Mary Karr

Bobby Cannavale, Joel Coen, Marlon James, and More Celebrate Cormac McCarthy at Symphony Space This Week

Symphony Space's celebration of Cormac McCarthy takes place Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 7pm in the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre (2537 Broadway).

Stephen Colbert, Tom Felton, Constance Wu, George R.R. Martin, & More Join Symphony Space 2022-23 Season

Symphony Space has announced additional programming and participants in its 2022-23 season, an array of live events that bring literature to life, spark conversation, and provide intimate encounters with wide-ranging musical artists.

Jennifer Egan, Damon Galgut, Maggie Siff And More Announced for 92Y's New Literary Season

The 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center's Winter/Spring season features readings by best-selling and prize-winning novelists, acclaimed poets, tributes to Shakespeare, Lucille Clifton and Toni Morrison – and a dramatic reading of Anne Carson's “The Glass Essay,” among other programs.

AMERICAN MASTERS Examines the Life and Career of Author Flannery O'Connor

Featuring new, original interviews with Mary Karr, Hilton Als, Alice Walker, Tobias Wolff, Tommy Lee Jones, Alice McDermott and others.

TOTALLY TRUE THINGS Storytelling Show Features Artists Focusing On Mental Health And Social Issues

“Totally True Things: A Socially Conscious Storytelling Show,” is a live-streamed series featuring award-winning performers sharing true stories that focus on mental health, and social issues on Thursdays at 7:30 pm EST starting February 18, 2021.

The Wittliff Collections Announces New Date For Inaugural Festival

The Wittliff Collections, an internationally acclaimed collection of Southwest writing, photography, film and music, announce the new date for The Wittliff Collections Festival, a fundraising event celebrating the unbridled imagination of Texas, Mexico and the Southwest.

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's HEMINGWAY Premieres on PBS April 5

Ernest Hemingway, the iconic literary figure considered one of the greatest American writers and among the first to live and work at the treacherous nexus of art and celebrity, is the subject of an upcoming three-part, six-hour documentary series.

Texas State University's The Wittliff Collections Announces New Date For Inaugural Festival

The Wittliff Collections, the internationally acclaimed collection of Southwest writing, photography, film and music at Texas State University, announces the new date for The Wittliff Collections Festival, a celebration of the unbridled imagination of Texas, Mexico and the Southwest.

The Wittliff Collections Announces Limited Free Public Seating For Inaugural Festival Panel Discussions

The Wittliff Collections, an internationally acclaimed collection of Southwest writing, photography, film and music, announces the availability of limited complimentary public seating at four panel discussions that are part of The Wittliff Collections Festival, taking place April 18, 2020. The panel discussions will be held at the W Austin Hotel (200 Lavaca St., Austin, Texas 78701) from 8:45 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Public seating will be released ten minutes prior to the start of each panel, and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Wittliff Collections Announces Limited Tables-for-Two For Inaugural Festival

The Wittliff Collections, an internationally acclaimed collection of Southwest writing, photography, film and music, announces a limited availability of a?oeDate-Nighta?? tables-for-two for their inaugural Festival, taking place April 18, 2020. Just in time for Valentine's Day, these intimate Date-Night Tables are priced at $1,000 and include gala seating for two at ACL Live at the Moody Theater, access to two full bars and a buffet dinner on the mezzanine level, a chance to bid on silent and live auction items, and a great view of the program, which will include an acoustic performance by Robert Earl Keen and Ray Benson. The Wittliff Collections will host this debut festival in Austin, Texas, with a one-day event celebrating the unbridled imagination of Texas, Mexico and the Southwest. For information on attending the Festival and sponsorship opportunities, email here.

The Wittliff Collections Present Inaugural Festival Celebrating Music, Photography, Film and Literature of the Southwest

The Wittliff Collections, an internationally acclaimed collection of Southwest writing, photography, film and music, will host its festival debut on April 18, 2020, in Austin, Texas, with a one-day event celebrating the unbridled imagination of Texas, Mexico and the Southwest.

San Francisco Fringe 2018 Presents 'Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex, and My Mother'

Jamie Brickhouse's award-winning, critically-acclaimed solo show Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex, and My Mother directed by Obie Award-winning David Drake (The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me) is his alcoholic odyssey from small-town sissy to louche Manhattanite that's wickedly intoxicating as he hits bottom and discovers he can't escape the all-consuming love of his mother Mama Jean. A Texan Elizabeth Taylor with the split personality of Auntie Mame and Mama Rose, she never has a thought she doesn't speak and unwittingly helps Jamie become an out, proud gay, HIV-positive man in recovery. Darkly comic, you'll cry laughing.

Symphony Space Announces 2018/19 Season

Marking its 40th anniversary as one of New York's most vital cultural institutions,Symphony Space is proud to announce a new season of bold programming, presented in a uniquely warm and welcoming environment. From September through June, Symphony Space offers an exciting lineup of events that connect art, ideas, and the city's rich mosaic of communities.

Jamie Brickhouse to Present 'DANGEROUS WHEN WET' Pride Weekend Performance

Sodomite Jamie Brickhouse (three-time Moth StorySLAM champion; voices on Beavis and Butthead) faces his three most defining relationships-booze, sex, and his Texas tornado of a mother Mama Jean-in this darkly comic tour de force.

Jamie Brickhouse to Present 'DANGEROUS WHEN WET' Pride Weekend Performance

Sodomite Jamie Brickhouse (three-time Moth StorySLAM champion; voices on Beavis and Butthead) faces his three most defining relationships-booze, sex, and his Texas tornado of a mother Mama Jean-in this darkly comic tour de force.

Jamie Brockhouse's DANGEROUS WHEN WET Set for FRIGID New York Tonight

The 2017 FRIGID Festival presents Jamie Brickhouse's solo show, Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex, and My Mother, based on his critically-acclaimed memoir.

Sneak Peek at Jamie Brickhouse's DANGEROUS WHEN WET, Coming to FRIGID Festival

Sodomite Jamie Brickhouse (two-time Moth SLAM champion) faces his three most defining relationships-booze, sex, and his Texas tornado of a mother Mama Jean-in this darkly comic tour de force. Ripped from the pages of his critically acclaimed memoir, it sparkles under the direction of Obie Award-winning David Drake, who recently directed the The Jamb. Dangerous When Wet is part of the 11th Annual 2017 FRIGID Festival.

Jamie Brockhouse's DANGEROUS WHEN WET Set for FRIGID New York

The 2017 FRIGID Festival presents Jamie Brickhouse's solo show, Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex, and My Mother, based on his critically-acclaimed memoir.

DANGEROUS WHEN WET Debuts at Frigid Festival Later this Month

Sodomite Jamie Brickhouse (two-time Moth SLAM champion) faces his three most defining relationships-booze, sex, and his Texas tornado of a mother Mama Jean-in this darkly comic tour de force.

Ghostwriter Pens Guide to Writing Your Own Memoir

Of all the literary genres, memoir continues to be the most popular. Jerry Payne knows this firsthand. Payne, a long-time ghostwriter, has written more than two dozen of them for his clients. Now, he's decided to share his secrets with his newly-released book Writing Memoir: The Practical Guide to Writing and Publishing the Story of Your Life (Faydelis Press).