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Mosaic Literary Magazine's 10th Anniversary Reading Series

Join Mosaic Literary Magazine as we celebrate ten years of presenting the literary arts by writers of African descent. This series of readings; which will take place in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Harlem; will display the diversity of content Mosaic has showcased since 1998. For more information visit http://mosaicmagazine.org.

Friday, October 3, 6:30 pm
Thomas Glave, R. Erica Doyle, and Rosamond King
The first book of its kind, OUR CARIBBEAN: A GATHERING OF LESBIAN AND GAY WRITING FROM THE ANTILLES is an anthology of lesbian and gay writing from across the Antilles. The author and activist Thomas Glave has gathered outstanding fiction, nonfiction, memoir, and poetry by little-known writers along with selections by internationally celebrated figures.

OUR CARIBBEAN editor Thomas Glave, and R. Erica Doyle and Rosamond King will read from their contributions to the anthology.

Harlem School of the Arts
645 St. Nicholas Avenue (bet 141st and 145th Sts)
New York, NY 10030

$20 contribution welcomed.
Contributors will receive a one-year subscription to Mosaic
Co-presented with the Up South International Book Festival
http://mosaicmagazine.org

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Wednesday, October 8, 6:30 pm
Tayari Jones
Novelist Tayari Jones is the author of LEAVING ATLANTA and THE UNTELLING, winner of the Hurston/Wright and Lillian C Smith Awards. Her work has appeared in Callaloo, McSweeey's, The Believer, and The New York Times. She is on the MFA faculty at Rutgers University.

Tayari Jones will read from her work and then be joined by poet Nicole Sealey for a conversation about Tayari's work and writing process.

MoCADA
80 Hanson Pl (at South Portland Ave)
Brooklyn, NY 11217

Free event.
Contribute $10 and receive a one-year subscription to Mosaic.
http://mosaicmagazine.org

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Tuesday, October 14, 6:30 pm
Patrick Rosal
Patrick Rosal is the author of two full-length poetry collections, UPROCK HEADSPIN SCRAMBLE and DIVE, which won the Members' Choice Award from the Asian American Writers' Workshop, and most recently MY AMERICAN KUNDIMAN, which won the Association of Asian American Studies 2006 Book Award in Poetry as well as the 2007 Global Filipino Literary Award.

His poems and essays have been published widely in journals and anthologies including Harvard Review, Crab Orchard Review, Pindledyboz, Black Renaissance Noire, and Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art.

Bruckner Bar and Grill
1 Bruckner Blvd.
Bronx NY 10454

Free event.
Contribute $10 and receive a one-year subscription to Mosaic.
Co-presented with the Acentos Bronx Poetry Showcase
http://mosaicmagazine.org

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Wednesday, December 3, 6:30pm
Americo Casiano, Jr.
Américo Casiano, Jr. is a New York Foundation for the Arts Poetry fellow, and the founder and artistic director of NuyoRican School Original Poetry Jazz Ensemble. He recently published his first volume of poetry ONE THE STAND: POEMS. His work has also been anthologized in BUM RUSH THE PAGE: DEF POETRY JAM, NEW RAINS VOLUME NINE: OUR FATHERS/OURSELVES, ALOUD: VOICES FROM THE NUYORICAN POETS' CAFE and NUYORICAN POETRY.

Luis Reyes Rivera
Considered by many as a necessary bridge between the African and Latino American communities, Louis Reyes Rivera is the recipient of over 20 awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award (1995), a Special Congressional Recognition award (1986), and CCNY's 125th Anniversary Medal (1973). He remains among the more respected underground poets who has assisted in the publication of over 200 books, including John Oliver Killens' GREAT BLACK RUSSIAN, Adal Maldonado's PORTRAITS OF THE PUERTO RICAN EXPERIENCE, BUM RUSH THE PAGE: A DEF POETRY JAM, and THE BANDANA REPUBLIC, an anthology of prose and poetry from current and former gang members.

Longwood Art Gallery
450 Grand Concourse at 149th St.
Bronx NY 10451
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Saturday, October 25, 2008, 12-5pm
REVERSE LITERARY CONFERENCE
http://reversefestival.com/08.htm
Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY
450 Grand Concourse

The Re:Verse Literary Conference & Festival calls for educators to enhance the role literature plays in the lives of students and youth. The conference seeks to rebuild the audience for literature as a means for understanding culture, history, and social studies. Now in its fourth year, Re:Verse celebrates the diversity of thought literature fosters.

Attendees: Register before September 26 and receive a 33% conference discount. http://reverse.eventbrite.com. All conference attendees will receive a complimentary one-year subscription to Mosaic Literary Magazine ($24 value) and lunch.