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NICOLE KRAUSS SPEAKING EVEN TS — a New Yorker 20 under 40 writer, the author is promoting her new book  –“Great House: A Novel” — around NYC

Upcoming appearances:

Mon., November 8
8:00 p.m.
92ND STREET Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY
Reading with Cynthia Ozick

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Wed., November 17
7:30 – 9:00 pm
SYMPHONY SPACE

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Thurs., November 18
8PM
CONGREGATION BETH ELOHIM
8th Avenue and Garfield Street
Park Slope
Onstage interview with
Jodi Kantor from The New York Times, book signing

See the NYtimes Review of  Great House

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Theater in America

October 18, 2010
6 p.m.
Casa Italiana
1161 Amsterdam Avenue (at 118th Street)

Laurence Senelick, editor of the Library of America’s new anthology, The American Stage: Writing on Theater from Washington Irving to Tony Kushner, sits down with Tony Kushner, actor Tovah Feldshuh, and director Gregory Mosher for an evening of anecdotes, reading, and discussion. Click here to see the poster online (PDF).

Sponsored by the Center for American Studies, the Library of America, and the Columbia Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies.

This event is free and open to the public. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

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Upcoming events through our friends at School of the Arts:

WRITING | Creative Writing Lecture Series
Jennifer Egan
Thu, Oct 21, 7 pm
Columbia University School of the Arts, Dodge Hall Rm 501
(2960 Broadway at 116th St)

Jennifer Egan is the author of The Invisible Circus, which was released as a feature film by Fine Line in 2001, Emerald City and Other Stories, Look at Me, which was nominated for the National Book Award in 2001, and the bestselling The Keep. Her new book, A Visit From the Goon Squad, was published in June. Also a journalist, she writes frequently for the New York Times.

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WRITING | Reading, Conversation and Book Signing
John Irving
Tue, Oct 26, 4 pm
Columbia University Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th St)

John Irving will be reading from Last Night in Twisted River, his twelfth novel. Q and A will follow, as well as a book signing. Irving published his first novel, Setting Free the Bears, in 1968. He has been nominated for a National Book Award three times–winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. He also received an O. Henry Award, in 1981, for the short story Interior Space. In 1992, Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules, a film with seven Academy Award nominations. In 2001, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Books will be sold on site. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

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CAMPO Fundraiser!

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Come and party with us so we can go green with this year’s magazine! $4 includes a free shot, and DJ M Dot will be spinning all night.

Past Events:

An Evening with Chinese Poet Yu Jian

introduced by Professor Lydia H. Lu

403 Kent Hall, Thursday September 16, 7-9 PM

Second Annual S&M Night!

Thursday, January 28th

8:30PM in 501 Dodge

Join QUARTO for a reading to celebrate the approaching SUBMISSION deadline for our 61st anniversary issue.

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Wednesday November 18, 2009

8:00 PM in 501 Dodge

Literary Balderdash with Quarto & The Columbia Journal!

We’re giving the bluffing game a novel twist! Come by for free food and prizes!