#franklinparkreadingseries

[trascapades]

📚#ArtIsAWeapon Tonight, April 1st @franklinparkreadingseries presents "Memoir Night" with #writers @kieselaymon, @mitchsjackson, @mirajacob, @bridgett_d, and @karissaychen - 8:00PM-10:00PM FRANKLIN PARK 618 St. Johns Place, between Franklin and Classon Avenues Brooklyn, NY 11238 718-230-0293 ________________ "Join us for our annual memoir night, featuring renowned, groundbreaking authors Kiese Laymon (Heavy), Mitchell S. Jackson (Survival Math), Mira Jacob (Good Talk), and Bridgett Davis (The World According to Fannie Davis), along with award-winning writer and editor Karissa Chen (Hyphen, The Rumpus). Through their genre-bending work, these fearless authors engage with charged social issues --structural racism, Islamophobia, mass incarceration, class, addiction, parenthood, gentrification, and more. #Free, $5 draft special + a free raffle for the authors’ newly released books!" Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/302399153773033/?ti=icl (Graphic by @deirdrekoala.) #FranklinParkReadingSeries #MemoirNight #BlackWriters #BlackAuthors #WomenWriters #AuthorsOfColor #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon https://www.instagram.com/p/BvucJdnF-xT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ugsx6lzxydwh

[poetsandprosers]

Hunter represented! Twice this week I had the pleasure of hearing Hellcat alum, Kaitlyn Greenidge (Franklin Park Reading Series and Greenlight Bookstore) read from her powerhouse debut, We Love You Charlie Freeman.

[womenwritebloom]

Our @readingseriesofny benefit event for LIT earlier this week was magical! Grateful to have represented @womenwritebloom! It was such a wonderful gathering of community. Grateful for collaboration! #Repost @franklinparkreadingseries with @repostapp ・・・ ‪Last night’s @readingseriesofny benefit for LIT (Literacy for Incarcerated Teens) was a blast! Huge thanks to these incredible curators and mesmerizing authors! And big ❤️ to our crowd for their generosity and enthusiasm. Read about LIT’s vital work here: https://www.literacyforincarceratedteens.org/what-we-do/ #grateful‬ Photo 1: @sabbyganford Photo 2: @lcheuk22 (at Franklin Park Lounge) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5bSUXHh-jMEXOdufiGeMn8wCUazIPzFDmH51Y0/?igshid=wbdnjmo5jgti

[afutureancient]

Great writeup about @womenwritebloom and the @bryantparknyc reading in which I was one of the features! Thanks again to @womenwritebloom for inviting me! #Repost @franklinparkreadingseries ・・・ Check out the latest installment of our @literaryhub Reading Across America column, featuring JP Howard’s amazing @womenwritebloom, an NYC-based reading series for women writers of color. Big thanks to @joshunda for writing this powerful piece: https://lithub.com/from-apartment-to-bryant-park-a-poetry-salon-grows-up/.

[graceedquist]

Sarah Gerard reading from Binary Star at the Franklin Park Reading Series

[foodorthoughts]

#KieseLaymon at #FranklinParkReadingSeries reading "The Second Person" Sigh.

[brooklife-blog]

Stanley Crouch reading #franklinparkreadingseries #stanleycrouch

[fatblackdiva]

#Repost @franklinparkreadingseries • • • • • • Something to look forward to—Monday, November 9, 8pm ET: The Virtual Franklin Park Reading Series, featuring Leslie Jamison, @darin_writer, @gregmania, and @girlgriot! Hosted by @marae.hart, via Zoom. Link in our bio. Books sold by @unnameablebooks. https://www.instagram.com/p/CHE45goBGt3/?igshid=qhhaosn20qn5

[womenwritebloom]

