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YA Authors Tonight at Brownstone Books

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Alexa11221

[ February 27, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Tonight at Brownstone Books, meet local Young Adult authors Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich (8th GRADE SUPERZERO,
for ages 10+) and Zetta Elliott (A WISH AFTER MIDNIGHT, for ages 13+).

They will be reading from and signing their books starting at 6 pm.

My 12-year-old son read 8th GRADE SUPERZERO and liked it!

I heard Zetta Elliott speak on WNYC and her [...]

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Lonely Planet Takes the A Train

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Alexa11221

“76-Second Travel Show” does Bed-Stuy!

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Weeksville Benefit with Anna Deavere Smith

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Alexa11221

[ October 15, 2009; November 6, 2009; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ]

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Brooklyn’s Big Read

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Alexa11221

[ October 7, 2009; 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm. October 10, 2009; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] On reading this press release (excerpted below) I certainly hope that Brownstone Books is stocking up on copies of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451! If not, you can get it at Amazon.com. Please don’t confuse it with the film of the same name by François Truffaut or the one by Michael Moore (that one’s Fahrenheit 911.) [...]

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