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New podcast! Listen to Barbara Browning on what “queer” means as a literary genre, Laura Lee Gulledge on real-life inspiration for her graphic novel, Julie Klausner and Chris Gethard talking to Splitsider editor Adam Frucci about TV and the Internet, Native Tongue storyteller Musa Syeed on midwestern adolescent shame via video games, and Benjamin Hale on the intersection and divergence of fiction and film.

5 clips from mid-May Housing Works events in just 25 minutes, what a deal! Plus it’s a podcast, so it’s free and stuff (like most of our events).

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How much fun was last night’s show? Thank you to Amy Poehler, and everyone who called in looking for an insight into their futures.

Excited to watch the episode once it’s online but in the meantime, come see Chris Gethard on a panel with Julie Klausner and Splitsider editor Adam Frucci tonight at 7, won’t you?

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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!

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(via Julie Klausner’s New Novel ‘Art Girls Are Easy’ Out May 7th | Splitsider)

BEST NEWS also Julie Klausner is excellent at titles; I Don’t Care About Your Band remains one of the greats.

This week at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe! Enjoy a full slate of events before we take a break for the holiday party season; but don’t worry, the whole store is 10% off the entire month of December, and What the Dickens? A Christmas Carol reading is back and better than ever. All events are free and begin at 7pm unless otherwise specified.

• Tonight, we welcome The Minimalists, Joshua Fields Milburn and Ryan Nicodemus, who will tell us how to shun our possessions and live a better life. Sounds pretty good post–Black Friday, eh?
   
• Tomorrow we’re welcoming back The Baffler for “Ayn Rand: The Game Show” with Thomas Frank and Julie Klausner.
   
• Wednesday we’re super excited to be hosting the Bushwick Book Club as they celebrate Mark Twain in song. Guaranteed good times.
   
• And Thursday we host a discussion of Canada’s Polaris Prize with founder Steve Jordan and journalists Alan Light and Maura Johnston.
   
• We close at 6PM Friday, then this weekend is the Monthly Sale: 30% off storewide. We love you too.

Did you notice we sneakily added Julie Klausner, Michael Ian Black, and Rachel Dratch to our Tasteful Nudes event? It will probably be pretty funny. You should come. Unless you hate laughter.