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14690: Haitian author to read in Brooklyn, NY



From: Jude-Laure Denis <judela@rcn.com>

Bob--
I would appreciate it if you could  post this event to the list. I will be
reading the first chapter from my new novel about Haiti, entitled Just
Cause.
Thank you.
Jude-Laure Denis

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 3-5PM
(The Brooklyn Museum, Eastern Parkway & Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Hall of the Americas, 1st Floor)

In association with
The John Oliver Killens Writers Workshop Inc.
presents
OTHER VOICES: A Literary Celebration of Black History Month
Hosted by Carol Dixon
Featured authors: Bennett Capers, Jude-Laure Denis, Dianne Dixon, Beverly
Sloan

Carol Dixon, former curator of Dixon Place&#8217;s phenomenal First
Thursdays
literary series, which showcased such writers as Junot Diaz, Sapphire,
Edwidge
Danticat, and Sonia Sanchez, to name but a few, brings you four of the
best up
and coming African American writers in a celebration of Black History
Month.

Expect to hear a variety of fictional themes from each author from the
sensual
to the shocking, the hilarious to the poignant, with stories set in the
South,
Haiti, and Urban America.

Q&A and Reception to follow.  Please RSVP to this email.

DIRECTIONS

      By Subway
Seventh Avenue IRT 2or 3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum. Or switch to
2or
3at Nevins Street stop (across platform) from Lexington Avenue IRT 4or 5;
or
Atlantic/Pacific Street from IND B,Dor Q, the BMT N, or R, or  the LIRR


      By Car


>From Manhattan: Brooklyn Bridge; first left at Tillary Street; right on
Flatbush Avenue to Grand Army Plaza; approximately 2/3 around Plaza; turn
right
on Eastern Parkway.  Museum is at first intersection (Eastern Parkway and
Washington Avenue). Or Manhattan Bridge enters directly onto Flatbush
Avenue.