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Five emerging and established readers will answer this question at this month’s edition of the Scrappy Reading Series, supported by the Red Hook Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. Join us at Compère Collective as these writers share how they interpret "scrappy," and how they embody this in their writing lives, personal lives, love lives, and any other type of life they are living.
Also enjoy the current exhibit, "Las Sirenas Del Cañón Hudson" Isobath, presented by the Artmageddon Collective. An aquatic seascape, this group art exhibit presents a myriad of hanging sculptures, fine art painting, collage, and more in a simulated isobath.
Inspired by the master's series course, Scrappy: How To Build an Alternative Literary Life (offered by Off Assignment and led by author Chloé Caldwell), Brooklyn writer Farah Faye began this series to bring together published and unpublished writers to explore what it means to be scrappy.
Admission is free, scrappiness required. Drinks and snacks will be served!
Space is limited - register to attend!
READINGS BY:
Barrie Miskin is the author of the debut memoir Hell Gate Bridge (Woodhall Press, 2024). Her writing has appeared in Romper, Hobart, Narrativelyand elsewhere and her interviews can be found in Write or Die magazine, where she is a regular contributor. Barrie lives in Queens, New York with her husband and daughter.
Bob Gower lives in Brooklyn with two cats; his wife Alex and stepson Laken live there too. He's the author of two books and a bunch of small essays that tell stories from his half normal half unconventional life. Though he rarely leaves Fort Greene these days Bob has traveled the world and worked as a carpenter, cab driver, teacher, newspaper design director, high-priced consultant to CEOs, and stone mason. His next big project is a memoir about the two transformative years he was a core member of what turned out to be a sex cult.
Hyeseung Song is a first-generation Korean-American painter and the author of Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl, from Simon & Schuster. She lives and works in Brooklyn and upstate New York. Learn more about her at hyeseungsong.com..
Sasha Carney & Carly Ann Filbin
Who
Ages 18 and above.
