Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Reading tonight! At WordUp Community Pop-Up Bookstore...



Come on uptown! There will be amazing literary uptown teens, an open mike, a mini-workshop to stretch your creative brain like chewing gum and me at 5pm, talking about my love of Sylvia Plath as a teen and reading from AND THEN THINGS FALL APART. I will be giving away a book! And bookmarks! And invitations to the Books of Wonder book launch on Tuesday July 26th!

Word Up, at 4157 Broadway near 176th Street, is open from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6
MIERCOLES, JULIO 6
4-5pm
Open Mike with Teens
Mariecarmen Hernandez,local teen poet will read from her collection of poems. Other teens are welcome to read their poems and prose on this special open mike reading featuring local teen writers.

5-6pm
Arlaina Tibensky, local writer will be reading from her forthcoming young adult novel
And Then Things Fall Apart (Simon & Schuster) – available July 26thin bookstores.
Q&A to follow reading.

6pm - 7:30pm
Ezra Wolkenfeld will lead an open exercise in creative writing. All ages are welcome to participate in this event.

It's going to be great! So happy to be able to contribute to the store and the community and meet real live teenagers in the Heights!

xx
see you there?

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