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Monday February 22, 2010
7:30PM - - -
Gabriel Brownstein - The Man From Beyond: A Novel
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The George Washington University and Washington DCJCC present
Gabriel Brownstein
The Man From Beyond: A Novel
Thursday, March 4, 7:30 pm
Busboys & Poets, 2021 14th Street NW
$5 Suggested Donation
Award-winning author Gabriel Brownstein discusses his book The Man From Beyond. In April 1922, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle arrives in New York on a spiritualist crusade. In the newspapers, he defends the powers of the mysterious Margery, one of the most famous mediums of the day. His good friend Harry Houdini is a skeptic. Enter Molly Goodman, a young reporter whose job is to cover the heated debate. As she wanders into this world of spooks and spirits, murder and criminal frauds, Molly comes to realizations about her own life.
Brownstein will also discuss his new story "Occupations, Settlements, Territories" about a mixed-up kid working at a socialist Zionist summer camp. This story will be published in the Spring 2010 issue of the Harvard Review.
Gabriel Brownstein won the PEN/ Hemingway Award for his collection The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Apt. 3W. He is currently an Assistant Professor of in the Department of English at St. John's University in Queens, NY.
Sponsored by the David Bruce Smith Family Foundation
Gabriel Brownstein
The Man From Beyond: A Novel
Thursday, March 4, 7:30 pm
Busboys & Poets, 2021 14th Street NW
$5 Suggested Donation
Award-winning author Gabriel Brownstein discusses his book The Man From Beyond. In April 1922, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle arrives in New York on a spiritualist crusade. In the newspapers, he defends the powers of the mysterious Margery, one of the most famous mediums of the day. His good friend Harry Houdini is a skeptic. Enter Molly Goodman, a young reporter whose job is to cover the heated debate. As she wanders into this world of spooks and spirits, murder and criminal frauds, Molly comes to realizations about her own life.
Brownstein will also discuss his new story "Occupations, Settlements, Territories" about a mixed-up kid working at a socialist Zionist summer camp. This story will be published in the Spring 2010 issue of the Harvard Review.
Gabriel Brownstein won the PEN/ Hemingway Award for his collection The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Apt. 3W. He is currently an Assistant Professor of in the Department of English at St. John's University in Queens, NY.
Sponsored by the David Bruce Smith Family Foundation
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Location/Venue:
Busboys and Poets
Contact Name:
Margalit Rosenthal
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(202) 777-3251
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