book Boroughing The Brooklyn Rail Tin House Electric Literature’s The Outlet

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

TUESDAY, JULY 29, 2014. AT 2A UPSTAIRS, 8 PM.   July Readers:   Joshua Ferris Zachary Lazar Catherine Lacey   The series has been recommended by… The New Yorker Time Out New York New York Magazine The L Magazine Poets & Writers Book Boroughing The Brooklyn Rail Tin House Electric Literature’s The Outlet

A Night with A Public Space–Tuesday, June 24

TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014. AT 2A UPSTAIRS, 8 PM. This month we are pairing up with A Public Space, one of our favorite magazines this side of the Milky Way. A Public Space is a thrice yearly, independent magazine that publishes some of the best fiction around. Come see what they’ve got in store with these APS … Continue reading

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014. AT 2A UPSTAIRS, 8 PM. May Readers: Victor Lavalle Nell Freudenberger Julie Buntin The series has been recommended by… The New Yorker Time Out New York New York Magazine The L Magazine Poets & Writers Book Boroughing The Brooklyn Rail Tin House Electric Literature’s The Outlet

Tuesday, April 29–A Night with Gulf Coast Magazine

TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2014. AT 2A UPSTAIRS, 8 PM. This month we are pairing up with the fine literary magazine Gulf Coast. Two of our readers are contributors to the new issue of Gulf Coast Magazine, which you should read and love and perhaps subscribe to: http://gulfcoastmag.org/. There will be plenty of copies of the spring issue … Continue reading

(Non)-Fiction Addiction, March 11: Our Sister Series Turns 1

TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2014. AT 2A UPSTAIRS, 8 PM. This month we are pairing up with our sister series, Big Umbrella Nonfiction, to bring you some of our favorite writers and their recent forays into the world of truth (nonfiction). Big Umbrella was started exactly one year ago, so we’ll be celebrating their first birthday … Continue reading

A Night with PEN American Center — Tuesday, February 11

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2014. AT 2A UPSTAIRS, 8 PM.   The evening will be co-hosted by PEN American Center. PEN has been working to defend free expression and advance international literature for 90 years. Learn more here: PEN.   February Readers:   Chang-Rae Lee Catherine Chung Mona Awad   The series has been recommended by… … Continue reading

A Night with Tin House — Tuesday, January 28

TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014. AT 2A UPSTAIRS, 7 PM.   The evening will be hosted by one of the best literary magazines on this side of the ozone layer: Tin House magazine. All three readers have appeared on their thick, slick pages.   January Readers: Ben Marcus Kelly Link Alexander Maksik   The series has been … Continue reading

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2013. AT 2A UPSTAIRS, 8 PM.   December Readers:   Lynne Tillman David Gilbert Laura van den Berg A. Igoni Barrett   The series has been recommended by… The New Yorker Time Out New York New York Magazine The L Magazine Poets & Writers Book Boroughing The Brooklyn Rail Tin House Electric … Continue reading

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2013. AT 2A UPSTAIRS, 8 PM.   November Readers:   Susan Choi Stephen Elliott Jennifer Gilmore Kenneth Calhoun   The series has been recommended by… The New Yorker Time Out New York New York Magazine The L Magazine Poets & Writers Book Boroughing The Brooklyn Rail Tin House Electric Literature’s The Outlet