Penina Roth

Honored to be featured in this piece, along with @roxanegay.bsky.social, @debbiemillman.bsky.social, Parul Sehgal, Chloe Malle, David Remnick, and other lit luminaries and celebrities! Huge thanks to @jvojdani.bsky.social and @nymag.com!

Calling all readers! The #BKBF2026 schedule has been officially announced 📚✨ We cannot wait for you to join us in Downtown Brooklyn, online, and across all 5 boroughs for these wonderful literary events. Which program are you most excited for? Visit BrooklynBookFestival.org for the full schedule 🔗

Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.

'I highly recommend reading books about sand if you want hope for the future.' I had a fascinating talk w Deb Olin Unferth in Episode 1049. Her new novel is called EARTH 7, available from @graywolfpress.bsky.social. 🎧 Listen to the full conversation wherever you get your podcasts.

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

Also, I highly recommend the amazing podcast Dolly Parton's America, which is full of tremendous reporting and unusual insight, as well as a terrific interview with Dolly: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...

Here it is! LIGHT, BRIGHT advanced copy. Thank you @600mildollarman.bsky.social, @spacejamkamart.bsky.social, and @graphicmundi.bsky.social! Available in bookstores Feb 2027.

I wrote about Rihanna for Elle! September cover story! Ooh La La. www.elle.com/culture/cele...

"Mud on the Moon spans nearly a century and two continents, from my father's Philippines to his adopted Alaska to the America I grew up in..." Nita Noveno shared a playlist for her memoir Mud on the Moon at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2026/08/19/n...

"In the canon of art by immigrant daughters trying their best to be worthy of love, Mitski’s 'Best American Girl' is a crown jewel..." Malavika Kannan shared a playlist for her debut novel Unprecedented Times at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2026/08/20/m...

In two days... #poetry, #booksky, #Brooklyn Honored to be a part of this series...

Some non #SDCC comic news to share - Today i can share the cover for the LIGHT,BRIGHT, a new YA graphic novel by @600mildollarman.bsky.social and @spacejamkamart.bsky.social (& me, i was on the team, too) Coming February 2027 from @graphicmundi.bsky.social

MONDAY, 7PM, at Crown Inn: Join us for Poets Night at Crown Inn Reading Series, an offshoot of the Franklin Park Reading Series! Hear readings by @quincyscottjones.bsky.social, Grisel Yolanda Acosta, Vincent Toro, Ruthie Chen, and Kate Welsh in a gorgeous backyard! 724 Franklin Ave. #crownheights

Monday’s Franklin Park Reading Series event was a blast! Huge thanks to mesmerizing authors @debolinunferth.bsky.social @juliebuntin.bsky.social @elizabethcrane.bsky.social Patricia Park, Sarah Wang & @rebeccachace1.bsky.social & ❤️ to our amazing audience! 🗓️Save the date for our 9/14 Fall Kickoff!

Tonight in Greenpoint, I'll be reading with Rosh Harper, Joel Walkowski, Aug Stone, and Scott Laudati. It's a collaboration between @wordbookstores.bsky.social and the 61 Franklin Street Garden; things kick off at 61 Franklin Street at 6:30.

TONIGHT, 8PM: Join us for the Franklin Park Reading Series Powerhouse Women Night! Readings by stellar authors @debolinunferth.bsky.social, @juliebuntin.bsky.social, @elizabethcrane.bsky.social, Patricia Park, Sarah Wang @rebeccachace1.bsky.social+ book raffle! #Free www.facebook.com/share/1HC2Si...

TONIGHT, 7PM: Join us at @crowninnreadings.bsky.social Emerging Writers Night, an offshoot of Franklin Park Reading Series, for readings by Annabelle Allen, Carissa Chesanek & Stephanie Leke + featured authors @aaantons.bsky.social,Tenacity Plys & Devyn Defoe! 724 Franklin Ave. #crownheights #free

The countdown is on! Only 12 days left to submit your work to our Annual Poetry Contest: www.narrativemagazine.com/eighteenth-a...

We had a blast at Franklin Park on Monday, celebrating the release of Scott McClanahan’s novel Fights! Huge thanks to Scott and our other stellar readers, @geoffrickly.bsky.social, Michael Seidlinger, David Simmons, Hallie Elizabeth Newton, and Kathy Joyce! 🗓️Our next event is Aug. 10!

TONIGHT, 8PM: At the Franklin Park Reading Series, we’re celebrating lit legend Scott McClanahan’s new novel Fights! and hosting trailblazing indie press stars @geoffrickly.bsky.social, Michael Seidlinger, David Simmons, Hallie Elizabeth Newton, and Kathy Joyce! Free Admission! 618 St. Johns Pl, BK

NBCC board member Rebecca Morgan Frank covered seven July poetry collections for Literary Hub:

THIS MONDAY, JULY 13, 8PM: Franklin Park Reading Series celebrates Scott McClanahan and his new novel Fights! He'll be joined by @geoffrickly.bsky.social, Michael Seidlinger, David Simmons, Hallie Elizabeth Newton & Kathy Joyce. #Free! 618 St. Johns Pl, #crownheights www.facebook.com/share/1EAi1x...

