Last night, to celebrate their first e-book (called Making the City), Capital New York hosted an event at Housing Works Bookstore with a bunch of Capital writers reading their stuff (or, in some cases, just regaling the crowd with a good story). The event was called “Reading the City”, and its focus overall was New York. The pieces were so much fun, and I now need to break into North Brother Island, after hearing Starlee Kine’s story about doing so. Her story involved a rubber raft and climbing over fences in the dead of night, carrying a fledgling peach tree. Starlee’s story included the immortal words: “Typhoid Mary was kind of a jerk.”
You can read a re-cap of events here, by the event’s organizer, editor Gillian Reagan. There are also links provided (where applicable) to the pieces read by everyone. Please check them out!
I met a lot of great people, many of whom I only know from their writing. I was pleased to participate! Those Capital New York folks are a great bunch.
