books: September is an amazing month for the Tumblr book community. We invite you to join us at these four New York City celebrations for readings, comedy, music, cocktails, and more. All are free and open to the public. 9/4 How Not to Read: Harnessing the Power of a Literature-Free Life with Dan Wilbur, Housing Works Bookstore CafeJoin stand-up comedian and indie bookseller Dan Wilbur as he hosts a night of live comedy and storytelling in celebration of his first book. With Chris Gethard, Elna Baker, and Adam Newman. 9/13 Hacking the Future: A Launch Event and Panel to Discuss the Web’s Anonymity “Problem,” Housing Works Bookstore Cafe Author Cole Stryker will be joined by Clay Shirky, Whitney Phillips, John Young, and Deborah Natsios for a conversation examining why the identity issue may be the most crucial decision we face in the coming decade. 9/17 Tumblr, Electric Literature, The New Inquiry, and the Los Angeles Review of Books invite you to celebrate the Opening Night of Brooklyn Book Festival Bookends, Public Assembly Three top web-based literary publications (and Tumblr super-users) invite you meet your internet friends in person for chatting, drinking, and dancing to kick off the most bookish week in Brooklyn. Music from DJs Abby Klein and Doc Delay and free drink specials enhance the East Coast vs. West Coast faceoff — and everybody wins! 9/25 Launch Party for Suri’s Burn Book & F*ck! I’m in My 20s, Housing Works Bookstore Cafe Meet Allie Hagan, Emma Koenig, and all your Tumblr friends for free drinks, comedy, readings, music and more. Very interested in all of these! High-res

books:

September is an amazing month for the Tumblr book community. We invite you to join us at these four New York City celebrations for readings, comedy, music, cocktails, and more. All are free and open to the public.

9/4 How Not to Read: Harnessing the Power of a Literature-Free Life with Dan Wilbur, Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

Join stand-up comedian and indie bookseller Dan Wilbur as he hosts a night of live comedy and storytelling in celebration of his first book. With Chris Gethard, Elna Baker, and Adam Newman.

9/13 Hacking the Future: A Launch Event and Panel to Discuss the Web’s Anonymity “Problem,” Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

Author Cole Stryker will be joined by Clay Shirky, Whitney Phillips, John Young, and Deborah Natsios for a conversation examining why the identity issue may be the most crucial decision we face in the coming decade.

9/17 Tumblr, Electric Literature, The New Inquiry, and the Los Angeles Review of Books invite you to celebrate the Opening Night of Brooklyn Book Festival Bookends, Public Assembly

Three top web-based literary publications (and Tumblr super-users) invite you meet your internet friends in person for chatting, drinking, and dancing to kick off the most bookish week in Brooklyn. Music from DJs Abby Klein and Doc Delay and free drink specials enhance the East Coast vs. West Coast faceoff — and everybody wins!

9/25 Launch Party for Suri’s Burn Book & F*ck! I’m in My 20s, Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

Meet Allie Hagan, Emma Koenig, and all your Tumblr friends for free drinks, comedy, readings, music and more.

Very interested in all of these!

(via staff)

Recent read: The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now by Meg Jay. I bought the book after catching an online segment she did with Katie Couric called, “Mistakes Twentysomethings Make. I’m always interested in psychology and development and the idea that our identities are pretty much formed by the time we’re 30. This book reinforces that idea and it applies this theory to Work, Love, The Brain and Body. There are some life lessons and examples from real life cases she has dealt with. Has anyone else read this book? Curious to know what others think! High-res

Recent read: The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now by Meg Jay.

I bought the book after catching an online segment she did with Katie Couric called, “Mistakes Twentysomethings Make. I’m always interested in psychology and development and the idea that our identities are pretty much formed by the time we’re 30. This book reinforces that idea and it applies this theory to Work, Love, The Brain and Body. There are some life lessons and examples from real life cases she has dealt with.

Has anyone else read this book? Curious to know what others think!

Knights of Arcadia: My multi-titled young adult novel

knightsofarcadia:

Last December my loverly wife, Jackie, prompted me to start writing the first chapter of my book, then titled, “I’m Terrible at Titles.”

It got off to a slow start but as I began to outline how Asher Stone, our main character, would begin this journey into Eden Worn with his friends, it picked up…

Yes! I’m so excited to see one of the coolest, kindest, most awesome people I know on Tumblr! I’ve been hearing about this novel for a while and I’m thrilled to take this journey with you, Brooks!

(Any fellow writer peeps out there in Tumblr land? We gotta stick together!)