New episode of Books Up Close out with THEE @garthgreenwell.bsky.social! 💙https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-37-garth-greenwell-small-rain/id1792209740?i=1000776247022

Evil Dead Burn is a horrifying family drama before all the undead even get involved. @leahschnelbach.bsky.social reviews the latest addition to the iconic series, where no traumatic backstory can save you from an open dishwasher 🍴

Monday’s Franklin Park Reading Series Summer Launch was a blast! Huge thanks to our mesmerizing readers, Camille Perri, @catfitzpatrick.net, Natalie Adler, M Lin, Chiwan Choi, and Honor Jones, and lots of ❤️ to our anazing audience! 🗓️Next event is July 13!

TONIGHT, 8PM: We're launching our summer season at Franklin Park Reading Series w/stellar authors Camille Perri, @catfitzpatrick.net, Natalie Adler, M Lin, Chiwan Choi & Honor Jones! Drink specials + raffle for books & merch! #Free! 618 St. Johns Pl, #crownheights. www.facebook.com/share/14gMwT...

I had a great time talking to Betsy Crane for Episode 32 of Radio Free Mike @elizabethcrane.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...

"To write this novel, I built out a four-hour-long playlist that tracked the plot, beat for beat. Musical cues helped me escalate tension, or keep the energy at a simmer..." @Natalie Adler shared a playlist for her debut novel Waiting on a Friend largeheartedboy.com/2026/05/29/n...

*️⃣Please note: Due to tonight’s 🏀Knicks game, this month’s Franklin Park Reading Series event has been pushed off to June 22, when we’ll be hosting Camille Perri, @catfitzpatrick.net, Natalie Adler, M Lin, Chiwan Choi, and Honor Jones! www.facebook.com/share/1D6Bmg...

TONIGHT, 7-9PM: Join us at the Crown Inn for our first Poets Night, featuring @ceciliakcecilia.bsky.social, Abi Pollokoff, Natalya Sukhonos, Andres Cordoba, and Marielena O. Gomez! 724 Franklin Ave. #crownheights #free

dive into the summer book proposal generator—now enrolling bb!!!! 📚☀️ register here: www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/summ... @shipmanagency.bsky.social

NBCC board member Tobias Carroll interviewed Adrian Nathan West about translating two of Mario Vargas Llosa's novels for Vol. 1 Brooklyn:

Huge thanks to Monday's phenomenal Franklin Park Reading Series stars, Xochitl Gonzalez, @emilynemens.bsky.social, Monika Ostrowska, @zachpowers.bsky.social, @kimsamek.bsky.social, and Kevin Sampsell, and lots of ❤️ to our amazing audience! 📆Next event is June 8!

THIS MONDAY, 7-9PM: Join us at the Crown Inn for Poets Night (every 3rd Monday)! Enjoy readings by poets @ceciliakcecilia.bsky.social, Abi Pollokoff, Natalya Sukhonos, Andres Cordoba and Marielena O. Gomez, drink specials & backyard vibes! 724 Franklin Ave., btwn Sterling & Park #Free #crownheights

TONIGHT, 8PM: The Franklin Park Reading Series hosts acclaimed authors Xochitl Gonzalez, @emilynemens.bsky.social, Monika Ostrowska, @zachpowers.bsky.social, @kimsamek.bsky.social, and Kevin Sampsell for a night of fresh fiction and poetry! www.facebook.com/share/18KcUw... #Free #crownheights

. @theflytrapmedia.com republished my piece for Bitch from a few years ago about postpartum psychosis in The Upstairs House by @finejuli.bsky.social and Nightbitch by @rachelyoder.bsky.social, now with added updates about the movie adaptation, and Die My Love www.theflytrapmedia.com/mother-monst...

Huge thanks to Tyler Wetherall for featuring tonight’s @crowninnreadings.bsky.social launch in her excellent Reading the City newsletter! readingthecity.substack.com/p/126-readin... #crownheights

TONIGHT, 7PM: Launch of Crown Inn Reading Series for emerging writers, cohosted by Franklin Park Reading Series! Readers: @deirdrekoala.bsky.social @jtprice.bsky.social & Wil Turner + featured authors @ellomelissa.bsky.social @sashafletcher.bsky.social. Beer specials, custom cocktails! #crownheights

"A lot of what I find very worthwhile are pursuits that are full of friction... This notion that everything is supposed to get more and more convenient simply because it can is really poisonous to the development of taste and the work of making art."

At the MoMA’s Marcel Duchamp exhibit, what all the works on display share “is a disregard for capital and for the way it shapes or encroaches on artistic practice, corrupting the freedom of the mind,” Hilton Als writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/yzOn0t

So pumped for this!

This Monday, May 4, 7pm: Join us for the launch of our emerging writers/poetry series at the Crown Inn in #crownheights! #Free!

"I think the pressure is off with a short story. It’s the purest expression of my ideas, my sense of humor." @katiecoleman.bsky.social interviews @kimsamek.bsky.social about I am the Ghost Here (@thedialpress.bsky.social). ➡️ buff.ly/QUmxVyQ

It’s an extraordinary honor to be named a winner of the O. Henry Prize. Thank you to Tommy Orange, Jenny Minton Quigley, and Zyzzyva. lithub.com/announcing-t...

Kevin Sampsell's new novel sees the world through the eyes of a two-year-old (who believes their departed father is the moon). The novel follows young Tony Volcano Ventura through his childhood as he grows from a very curious baby into a street-smart toddler and preschooler.