- 1. Jennifer Gilmore
October 10 at Barnes & Noble
Gilmore’s well-received debut, Golden Country, traces the intertwining histories of three Jewish immigrant families who make homes for themselves in the outer borough.
- 2. “The Literary Review”
October 10 at Housing Works
The most bang for your literary buck, with readings by three authors (Shelley Jackson, Samantha Hunt, and Dennis Nurkse), Brooklynites all.
- 3. Jim Knipfel
October 16 at Barnes & Noble
Park Slope author Knipfel’s books (and his long-running column in the New York Press) have consistently been well-received. His new crime caper, Noogie’s Time to Shine, takes place on another piece of oft-reviled turf: New Jersey.
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