Franklin Park Reading Series - Teju Cole

"I was born to Nigerian parents and grew up in Lagos. My mother taught French. My father was a business executive who exported chocolate. The first book I read (I was six) was an abridgment of Tom Sawyer. At fifteen I published cartoons regularly in Prime People, Nigeria's version of Vanity Fair. Two years later I moved to the United States.

Since then, I've spent most of my time studying art history, except for an unhappy year in medical school. I currently live in Brooklyn." - http://www.tejucole.com

Our monthly readings happen every Second Monday at the Franklin Park Bar and Beer Garden in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. We feature emerging and established fiction writers, memoirists, poets, storytellers, and comedians (and the occasional musician). Whenever possible, we draw from the local talent pool. And we love to showcase a wide range of voices, reflecting the diversity of the Crown Heights community.

Franklin Park, our venue, is a true neighborhood bar, where oldtimers and newbies kick back in a leafy courtyard and two indoor areas.

The series has been recommended by the New York Times, the New Yorker, New York Magazine, Time Out, the Village Voice, New York Press, The Brooklyn Paper, and other publications. The L Magazine gave the Franklin Park Reading Series a 2011 Brooklyn Bar Award for "best readings."

http://franklinparkbrooklyn.com

Video by http://www.o-patch.com

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• book
• park
• reading
• story
• presentation
• bar
• coffee shop
• cafe
• lounge
• literary

[anycon]

think he's serious about 'ten years'?

i hope nonfiction isn't all he gets out of lagos, since open city is such a good novel

otherwise we'll be waiting 15 years for the next one