First Sundays Writers Series debuts Sun. Oct 4 at the Lyceum

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Sunday October 4 at 7:00pm, $10
Brooklyn Lyceum
227 4th Avenue in Park Slope
R train at Union Street
BrooklynLyceum.com

The Brooklyn Lyceum proudly launches its new monthly literary event: First Sundays Writers Series. Join us October 4th and then the first Sunday of every month, as we host intimate readings with established and up-and-coming writers and more: poets, novelists, journalists, graphic novelists, photojournalists and non-fiction writers, among others. This will be a casual and cozy evening as our guests read, answer questions, sign publications, and mingle in our intimate lounge. Seating is limited so we suggest getting advance tickets at BrooklynLyceum.com .

On Sunday, October 4, our opening night, three very different city poets will be reading new and selected work:

Katy Lederer, who now lives in Brooklyn, is the author of Poker Face: A Girlhood among Gamblers, a memoir about her family’s life in gambling, and Winter Sex, a collection of poetry. From 2002-2008, she worked at a hedge fund in midtown Manhattan, which provided much of the inspiration for The Heaven Sent Leaf, her most recent book of poetry.

Robert Hershon, a longtime Brooklyn resident, is the author of 12 books of poetry, and his work has been included in more than 40 anthologies. Among his awards are two creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. He co-directs Hanging Loose Press, one of the oldest independent publishers in the country.

Erica Wright is originally from Wartrace, Tennessee, population 400. She now lives in New York City, where she teaches poetry at N.Y.U., and is the poetry editor of Guernica. Her poems have appeared in 2River View, Harpur Palate, Pequod and other literary journals. Her chapbook Silt, will be published by Dancing Girl Press later this year.

Coming in November and December: Galway Kinnel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for his poetry; Vivian Cherry, a street photographer known for her work on the Lower East Side in the 1950s, and others tbd. Check our website for details: www.brooklynlyceum.com