I talked to to Hannah Lillith Assadi about writing PARADISO 17, a novel inspired by the life of her Palestinian father who was expelled during the Nakba and traveled the world searching for home. countercraft.substack.com/p/processing...

TONIGHT, 7-9PM: Join us at the Crown Inn for our first Poets Night, featuring @ceciliakcecilia.bsky.social, Abi Pollokoff, Natalya Sukhonos, Andres Cordoba, and Marielena O. Gomez! 724 Franklin Ave. #crownheights #free

dive into the summer book proposal generator—now enrolling bb!!!! 📚☀️ register here: www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/summ... @shipmanagency.bsky.social

NBCC board member Tobias Carroll interviewed Adrian Nathan West about translating two of Mario Vargas Llosa's novels for Vol. 1 Brooklyn:

Huge thanks to Monday's phenomenal Franklin Park Reading Series stars, Xochitl Gonzalez, @emilynemens.bsky.social, Monika Ostrowska, @zachpowers.bsky.social, @kimsamek.bsky.social, and Kevin Sampsell, and lots of ❤️ to our amazing audience! 📆Next event is June 8!

THIS MONDAY, 7-9PM: Join us at the Crown Inn for Poets Night (every 3rd Monday)! Enjoy readings by poets @ceciliakcecilia.bsky.social, Abi Pollokoff, Natalya Sukhonos, Andres Cordoba and Marielena O. Gomez, drink specials & backyard vibes! 724 Franklin Ave., btwn Sterling & Park #Free #crownheights

TONIGHT, 8PM: The Franklin Park Reading Series hosts acclaimed authors Xochitl Gonzalez, @emilynemens.bsky.social, Monika Ostrowska, @zachpowers.bsky.social, @kimsamek.bsky.social, and Kevin Sampsell for a night of fresh fiction and poetry! www.facebook.com/share/18KcUw... #Free #crownheights

. @theflytrapmedia.com republished my piece for Bitch from a few years ago about postpartum psychosis in The Upstairs House by @finejuli.bsky.social and Nightbitch by @rachelyoder.bsky.social, now with added updates about the movie adaptation, and Die My Love www.theflytrapmedia.com/mother-monst...

Huge thanks to Tyler Wetherall for featuring tonight’s @crowninnreadings.bsky.social launch in her excellent Reading the City newsletter! readingthecity.substack.com/p/126-readin... #crownheights

TONIGHT, 7PM: Launch of Crown Inn Reading Series for emerging writers, cohosted by Franklin Park Reading Series! Readers: @deirdrekoala.bsky.social @jtprice.bsky.social & Wil Turner + featured authors @ellomelissa.bsky.social @sashafletcher.bsky.social. Beer specials, custom cocktails! #crownheights

Met Gala? No gracias. Go buy my horror novel TINY THREADS about fashion, predators, and capitalism. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723976...

"A lot of what I find very worthwhile are pursuits that are full of friction... This notion that everything is supposed to get more and more convenient simply because it can is really poisonous to the development of taste and the work of making art."

At the MoMA’s Marcel Duchamp exhibit, what all the works on display share “is a disregard for capital and for the way it shapes or encroaches on artistic practice, corrupting the freedom of the mind,” Hilton Als writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/yzOn0t

So pumped for this!

This Monday, May 4, 7pm: Join us for the launch of our emerging writers/poetry series at the Crown Inn in #crownheights! #Free!

"I think the pressure is off with a short story. It’s the purest expression of my ideas, my sense of humor." @katiecoleman.bsky.social interviews @kimsamek.bsky.social about I am the Ghost Here (@thedialpress.bsky.social). ➡️ buff.ly/QUmxVyQ

It’s an extraordinary honor to be named a winner of the O. Henry Prize. Thank you to Tommy Orange, Jenny Minton Quigley, and Zyzzyva. lithub.com/announcing-t...

Kevin Sampsell's new novel sees the world through the eyes of a two-year-old (who believes their departed father is the moon). The novel follows young Tony Volcano Ventura through his childhood as he grows from a very curious baby into a street-smart toddler and preschooler.

New podcast! We have Monika Ostrowska discussing her debut poetry collection, SQUIRMING, and how/why she created Triangle House! Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... Or Here: open.spotify.com/episode/4OUC...

The new issue of @commonmag.bsky.social is here! I have an essay about the chronic pain and letting go of running and Gogol. Thanks to Jen and co. for the thoughtful edits, and I hope you check out the essay: www.thecommononline.org/the-back-mee...

Interview: Xochitl Gonzalez on ‘Last Night in Brooklyn’ and Her Favorite Books www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/b...

⭐Monday, May 11, 8pm⭐:Join us at the Franklin Park Reading Series to hear fresh fiction & poetry from Xochitl Gonzalez, @emilynemens.bsky.social, Monika Ostrowska, @zachpowers.bsky.social, @kimsamek.bsky.social and Kevin Sampsell! #Free www.facebook.com/share/1Ajm3H... 618 St. Johns Pl #crownheights

Our member-exclusive newsletter, Grants & Awards: The Writing Contest Newsletter, delivers the most up-to-date information on writing contests and awards directly to your inbox, including advice from contest winners, judges, and organizers. Learn more and join today: at.pw.org/membership

The Museum of Modern Art’s Marcel Duchamp exhibit—the first retrospective of the modernist master’s work in North America since 1973—is “a wonder,” Hilton Als writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4K8QnU

For my fellow writers and publishing people, I went long on how mad I am about nonfiction authors not getting paperbacks + the NYT moving its nonfiction paperback list from weekly to monthly. www.talkscratch.com/list-full-of...

