Brooklyn Book Festival

Brooklyn Historical Society Library 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, NY, 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 […]

Cornelia Street Cafe

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 […]

Book Launch Party at BookCourt

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 […]

Columbus College of Art and Design

Columbus College of Art and Design 60 Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, OH, 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" […]

The Harbor Room in Gloucester, Massachusetts

The Harbor Room 8 Norwood Ct., Gloucester, MA, 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.  […]

Longfellow Books in Portland, Maine

Longfellow Books 1 Monument Square, Portland, ME, 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 […]

Double Take Reading Series from Bookforum and Apexart

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 […]

Show, Tell and Trade with Krrb, Brokelyn and Benjamin Anastas

Krrb Loft 99 Richardson Street, Brooklyn, 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 […]

Pete’s Candy Store

Pete's Candy Store 709 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, NY, 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 […]

Panel Discussion on the Ethics of Biography

The Skylight Room / CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 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 […]