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Writing Real Places in a Virtual World: The Common at NYPL

Event Date: 

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 – 6:00pm7:30pm
Location: 
Room 108, New York Public Library, Main Branch

Periodically Speaking at the New York Public Library hosts The Common. Join editor Jennifer Acker in conversation with (and readings by): Brook Wilensky-Lanford; Maura Candela; and Angela Veronica Wong.
Periodically Speaking is “a reading series providing a major venue for emerging writers to present their work while emphasizing the diversity of America’s literary magazines and the magazine collections of The New York Public Library.” Find more information about Periodically Speaking here.
Head to the main branch of the Library and enter at 5th Ave (betwixt the famous lions). Once you’re in the lobby, take a left and walk all the way to the end of the hallway—we’ll be in the last room on the left (Room 108).
Admission is free.

Writing Real Places in a Virtual World: The Common at NYPL
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Enclave Reading Series

Event Date: 
Saturday, April 28, 2012 – 4:00pm
Location: 
Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow Street, New York, NY

Jennifer Acker hosts Martha Cooley, contributor to Issue 02, and Gabriel Brownstein, contributor to Issue 03, for the Enclave Reading Series.

Saturday, April 28, 4:00pm.

Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow Street, New York, New York.

Enclave Reading Series
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Issue 03 Launch Party at Amherst College

Event Date: 
Friday, April 27, 2012 – 7:00pm
Location: 
Alumni House, Amherst College

Come celebrate the release of Issue 03! Join us at Amherst College’s Alumni House on April 27 for drinks and music. Featuring readers Susan Stinson and Brad Leithauser. The event, which is free and open to the public, starts at 7:00 p.m. Click here for a map of the Amherst College campus.

Issue 03 Launch Party at Amherst College
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12th Annual Juniper Literary Festival

Event Date: 
Friday, April 13, 2012 (All day)Saturday, April 14, 2012 (All day)
Location: 
Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Once again, The Common will keep a table at this year’s Juniper festival. Enjoy the journal and press fair, and a keynote reading by James Tate.

12th Annual Juniper Literary Festival
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