Closed to RSVPs: One Book, One New York with Patti Smith and Karolina Waclawiak of Buzzfeed News
As part of this year’s One Book, One New York initiative, New Yorkers selected Patti Smith’s memoir Just Kids to collectively read over the summer! Join us for the culminating event where Patti Smith will talk about writing, loss, and coming of age in the Big Apple.
Friday, September 20 at 7pm
The Center for Fiction
This event is at capacity. We are not accepting new RSVPs.
About One Book, One New York
About One Book, One New York
Now in its third year, One Book, One New York is a city-wide campaign created by the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment. It is designed to bring New Yorkers together, to read the same book at the same time.
The program is intended not only to encourage a sense of community among New Yorkers but also to support the city’s book publishing and bookselling industries. In recent years, both the publishing and bookselling industries have faced significant challenges. There are currently 55 independent bookstores and 8 Barnes and Noble bookstores in NYC. The One Book, One New York campaign recognizes how vital bookstores are in NYC neighborhoods, as they often serve as a meeting place for residents to come together and exchange ideas.
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Patti Smith
Patti Smith
Patti Smith is a writer, performer, and artist. Her seminal album Horses has been hailed as one of the top one hundred albums of all time. Her books include the National Book Award-winning memoir, Just Kids, M Train, Witt, Babel, Woolgathering, The Coral Sea, and Auguries of Innocence. Her new memoir Year of the Monkey will be released on September 24, 2019.
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Karolina Waclawiak
Karolina Waclawiak
Karolina Waclawiak is the author of the critically acclaimed novels How to Get Into the Twin Palms and THE INVADERS. Her third novel, Life Events, will be published by FSG in spring 2020.
AWOL, a feature she co-wrote with Deb Shoval, premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and has received praise from The Hollywood Reporter, IndieWire, Marie Claire, and more. Formerly an editor at the Believer, she is now the Executive Editor, Culture at BuzzFeed News.
Karolina received her BFA in Screenwriting from USC and her MFA in Fiction from Columbia University. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, VQR, the Believer, Hazlitt, and other publications.
