READINGS Wednesday 8/23 kgb fiction Playboy fiction editor Alice Turner bows ...
kgb fiction
Playboy fiction editor Alice Turner bows out as host of monthly reading series & is replaced by Ellen Datlow, fiction editor of Sci Fiction. Tonight, Barry Malzberg & Tony Daniel read science fiction; Kraine Theater, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd Ave. & Bowery), 212-505-3360; 7, free.
bob griese
Author reads from new book Undefeated; Borders, 5 World Trade Center, Church St. (Vesey St.), 212-839-8049; 6, free.
John reed
Novelist reads A Still Small Voice, love story set against backdrop of nation at war; Village Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Pl. (betw. Lafayette St. & B'way), 212-420-0816; 7:30, free.
Thursday 8/24
nicole bokat
Novelist reads from Redeeming Eve, tale of Manhattan literature scholar & her romantic & academic mishaps; Village Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Pl. (betw. Lafayette St. & B'way), 212-420-0816; 7:30, free.
suddenly jewish
Barbara Kessel reads dramatic personal stories about discovering Jewish heritage; Upper West Side Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.
Friday 8/25
DR DUCKY'S SEXY CABARET
Quack sexologist & post-punk Bettie Page grace store w/erotic hysterics; Bluestockings, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-777-6028; 7, free.
PINK PONY
Series continues w/poet Morris Stegosaurus; Pink Pony,176 Ludlow St. (betw. Houston & Stanton Sts.), 212-253-1922; 7, $5.
Saturday 8/26
KNITTING FACTORY
Series feat. Margie Shaheed; Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St. (betw. B'way & Church St.), 212-219-3055; 6, $5.
Sunday 8/27
SYLVIA BROWNRIGG, CATHERINE BUSH
Authors read from respective books Ten Women Who Shook the World & The Rules of Engagement; Temple Bar, 332 Lafayette St. (betw. Bleecker & Houston Sts.), 212-925-4242; 7:30, free.
CENTERFOLD
Weekly poetry reading & open mic at Centerfold; 263 W. 86th St. (B'way), 212-866-4454; 5:45, contrib.
OUR UNORGANIZED READING (O.U.R.)
Spoken word every Sunday, hosted by Bob Hart, J.D. Rage, Carl Herr, Peter Kerns & Bruce Weber?no time limit, no list, no features, no b.s.; ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St. (betw. Suffolk & Clinton Sts.), 718-638-7039; 3, contrib.
Monday 8/28
KATHLEEN O'SHEA
Author discusses her book Women On the Row: Revelations From Both Sides of the Bars, book dealing w/death penalty & interconnectedness of women's lives; Village Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Pl. (betw. Lafayette St. & B'way), 212-420-0816; 7:30, free.
SATURN REVIVAL SERIES
Open mic hosted by John Chism, Bill Duke & Su Polo feat. Andre Mayes; Revival, 129 E. 15th St. (betw. 3rd Ave. & Irving Pl.), 212-598-4820; 7:30, $3.
SLAM THIS
Jump into new season of slam poetry w/spoken word comedian Big Popp E; 13, 35 E. 13th St. (University Pl.), 718-275-0329; 7:30, $3.
Tuesday 8/29
HARRY ELLISON'S POETS CIRCLE
Weekly lecture on art & craft of poetry followed by readings of participants' works; Corrado Bakery Cafe, 120 E. 15th St. (Irving Pl.), 718-651-1664; 6:30, $7.
gordon nathaniel lederman
Learn about U.S. military's organizational politics as author reads from Reorganizing the Joint Chiefs of Staff: The Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986; Upper West Side Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.
greg nagan
Profane author reads from The Five Minute Iliad and Other Instant Classics; Village Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Pl. (betw. Lafayette St. & B'way), 212-420-0816; 7:30, free.
POETRY BEAT
Viviana Grell, Frank Robinson & Eman Rimawi host open mic w/featured reader Jimi Battle; Music Room, Village Community School, 272 W. 10th St., (betw. Greenwich & Washington Sts.), 212-946-4356; 7, $3.