Meet Karen Neary this weekend at the Malice Domestic conference in Bethesda, MD!

🥰What an all around great love fest. Thank you! 🥰Michael Dolan #villageworksnyc Madeline Rhodes lauren badillo milici Winsome Brown #megsuperstarprincess #AlissaBennett #DanMinahan #hanazoeweinstein The Clegg Agency

NYC, you always come through! A packed house, people listening out the door and down the street for the first ever NYC Authors Reading Series. laura albert, Alissa Bennett, Winsome Brown, lauren badillo milici and Meg Yates. 🙏🏻♥️ to Village Works, the greatest indie bookstore in NYC.

See you soon, NYC...

Decade after decade, artists, poets, authors and musicians have come to St. Mark's Place to make their art and share it with the world. We're honoring that tradition tomorrow night. Hope you can join us.

I was a NYC teenager who loved street art, so I was thrilled to have Brad Gooch stop by our book club tonight to discuss Radiant, his incredible biography of Keith Haring. Thanks, as always, to Jean Hanff Korelitz for hosting the best book club in the world.

Fight for the life you want.

📢Special Guest! Alissa Bennett (writer Dead Is Better/ co-host C-Word podcast w Lena Dunham) joining us on Wednesday 4/24 #VillageWorksnyc Cu there!
Reading by: lauren badillo milici Winsome Brown Meg Yates & #AlissaBennett
Hosted by: Michael Dolan
#NYC #writers The Clegg Agency

I was lucky enough to get an advanced copy of Safe and Sound. It is easily one of the best books of the year. There are levels to this, and Laura McHugh - SAFE AND SOUND coming 4/23/24 is at the very top.

BOYS KEEP SWINGING ON KENNY EVERETT

“You’re always first on the line...“

Forty-five years ago today, on Monday 23rd of April 1979, David Bowie presented an exclusive version of Boys Keep Swinging on The Kenny Everett Show, four days ahead of the single’s release.

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My NYC (female) People: If you're looking for a roommate this fall, I have a very cool European friend who will be moving here to attend school and is looking for a place to live. She already has a PhD or two, so if you need a super-smart roommate, I can connect you both.

Special guest Alissa Bennett, author of Dead Is Better will be joining us!

Wednesday, April 24, 7-9:30 pm
Village Works
12 St Mark’s Place
NYC

See you in 20 Sundays…
#NFLRedZone

“After I won the Pulitzer … My parents were stunned, and extremely proud, but I remember my father said, ‘You should always have a backup plan. You’re like a politician now, and you will go in and out of favor.’”

From our interview with Jhumpa Lahiri. buff.ly/3Tg9doD

“Reading is the finest teacher of how to write.” —Annie Proulx buff.ly/2IOTifK

This is a terrific interview of one of my favorite authors Ada Calhoun, with a special cameo by Village Works, one of the greatest indie bookstores in the world.

“Delay is natural to a writer. He is like a surfer—he bides his time, waits for the perfect wave.” —E. B. White buff.ly/2FrLwSo

I've lost count of how many times I've spoken to aspiring writers and used Eli Cranor as an example of the great work you can create when you combine work ethic with patience. If you're a writer, this is a must-watch.

A chance to learn from one of the best...

What a month this week has been.