PS8 PTA's First Annual
Night to Celebrate Reading
with special guest, Gabriel Byrne
Thursday, November 19,
(from 7 - 9 pm)
Umbrage Gallery
111 Front St., Suite 208
Dumbo, Brooklyn
Please join us for a very special (adults only) evening of wine & cheese, and an incredible line-up (below) of New York's luminary literati.
Suggested Donation: $20/person
PART I
(7 to 8 o'clock pm)
Tad Friend, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor
Warren St. John, reporter for The New York Times and author of Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, An American Town and Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip into the Heart of Fan Mania
Melissa Milgrom, PS 8 parent, and author of the forthcoming novel, Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy
Rich Benjamin, scholar, journalist and author of Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey into the Heart of White America
Paul Zelinsky, former PS 8 parent, author and illustrator of Wheels on the Bus, Rapunzel and Rumpelstitlskin, to name only a few
Janice Eidus, PS 8 parent and author of The War of the Rosens, Vito Loves Geraldine, Urban Bliss, and The Celibacy Club
PART II
(8 to 9 o'clock pm)
Josh Neufeld, cartoonist, illustrator and writer of the graphic novelization, A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, and A Few Perfect Hours and Other Stories from Southeast Asia & Central Europe.
Beth Feldman & Liz Gumbinner, co-authors of See Mom Run: Side-Splitting Essays from the World's Most Harried Blogging Moms
Fiona Maazel, author of Last Last Chance: A Novel
Sarah Langan, author of Audrey's Door, The Missing, and The Keeper
Paola Corso, poet, essayist and author of Giovanna's 86 Circles and Other Stories
Nan Richardson & Claudia Pearson, PS 8 parent and writer, and illustrator of A Tribal Alphabet
Arthur Phillips, author of The Song is You: A Novel; Prague; The Egyptologist; and Angelica.
Additionally, donated copies of the following books will be available for sale:
Jonathan Ames' The Alcoholic (signed copy)
Stephen Elliott's The Adderall Diaries: A Memoir of Moods, Masochism and Murder
Virginia Heffernan & Mike Albo's The Underminer: The Best Friend Who Casually Destroys Your Life (signed copy)
Julie Salaman's Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God, and Diversity on Steroids (signed copies)
Signed copies of David Samuels' The Runner, and Only Love Can Break Your Heart (signed copies)
Amy Sohn's recent novel, Prospect Park West (signed copies)
** Suggested donation/person: $20 **
* All proceeds from this event benefit the PS8 PTA to fund special programs and workshops, enrichment programs, and school supplies and materials.
RSVP:
becky_sternal@hotmail.com
(for a head count)
* Please bring cash or check only for PS8 event donation and/or book purchases.
* Please note: event line-up and participants are subject to change.
Posted on: November 16, 2009
