The Pen Parentis Literary Salon
Your Local Literary Salon.
The Pen Parentis Literary Salon brings an exciting new literary venue to the very heart of the Financial District! All are invited to this intimate event held the second Tuesday of each month. Join us for a drink and a story in the extraordinarily warm and elegant Libertine Library at Gild Hall.
In association with The South Street Seaport, Pen Parentis is proud to present two notable authors reading from their work each month—the two hour event concludes with an intimate Q&A and signings at the authors’ discretion. Full bar service is available.
When & Where to be
- Next event: Tuesday, February 9, 2010
- Ongoing readings monthly, every second Tuesday
- 6pm-8pm
- At the gorgeous Libertine Library at Gild Hall
- Located inside the stunning new Gild Hall Hotel at 15 Gold Street, NYC (click to see map)
- FREE admission!
- Ten minute walk from everywhere in the Financial District
- 2/3/4/5/J/M/Z at Fulton, A/C at Broadway/Nassau, E or PATH at WTC
Who is reading this month?
February 9, 2010 » Mark Shulman, Rachel Sherman, & Meg Mullins
Mark Shulman has published over 100 children’s books of every kind. He has also written nonfiction, preschool, trivia, readers, movie tie-ins, sticker books, and humor books for adults. His most recent projects include a young adult novel, Scrawl. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, a literacy teacher, and their two children.
Rachel Sherman holds an MFA in fiction from Columbia University. Her short stories have appeared in various publications including the anthology Full Frontal Fiction: The Best of Nerve Anthology. Her book of short stories, The First Hurt was short listed for The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and was named one of the 25 Books to Remember from 2006 by the New York Public Library.
Meg Mullins, celebrated author of The Rug Merchant, joins the Pen Parentis Author Salon while on book tour for highly anticipated novel, Dear Strangers. Her short fiction is widely published. The story that formed the basis of The Rug Merchant appeared in The Best American Short Stories 2002. She lives in New Mexico with her husband and their two children.
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Pen Parentis is a new, New York-based organization that provides resources to authors who are parents. The organization’s goals include a writing contest for new parents, grants for child-care, and ultimately, a writing center that partners with groups that provide drop-off children’s programming.
For more about Pen Parentis, visit the Pen Parentis website.
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Click penparentis@gmail.com to send a message to the organizers or contact the Pen Parentis executive director M. M. De Voe (212-501-2031) for more information.
The Pen Parentis Literary Salon is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
This event was also funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. with public funds from The New York State Council of the Arts, a state agency.