A Christmas Carol reading at Housing Works in Soho this afternoon. Guest readers include: Scott Adsit (30 Rock) Alexander Chee (The Queen of the Night) Joshua Cohen (Four New Messages) Jonathan Dee (The Privileges) Ira Glass (This American Life) David Goodwillie (American Subversive) Emily Gould (And the Heart Says Whatever) Lev Grossman (The Magician King) Kathryn Harrison (The Kiss) Jill Hennessey (Ghost in My Head) John Hodgman (That Is All) Julie Klam (Love at First Bark) Michael Kostroff (The Wire) Aryn Kyle (Boys and Girls Like You and Me) Laura Miller (Salon) Eileen Myles (Inferno, a poet’s novel) Eve Plumb (actress, played Jan Brady) Said Sayrafiezadeh (When Skateboards Will Be Free) Lorin Stein (editor, The Paris Review) Emma Straub (Other People We Married) Justin Taylor (The Gospel of Anarchy) Lynne Tillman (American Genius, A Comedy) Simon Van Booy (Everything Beautiful Began After)
Pop-upView Separately

A Christmas Carol reading at Housing Works in Soho this afternoon.

Guest readers include:
Scott Adsit (30 Rock)
Alexander Chee (The Queen of the Night)
Joshua Cohen (Four New Messages)
Jonathan Dee (The Privileges)
Ira Glass (This American Life)
David Goodwillie (American Subversive)
Emily Gould (And the Heart Says Whatever)
Lev Grossman (The Magician King)
Kathryn Harrison (The Kiss)
Jill Hennessey (Ghost in My Head)
John Hodgman (That Is All)
Julie Klam (Love at First Bark)
Michael Kostroff (The Wire)
Aryn Kyle (Boys and Girls Like You and Me)
Laura Miller (Salon)
Eileen Myles (Inferno, a poet’s novel)
Eve Plumb (actress, played Jan Brady)
Said Sayrafiezadeh (When Skateboards Will Be Free)
Lorin Stein (editor, The Paris Review)
Emma Straub (Other People We Married)
Justin Taylor (The Gospel of Anarchy)
Lynne Tillman (American Genius, A Comedy)
Simon Van Booy (Everything Beautiful Began After)

Awww my first real New York apt. I spent the past year living in Brooklyn and finally decided to bite the bullet and move into the city. I spent most of my free time here and in my 4th year of medical school when there is much more free time, I decided to spend it in New York. Sure it comes with a slightly pricier apartment for maybe a quarter of the space that I had in Brooklyn but so far after a week, it’s worth it. I’m at crossroads between Little Italy/Chinatown/Nolita in my teeny apt. One direction its fish markets, smoking Chinese men playing Chinese checkers and women asking me nonstop if I either want a fake Rolex or a massage. The other direction is Italian guys who consistently greet me with “Ciao Bella!” (I love walking down this street!), who all have some point introduced themselves to me as Giovanni, an apparently popular name on this street. Turn the other way to Nolita with all its interesting little shops, and my favorite coffee shop right now, Housing Works, and an awesome pop-up indoor park. I really do love it here. It’s bustling, busy, noisy, often stinky and annoyingly crowded… and sometimes just surreal. I feel like I’m at Universal Studios and keep waiting for the set to be cleared.
Pop-upView Separately

Awww my first real New York apt. I spent the past year living in Brooklyn and finally decided to bite the bullet and move into the city. I spent most of my free time here and in my 4th year of medical school when there is much more free time, I decided to spend it in New York. Sure it comes with a slightly pricier apartment for maybe a quarter of the space that I had in Brooklyn but so far after a week, it’s worth it.

I’m at crossroads between Little Italy/Chinatown/Nolita in my teeny apt. One direction its fish markets, smoking Chinese men playing Chinese checkers and women asking me nonstop if I either want a fake Rolex or a massage. The other direction is Italian guys who consistently greet me with “Ciao Bella!” (I love walking down this street!), who all have some point introduced themselves to me as Giovanni, an apparently popular name on this street. Turn the other way to Nolita with all its interesting little shops, and my favorite coffee shop right now, Housing Works, and an awesome pop-up indoor park.

I really do love it here. It’s bustling, busy, noisy, often stinky and annoyingly crowded… and sometimes just surreal. I feel like I’m at Universal Studios and keep waiting for the set to be cleared.