The Cringe Reading Series in Brooklyn, N.Y. (August 5, 9:00 p.m.) – If you thought your angsty teenage poetry, letters to celebrity crushes, diary entries detailing miserable first dates, etc. should be burned or locked up forever, you’re wrong. This reading, held the first Wednesday of every month, invites you to read them out loud before a commiserating audience at Freddy’s Bar.Fiction Writer’s Retreat in Ancramdale, N.Y. (August 8, 8:00 a.m.) – Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership will be hosting its first Fiction Writers’ Retreat this weekend. The event will workshop novels and young adult literature and highlight the social responsibility in the writing life.
Adult Spelling Bee in Milwaukee, Wis. (August 8, 3:00 p.m.) – If you have a competitive streak and a photographic memory for words, sign up for the Adult Spelling Bee at the Divine Mercy Fun Fest. It will be held at 695 College Avenue, and the winner will take home a cash prize.
The Summer Vermont Book & Ephemera Fair in Woodstock, Vt. (August 9, 10:00 a.m.) – This book fair, held by the Vermont Antiquarian Booksellers Association, is a gathering of the Northeast’s finest booksellers. Special guests include renowned bookbinder Malcolm Summers, who specializes in antique book repair and leather-binding.
A Keeping of Records: The Art and Life of Alice Walker in Atlanta, Ga. (through September 27) – Alice Walker is a pioneer on the front of feminism, civil rights, and literature. In Emory University’s Woodruff Library, her personal archives—letters, notes, papers, drafts—are on display for the first time.
--Emmaline Silverman
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