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This Week at HWBC:

Tonight come to What is the Queer Novel? a reading and conversation from Sarah Schulman and Barbara Browning presented by Emily Books. Everyone’s first drink is free thanks to Togather!

Then on Wednesday come help launch Laura Lee Gulledge’s new graphic novel Will & Whit, with a reading, music, video shorts, and door prizes.

Thursday, Splitsider presents Laugh Track: Unconventional Comedy Careers in the Internet Age, a panel with comedians Julie Klausner, Chris Gethard, and Dave Hill hosted by Splitsider founding editor Adam Frucci.

Friday the Moth StorySLAM returns to Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, this time with the theme Envy. Tickets are $8 at the door.

Finally, our 30% off sale on art & design books continues through Friday!

This week at HWBC:

Wednesday we’re excited to present SHARP: A Discussion of Women & Criticism, featuring a stellar lineup of female critics including Kate Bolick (The Atlantic), Ruth Franklin (The New Republic), Laura Miller (Salon), Miriam Markowitz (The Nation), Michelle Orange (The Rumpus), Parul Sehgal (New York Times Book Review) and moderator Michelle Dean (The Awl).

Thursday night, Tumblr presents a book launch for Adulting, Kelly Williams Brown’s guide to becoming a grown-up, with readings from the author and some more of the Internet’s funniest writers.

Friday, stop by for the Slush Pile, our weekly happy hour featuring specials on beer, wine, and grilled cheese!

This Friday through next Friday (May 17th), enjoy 30% off all art and design books! Spread the word.

Join the International Crime Book Group Saturday morning for discussion of Peter Lovesey’s The Last Detective.

Sunday morning Gotham Writers Workshop presents a free memoir writing class taught by Melissa Petro.

This week at HWBC:

Today join us for the launch of the latest issue of Slice. We’ll celebrate with an Exquisite Corpse reading from the magazine’s contributors, including Emily Bass, Scott Cheshire, Mai Nardone, Jon Reiner, and Justin Taylor. Also: Free Sixpoint!

Tomorrow Tumblr, Abrams Books, and the Academy of American Poets team up to bring National Poetry month to a close with Poetry Bomb, featuring readings from authors and a selection of Tumblr poets. Free drinks while they last!

Wednesday DISH returns to Housing Works after great success with the Russ & Daughters portion of Downtown Literary Festival. This time around, the duo has curated a four-course literary feast including mixologist Max Messier, food blogger Sydney Kramer, RELISH author/illustrator Lucy Knisley, and food stylist Janine Kalesis.

Thursday Jody Avirgan’s Ask Roulette podcast returns to Housing Works to get people to ask and answer personal questions and engage the audience in an experience unlike any other. Special guests are Chris Gethard, Starlee Kine, and Caissie St.Onge.

On Friday, Two Boots presents Americana Jamboree. This time the happy-hour music lineup includes Jus Post Bellum, ROCKDOVE, and as always Odetta Hartman and Her Heroes.

Saturday and Sunday, enjoy 30% off everything for our monthly sale because it is somehow already May!

Excited for Lucy Knisley to come to Housing Works for the main course of this Wednesday’s DISH! Her recipe-drawing here does justice to the glory that is huevos rancheros.

(via Lucy Knisley’s ‘Relish’ Is A Satisfying Comics Meal - ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews)

This Week at HWBC:

Today through April 30th celebrate National Poetry Month with 30% off all poetry, poet biographies, and prose written by poets!

Then stay tonight for Noteworthy: A Conversation with Women at the Forefront of the NYC Arts Programming Community, co-presented with GreenHouse and Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater. This panel moderated by the New York Post’s Elisabeth Vincentelli features women programmers and artistic directors from Celebrate Brooklyn!, SummerStage, Japan Society, and Joe’s Pub.

Tomorrow, Black Balloon Publishing’s Buzz Poole talks with celebrated Croatian novelist Robert Perisic about Perisic’s new book Our Man in Iraq.

Wednesday night come celebrate the launch of the spring 2013 issue of American Poet with readings from Sophie Cabot Black, Cynthia Cruz, and Rachel Eliza Griffiths.

Then on Thursday, a launch of a different kind, this time for comedian Ophira Eisenberg’s new memoir Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy. Wine and cheese will be served!

Finally on Saturday from 1-4, as National Poetry Month comes to a close, come to Song of Myself, a marathon reading of Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” from the 1891 edition of Leaves of Grass.

This Week at HWBC:
Thank you to everyone who came out to Downtown Literary Festival at Housing Works and McNally Jackson yesterday! We had a great turnout and a lot of lovely events. Stay tuned for a podcast with some of the highlights later this week!

As we unwind from #DLF, here’s a look at what’s going on this week:

Tonight, Theatre of the Oppressed NYC and Housing Works present the 13 Theatre Troupe in The Just-Us System. Join the troupe for a theatrical brainstorming on the topics of criminal justice, domestic abuse, and more.

Tomorrow come see Love and Rockets’ Gilbert Hernandez launch his new Drawn & Quarterly semi-autobiographical graphic novel Marble Season.

Then on Thursday The Moth StorySLAM returns to Housing Works, this time with the theme “Mystery.”

Finally, come hang out Friday with some drink specials and good books for our weekly happy hour The Slush Pile.

Spotlight on DLF Events - Pravda After-Party, Sponsored by HarperCollins
This Sunday is the inaugural Downtown Literary Festival hosted by Housing Works and our neighbors McNally Jackson. Check out this page from now until then for previews of some of the exciting events!

7:00pm at Pravda: Master and Margaritas, Crime and Punish-mints, and more Russian literature–themed cocktails at DLF discounts while films featuring Berlin and Odessa in the early 20th century are projected onto Pravda’s walls. The first 80 cocktails will be on the house, courtesy of HarperCollins; after that enjoy a special DLF discount!

Pravda is located just down the street from both Housing Works and McNally Jackson at 281 Lafayette St in SoHo.

Spotlight on DLF Events - Happy Hour Mingle
This Sunday is the inaugural Downtown Literary Festival hosted by Housing Works and our neighbors McNally Jackson. Check out this page from now until then for previews of some of the exciting events!

5:00pm @ HWBC: After a day packed with events, unwind with drinks, mingling, and boozy sweets from Spirited Brooklyn!

Spotlight on DLF Events - On the Grid: Stories in Our Streets
This Sunday is the inaugural Downtown Literary Festival hosted by Housing Works and our neighbors McNally Jackson. Check out this page from now until then for previews of some of the exciting events!

10:15am @ HWBC (moves to McNally Jackson at 11): Take a literary (and, just to be clear, figurative besides the movement to McNally Jackson) tour of downtown Manhattan led by Lit Crawl NYC with locally set readings from authors Amor Towles, Joanna Smith-Rakoff, Sarah Schulman, Jami Attenberg, David Goodwillie, Rosie Schaap, Brendan Sullivan, Lev Grossman, Adam Wilson, Jennifer Gilmore, Kristopher Jansma, Hari Kunzru, Katie Kitamura, Greg Young, and Amy Waldman.

Spotlight on DLF Events - Slaughterhouse 90210: Downtown Edition

This Sunday is the inaugural Downtown Literary Festival hosted by Housing Works and our neighbors McNally Jackson. Check out this page from now until then for previews of some of the exciting events!

3:30pm @ HWBC: Join Maris Kreizman of TV & lit tumblr Slaughterhouse 90210 for an NYC-themed slide presentation followed by authors Carlene Bauer, Austin Ratner, Jason Diamond, and Jessica Soffer talking about their favorite New York-based TV shows.