Morning Bites: Gabriel García Márquez, Good/Bad Rock Novels, Brian Eno’s Birthday, and More

Three Guys One Book take a look at why rock novels rarely work, then list a few that do (Great Jones Street by Delillo, The Gospel Singer by Harry Crews, etc.) Gabriel García Márquez’s Twitter death hoax. Julia Jackson talks to Mike Doughty at The Outlet. Today is Brian Eno’s birthday. Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry plan to team up again. GOOD asks if we can we save the Potomac and America’s other polluted rivers? Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and […]

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September 27th: Perfect Day Publishing & Vol 1 Brooklyn present…

Tuesday night we’re presenting a night of readings with our friends from Oregon, Perfect Day Publishing, at our favorite used bookstore in all of Williamsburg. Perfect Day Publishing & Vol 1 Brooklyn present: Lisa Wells [Yeah. No. Totally.] Deenah Vollmer [New Yorker contributor] Scott McClanahan [Stories, Stories II, Stories V!] Julia Jackson [Electric Literature] Sept 27. FREE at BookThugNation  100 North 3rd Street RSVP here

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Tonight: Vol. 1 Brooklyn Story Series (Benjamin Hale, Adam Wilson, Julia Jackson)

Tonight we present the first of our new monthly Story Series to take place at the fantastic Brooklyn Winery. We’re excited to be working with our pals from Fortnight Journal to bring you this month’s edition, which we’ve gotta say, is pretty fricken sweet. Benjamin Hale: Author, The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore.  (Read our interview with Benjamin) Adam Wilson (Author of the forthcoming novel, “Flatscreen”) Julia Jackson: Author, Electric Literature contributor (Read Julia’s fiction here) More info and RSVP available […]

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