So very proud that @womenwritebloom poet S. Erin Batiste was part of this week’s phenomenal RADICAL WOMEN WRITERS @bkbookfest Bookend Event repping Bloom! A fantastic co-collaboration with @readingseriesofny members @franklinparkreadingseries @bigwordsetc @womenwritebloom & @hiplit! Thanks to all the amazing readers @hala.n.alyan, @madelinerstevens, Aimee Herman, S. Erin Batiste and all the fierce co-curators. Special shout out to @alasalisbury for stepping in to represent Bloom! #Repost @franklinparkreadingseries with @repostapp ・・・ We had a blast on Tuesday at our Radical Women Writers @bkbookfest Bookend Event, co-preented with amazing NYC reading series @hiplit, @womenwritebloom, and @bigwordsetc! Huge thanks to fierce authors @madelinerstevens, @hala.n.alyan, S. Erin Bariste, and Aimee Herman and to star curators @britt_canty, Erin Harris, @jphoward_poet, @ohthatsonlyjess, and Stacey Kahn, and big hugs for our super enthusiastic audience, who packed the house! #BKBF 📷: @just_jcooke (at Franklin Park Lounge) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2lspblBhC6WNkbcN0wuqpgE21414ecE1Wtd940/?igshid=whabff5j5j8m

[womenwritebloom]

Tomorrow Tues, September 17th, 8pm at Franklin Park Lounge come through & listen to RADICAL WOMEN WRITERS! This is an official @bkbookfest Bookend Event and I'm proud that @womenwritebloom is one of the co-presenters, along with @franklinparkreadingseries, @hiplit & @bigwordsetc! We are all proud members of @readingseriesofny! Featuring: @madelinerstevens, @Hala.n.alyan, Aimee Herman and representing Bloom will be S. Erin Batiste! #FreeAdmission Join us: https://www.facebook.com/events/376750949916159/?ti=icl (at Franklin Park Lounge) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2foiIqBQkWlHK5YrfBVIE97Mdax06j_p1twGA0/?igshid=1htuef6tsiu4w

[womenwritebloom]

Tuesday, Sept. 17th, 8pm! @franklinparkreadingseries @hiplit, @womenwritebloom, & @bigwordsetc all co-present “Radical Women Writers,” an official @bkbookfest Bookend Event, featuring @hala.n.alyan, Madeline Stevens, S. Erin Batiste, and Aimee Herman! Our literary orgs are all proud members of @readingseriesofny! #Free #BKBF ** The night includes drink specials and a raffle for the authors’ latest books.** Details in profile: https://www.facebook.com/events/376750949916159/?ti=icl (at Franklin Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2A4x9whUj90x35WddZnTq_KokdiQPcYE3uggA0/?igshid=oaem3k1k987v

[afutureancient]

Great writeup about @womenwritebloom and the @bryantparknyc reading in which I was one of the features! Thanks again to @womenwritebloom for inviting me! #Repost @franklinparkreadingseries ・・・ Check out the latest installment of our @literaryhub Reading Across America column, featuring JP Howard’s amazing @womenwritebloom, an NYC-based reading series for women writers of color. Big thanks to @joshunda for writing this powerful piece: https://lithub.com/from-apartment-to-bryant-park-a-poetry-salon-grows-up/.

[trascapades]

🎙📚 #ArtIsAWeapon Tonight, @franklinparkreadingseriespresents acclaimed literary giant/master storyteller #WalterMosleyWalter, reading and signing his new novel "Down the River unto the Sea." Mr. Mosley will be joined by writers Tiffany D. Jackson @writeinbk ("Allegedly," "Monday's Not Coming") and Morgan Jerkins @_morganjerkins ("This Will Be My Undoing") @FranklinParkBk Franklin Park Lounge 618 St Johns Place Brooklyn, New York 11238 8:00 PM. FREE ADMISSION, drink specials + book raffle. ____________________ #FranklinParkReadingSeries #WalterMosley #novelist #fiction #nonfiction #BlackLit #BlackWriters #TiffanyJackson #MorganJerkins #BlackWomenWriters #BlackStorytellers #BookRaffle #BookSigning #TraScapades #FreeInNYC #ArtIsAWeapon (at Franklin Park Lounge)

[brooklife-blog]

Mitchell Jackson reading from The Residue Years #theresidueyears #mitchellsjackson #franklinparkreadingseries