Joe Sullivan

America’s Most Literary Cities 2011

jtsullivan — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:35:32 +0000

Central Connecticut State University posted its list here. Number 1? Washington, DC. And here’s the methodology.

Dead Sextons Show, 2/2

jtsullivan — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:52:05 +0000

February’s comin’ on fast. And we’ve got a show at the former Bruar Falls space, renamed The Grand Victory, on February 2. That’s at 245 Grand St. in Williamsburg. We’ll play a short set beginning at 8:15, and it’s going to be hot.

Sackett Street Reading at BookCourt, 1/30

jtsullivan — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:37:21 +0000

It’s still early January, but I figured I’d give this a mention before I forget. To close out the month, Sackett Street Writers’ Worshop continues its reading series at BookCourt on the 30th. Details below:

Sackett Street Writers’ Reading Series

Thank you to all who came out for our November reading.
Close to 90 people attended!

Our next reading is Monday, January 30th at 7pm at BOOKCOURT, featuring:
EMMA STRAUB (Other People We Married)
KEIJA PARSSINEN (The Ruins of Us)
TED THOMPSON (The Land of Steady Habits)
JESSICA DULONG (My River Chronicles)

Please join us for wine, words and the heavenly buzz of many writers in one room.

BOOKCOURT
163 Court Street (between Pacific & Dean)
Brooklyn, NY 11201
http://www.bookcourt.org/category/events/

Dean Wareham at The Paris Review Daily

jtsullivan — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:34:04 +0000

From yesterday, on the Paris Review‘s blog, read Dean Wareham’s account of playing his Galaxie 500 oeuvre in Tokyo, 20 years after he was initially supposed to (he had quit the band, and the promoter didn’t know). I’ve been reading his tour diaries on the Luna and Dean and Britta sites since the early 2000s, so it was cool to find this up there. His book, Black Postcards, is excellent, too, if you’re looking for a brutally honest rock ‘n roll memoir.

The Joy of Quiet

jtsullivan — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:41:45 +0000

I think this editorial was mentioned on The Rumpus. I finally got to read it today, and it reminded me of what to do to avoid being depressed and frantic.

Stephen Elliott (c. 2009)

jtsullivan — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:08:08 +0000

This article felt like Christmas to me. From 12/18/09 by Rumpus founder/memoirist/film director Stephen Elliott.

Six Ways a Reading Series Can Improve Your Writing

jtsullivan — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:14:32 +0000

Here’s a cool article from Courtney Maum in Tin House about why we writers should always go to readings as much as we can. Six reasons. The main one: It makes our own writing better. And, there’s a list of Maum’s favorite New York City readings highlighted at the end. Solid.

A Love Supreme: Live

jtsullivan — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:43:50 +0000

Open Culture posted these videos from the John Coltrane quartet’s only live performance of A Love Supreme, ever, in Antibes, France, 1965. You can hear the full recording of it on the deluxe reissue of A Love Supreme. The whole second disc is devoted to it, and it’s totally worth a listen. It’ll take you into the stratosphere.

Review of Phillip Sterling’s ‘In Which Brief Stories Are Told’ at Gently Read Literature

jtsullivan — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:47:19 +0000

The December issue of Gently Read Literature is here, and I’ve got a review of Phillip Sterling’s short story collection in there.

Tonight at BookCourt: Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop Reading Series Kicks Off

jtsullivan — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:49:00 +0000

READING SERIES @ Bookcourt 11/29 7pm
Join us as we enter our 10th year (1500+ Sackett writers since 2002) and launch our bi-monthly reading series at BOOKCOURT.

Featured readers are Sackett instructors Benjamin Hale (THE EVOLUTION OF BRUNO LITTLEMORE), Alison Espach (THE ADULTS), Karen Thompson Walker (THE AGE OF MIRACLES), Heather Aimee O’Neill (MEMORY FUTURE) and Director Julia Fierro (THE END IS NEAR).

Wine for all & Sackett tote bags (and pencils, ooh la la) for the 1500+ Sackett alumni.

This is the first reading in our bi-monthly Bookcourt Reading Series. Join us again on January 30th @ 7pm.
Future readings will include current and past Sackett writers.

BOOKCOURT
163 Court Street (between Pacific & Dean)
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 875.3677
map: http://bit.ly/tGUAhp

Visit our site for class schedule