Scrappy Reading Series

Five emerging and established Red Hook writers will answer this question at this month’s edition of the Scrappy Reading Series, supported by the Red Hook Branch of the as the official kick-off event of . Join us at as these writers share how they interpret "scrappy," and how they embody this in their writing lives, personal lives, love lives, and any other type of life they are living.

Guests will also enjoy a visit from 's distributing free books published by the authors of the evening and more!

Inspired by the master's series course, Scrappy: How To Build an Alternative Literary Life (offered by and led by author), Brooklyn writer began this series to bring together published and unpublished writers to explore what it means to be scrappy.

Admission is free, scrappiness required. Drinks and snacks will be served!

Space is limited - register to attend!

is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including , , , and , her most recent memoir of bodily destruction and resurrection during marital rupture (Random House, 2021). A contributing writer at , she was also a writer on the -nominated Netflix hit, , a performer (The Moth, etc.), and an Emmy Award–winning news producer and . Her photographs have been exhibited in France and the U.S. (most recently this past spring, at the Basin Gallery here in Red Hook!) and have appeared in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times and hundreds of other publications worldwide. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Guardian, The Financial Times, Observer, The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, Slate, O, the Oprah Magazine, Air Mail, and Paris Match, among others, and her recent Op-Ed in the Daily Beast, on the crushing costs of Alzheimer's care, won the 2024 Deadline Award for opinion writing. Her column “When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist” was adapted for the Modern Love streaming series. She is the founder, writer, producer, CEO, and publisher of the Substack .

is the author of , and . She lives in New York City, and is a 2023 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in nonfiction from The New York Foundation for the Arts. She teaches creative nonfiction in the MFA programs at Columbia University and Randolph College. Find her on Twitter and Instagram at @l, and on Substack at .

, the Emmy Award-winning cartoonist, is best known for creating and , collaborating with Harvey Pekar and Jonathan Ames, and illustrating for HBO's "Bored to Death." His published work includes writing and drawing for Marvel, DC/Vertigo, Archie, Image, and Webtoon. In addition, Haspiel is an accomplished playwright and Yaddo fellow.

JAX PREYER is a writer living in Brooklyn. She publishes a Substack newsletter called “ looking primarily at the intersection between women’s issues and internet pop culture.

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