READINGS Wednesday 1/10 PUNK MAGAZINE SPOKEN WORD Fly, Penny Arcade, Jennifer ...
PUNK MAGAZINE SPOKEN WORD
Fly, Penny Arcade, Jennifer Blowdryer & more appear to benefit Stop Prisoner Rape; CBGB's Gallery, 313 Bowery (Bleecker St.), 212-677-0455; 9, $5.
Thursday 1/11
ABHA DAWESAR
Italian novelist reads from her debut, Miniplanner, at Bluestockings, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-777-6028; 7, free.
HOUSING WORKS
Poet Bill Kushner of In Our Time: the Gay & Lesbian Anthology & He Dreams of Waters reads; Housing Works Used Book Café, 126 Crosby St. (betw. Houston & Lafayette Sts.), 212-334-3324; 7, call for price.
TRANSATLANTIC FRIENDS
Irish poet Macdara Woods reads from The Nightingale Water & Pat Kaufman shares her novel Double Pleasure; Three Lives & Co., 154 W. 10th St. (Waverly Pl.), 212-741-2069; 7:00, free.
Friday 1/12
BARK IF YOU LOVE ME
No it's not another memoir chronicling NY's singles scene, it's Louise Bernikow's new one about a woman who rescues a dog in Riverside Park. She reads & signs today at Upper West Side Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.
Saturday 1/13
READINGS IN CONTEMPORARY POETRY
Series hosts John Ashbery & Robert Creeley; Dia Center for the Arts, 548 W. 22nd St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-989-5566; 4, $3-$6.
Sunday 1/14
ROGER ROSENBLATT'S WRITERS OF SUBSTANCE
Essayist gathers Joyce Carol Oates, Roger S. Berlind, Peter Matthiessen & Andrew Delbanco for panel discussion on their craft; 92nd St. Y Unterberg Poetry Center, Lexington Ave. (92nd St.) 212-996-1100; 7:30, $20.
JERRY STAHL
Author of Permanent Midnight reads from his latest: Perv, a Love Story; KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-505-3360; 7, free.
Monday 1/15
SLAM THIS!
Tonya Maria, open mic, DJs & 2 for 1 drinks; 13 Bar/Lounge, 35 E. 13th St. (betw. B'way & University Pl.), 212-979-6677; 7, $4-$5.