Brooklyn-born author Philip Lopate will help kick off fall season of Prose Pros on October 7 with Burt Kimmelman
Sidewalk Café
94 Ave. A
Thursday, October 7, free (donations accepted), 6:30
Series continues November 18 & December 9
212-473-7373
www.sidewalkmusic.net
The literary reading series Prose Pros kicks off its fall season this Thursday at the Sidewalk Café, home of the antifolk music scene, pairing “prose practitioners linked by agreement or opposition, by topic similarities or discordances.” Hosted by writers Martha King (NORTH & SOUTH) and Elinor Nauen (LADIES, START YOUR ENGINES), Prose Pros will team Brooklyn-born authors Philip Lopate (AGAINST JOI DE VIVRE, NOTES ON SONTAG) and Burt Kimmelman (AS IF FREE) on October 7, reading works set in their hometown. On November 18, Andrei Codrescu (THE POETRY LESSON) will join CAConrad (THE BOOK OF FRANK, THE CITY REAL & IMAGINED), followed by Eileen Myles (INFERNO) and Basil King (LEARNING TO DRAW/A HISTORY: TWIN TOWERS) on December 9.