Benjamin Anastas

PEN World Voices Festival
2013-05-01 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
Why are confessional narratives penned by female writers so often deemed “brave,” “sticky,” or in the case of Sharon Olds, “opportunistic,” when the same material addressed by male writers is called by its name: art? For the PEN World Voices festival, join Guernica Magazine to confess, grieve, and take jabs at the glaring double-standard in how personal writing is consumed, marketed, and reviewed today. Benjamin Anastas, author of the memoir “Too Good to Be True,” will be among the panelists. Moderated by Rachel Riederer, an editor at Guernica.

Best American Essays Panel
2013-04-27 13:00 - 14:30 | Old South Church, Newburyport, MA, United States
In the second of his two events at the 2013 Newburyport Literary Festival, Anastas will be taking part in a panel discussion on The Best American Essays series, moderated by Alan Lightman. Other participants include writers Lauren Slater and Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough.

"Too Good to Be True" Reading
2013-04-27 11:00 - 12:00 | Old South Church, Social Hall, Newburyport, MA, United States
Founded in 2005, the Newburyport Literary Festival attracts over 3000 book-lovers to this historic seaport every year for a program of readings, dialogues and author events. At the first of his two events at the 2013 Newburyport Literary Festival, Anastas will be reading from his memoir Too Good to Be True, followed by a Q&A.

"Too Good to Be True" comes to the Bay Area
2013-03-15 15:30 - 17:00 | CCA’s MFA Writing Studio, 195 De Haro, San Francisco, CA, United States
Anastas will be reading from “Too Good to Be True” at the MFA Studio of the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. The event is free and open to the public.

"Too Good to Be True" on the East End
2013-03-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Radio Lounge, Chancellor's Hall / Stony Brook University, Southampton, NY, United States
Anastas will visit the Stony Brook/Southampton campus to read from “Too Good to Be True” and speak about the perils of the literary life with MFA students.

Benjamin Anastas Reads with Jill McCorkle
2013-01-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Tishman Auitorium, Bennington College, Bennington, VT, United States
The Bennington MFA program’s winter residency kicks off with a reading by two core faculty members: the novelist Jill McCorkle, and Benjamin Anastas, reading from “Too Good to Be True.”

Panel Discussion on the Ethics of Biography
2012-12-10 17:30 - 19:00 | The Skylight Room / CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
In recent weeks the David Petraeus–Paula Broadwell scandale militaire has generated much hand-wringing about the ethics of biography. The Leon Levy Center for Biography will address the issues raised as well as others with a panel discussion on Monday, December 10, at 5:30pm, including a remarkable lineup: two Pulitzer Prize biographers, David Levering Lewis and John Matteson; the MacArthur “genius grant” ethicist Carol Levine; and the novelist Benjamin Anastas, whose new memoir, Too Good to Be True, has triggered a firestorm about telling too much.

Pete's Candy Store
2012-12-06 19:30 - 20:30 | Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11211, United States
For ten years running, Pete’s Candy Store in Williamsburg has earned a reputation as Brooklyn’s premier reading series, where today’s literary icons and tomorrow’s stars take the stage regularly. For his last reading from “Too Good to Be True” in 2012, Anastas will be taking the stage at Pete’s with Teresa Carpenter, editor of “New York Diaries 1609-2009.”

Show, Tell and Trade with Krrb, Brokelyn and Benjamin Anastas
2012-11-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Krrb Loft, 99 Richardson Street, Brooklyn, 11211, United States
Come Celebrate frugality with Krrb, Brokelyn Blog and author, Benjamin Anastas. Show, Tell and Trade something you love from a time when you were strapped. Krrb will be featuring a reading by acclaimed writer Benjamin Anastas, from his new book Too Good to Be True—a raw and honest writer’s memoir about a struggling writer and single parent in Brooklyn who trades in denial for truth to turn his life around. Come trade for other goods or a signed copy of the book. Amazon Publishing will be trading free drinks from Brooklyn Brewery.

Double Take Reading Series from Bookforum and Apexart
2012-11-08 19:00 - 20:00 | apexart, 291 Church Street, New York, United States
Join us for the second Double Take Reading, organized by Bookforum’s Albert Mobilio, where three pairs of authors read original shorts written about a shared experience. Apexart turns into a supper club for the evening with snacks and refreshments.
The readers for this special night are:
Stacey D’Erasmo and Maud Casey on the Quay Brothers’ Street of Crocodiles. Benjamin Anastas and Ed Park on their grandmothers. Albert Mobilio and Alan Gilbert on Pink Floyd’s album The Wall.

Longfellow Books in Portland, Maine
2012-10-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Longfellow Books, 1 Monument Square, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Longfellow Books in Portland, Maine has been an indie fixture since it opened right off of Monument Square a little more than ten years ago. Anastas will be reading from “Too Good to Be True” at 7PM and wondering why he doesn’t live in Portland!

The Harbor Room in Gloucester, Massachusetts
2012-10-25 19:30 - 20:30 | The Harbor Room, 8 Norwood Ct., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Anastas will be coming home to the city where he was born to read from “Too Good to Be True,” in a great room with a view of Gloucester Harbor. Many thanks to the Gloucester Writers Center (126 East Main Street) and the great local indie bookseller The Bookstore (61 Main Street) for co-sponsoring the event!

Columbus College of Art and Design
2012-10-19 18:30 - 19:30 | Columbus College of Art and Design, 60 Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
Anastas will be a visiting scholar at the Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio. He will deliver at talk on his essay “The Foul Reign of Emerson’s ‘Self-Reliance” in conjunction with the artist Todd Slaughter’s exhibition “American Primitives.”

Book Launch Party at BookCourt
2012-10-16 19:00 - 21:00 | BookCourt, 163 Court Street, Brooklyn, United States
Join Anastas for the launch of “Too Good to Be True” at the venerable Brooklyn book-seller BookCourt. There will be a short reading, an author Q&A, and good old-fashioned book launch party.

Cornelia Street Cafe
2012-09-30 18:00 - 20:00 | Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street, New York, NY, United States
The Bennington Writer’s Series continues in the downstairs performance space at the Cornelia Street Cafe, hosted by Robert V. Hansmann. Anastas will be reading from his memoir “Too Good to Be True.”

Brooklyn Book Festival
2012-09-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Brooklyn Historical Society Library, 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, United States
Anastas will join author Reyna Grande (“The Distance Between Us”) and Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson (“Letters to Kurt”) in a discussion of memoir and “Writing the Unthinkable” at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Moderated by GQ senior editor Logan Hill.

Pacific Standard, presented by Dad Wagon
2012-08-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Pacific Standard, 82 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11217, United States
From the editors of DadWagon.com, a bloggy celebration of the foul-smelling joys of fatherhood, comes a monthly reading series featuring some of New York’s most entertaining dads. Every month, procreative writers will tell parenting tales that may make you laugh, will probably make you cringe with self-recognition, and will almost definitely send you to the bar for another pint. Anastas will read with Brian Braiker, a senior editor at Parenting magazine, and David J. Rosen, creator of the MTV series I Just Want My Pants Back.

Test Event
2012-06-23 20:00 | MA
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