In the latest Food Notes, I look back at the history of Coney Island's Nathan's Famous, plus extol the virtues of their corn dog nuggets. It's a corn dog, but it's also a nugget! www.allthethingsweeat.com/p/food-notes...

The author reads his story from the May 4, 2026, issue of the magazine. www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...

Finally, some good news: workers at Hachette are unionizing, and you can sign an open letter of support. This is the way! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Jay Baron Nicorvo unpacks the ruling of fair use in the Anthropic copyright settlement regarding its AI model. “Our written language is our humanity writ large…gathered on pages tucked between the covers of our books…. It is where, and how, our humanity is best expressed.” at.pw.org/ClankerCreator

“The homes of Schomburg, Dorsey, and other collectors were important sites of Black intellectual culture: salon-like spaces for the bookish crowd. Until now, however, it has been hard to picture them.” How Arturo Schomburg built a library and made history. lithub.com/in-the-parlo...

Very excited for this 🖤

Love this excellent @largeheartedboy.bsky.social playlist by @zachpowers.bsky.social for his incredible new novel The Migraine Diaries (@jacklegpress.bsky.social)! Can't wait to host Zach on May 11 at Franklin Park!

We had a blast at the Franklin Park Reading Series New Fiction Showcase! Huge thanks to our outstanding readers Hannah Lillith Assadi, Nora Lange, Andrew Martin, Giada Scodellaro, and Deena ElGenaidi, and ❤️to our amazing audience! 📆Next event is May 11!

@eleanorjbader1.bsky.social reviews Grace Krilanovich's ACID GREEN VELVET (@twodollarradio.bsky.social); it's a great novel for people who like "twisted Gothic Westerns that merge social criticism with nihilism": turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/acid-green...

I wish I was not teaching and could go to this! It is a LINE UP

Had the extreme pleasure of interviewing author Hannah Lillith Assadi for the Skylight Books podcast Take a listen here! www.skylightbooks.com/podcasts

Adam Straus on "Down Time": “A devoted chronicler of the overeducated and underachieving, Martin is interested in those for whom the world is wide open but who invariably fall short of their promise.” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/down-time-andrew-martin-millennial-novel-early-work

'An arresting work by a writer unbound by constraints of the expected.' @publisherswkly.bsky.social reviews RUINS, CHILD by Giada Scodellaro, which publishes March 2026: www.publishersweekly.com/9780811240215

MONDAY, 8PM: Join us at the Franklin Park Reading Series for a new fiction showcase featuring superstars Hannah Lillith Assadi, Nora Lange, Andrew Martin, Giada Scodellaro, and Deena ElGenaidi! Drink specials, book raffle! www.facebook.com/share/1FQph9... 618 St. Johns Pl, #crownheights #free

“Lange embraces mess and complexity as she probes the contradictions inherent in the systems that define modern life…” Excerpt from the review of “Day Care,” by Nora Lange, new from @‌twodollarradio.bsky.social. buff.ly/P2tVajd #writingcommunity

May 4: We’re launching a new backyard reading series at #crownheights bar the Crown Inn! Cofounded by Franklin Park Reading Series curator @peninaroth.bsky.social, Crown Inn owner Zhenya Kampanets, and author @khaholi.bsky.social, we’ll host Emerging Writers readings and Poetry Nights, May-Oct.

One week away! Monday, April 13, 8pm: Join us at the Franklin Park Reading Series for a new fiction showcase featuring Hannah Lillith Assadi, Nora Lange, Andrew Martin, Giada Scodellaro, and Deena ElGenaidi! #Free At 618 St. Johns Place. #crownheights

This week @thebaffler.com asks whether you can still make it financially today as a writer—citing our Authors Guild income survey. (The answer is yes… but at what cost??)

@tobiascarroll.bsky.social is back with another Watchlist! This March he recommends fiction from Indonesia, Spain, and Sweden, plus a dystopian graphic novel and collection of poetic essays from French. Scroll to learn more!

NBCC Co-Vice President/Events Lauren LeBlanc reviewed Hannah Lillith Assadi's "Paradiso 17" for Alta:

For People Magazine, I wrote about what makes for “good” representation and the often complicated nature of Muslim identity people.com/what-is-good...

Out now ✨ Ruins, Child by Giada Scodellaro, the winner of the 2024 Novel Prize. ‘A gorgeous work of collective witness set against an urban landscape… a surrealist, cinematic telling with an eye towards the future.’ – Electric Literature bit.ly/RuinsChildGi...

Next sneak peek! You already know who it is 👀 Nora Lange! "Day Care" will be gracing our minds this April! ✨you can PRE-ORDER this book now on our website!✨ #indiepress #indiebook #forthcoming #booksbooksbooks

DOWN TIME is a terribly funny and lovably louche novel about five friends growing older, if not always up, from Andrew Martin, author of EARLY WORK and COOL FOR AMERICA. bit.ly/4ljVz1r

Novelist Hannah Lillith Assadi discusses her newest book, "Paradiso 17", Palestine and her father's long search for recognition after Israel displaced his family in the Nakba, in an interview with Sophie Hollin.