Date: November 7th 2008

Greetings from Softskull!

Just a reminder about a few upcoming events. Tonight, November 7th at 7:30, John Giorno will read from his new book, Subduing Demons in America at the Rubin Museum in Chelsea. And, he will be reading at the McNally Jackson bookstore with a Q&A lead by Soft Skull author Douglas Martin on Monday, November 10th at 7 pm. Also this week the Brooklyn Library will be hosting two great events: The Brooklyn Independents Series on Wednesday, November 12 at 7 pm (the series features a consortium of highly regarded, cutting-edge independent literary publishers, including Soft Skull!), and a discussion lead by Comic artist David Rees, author of Get Your War On and journalist Matt Taibbi author of Spanking the Donkey.

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Tonight! Friday, November 4th

John Giorno Reads from his new book Subduing Demons in America at 7:30 at the Rubin Museum in Chelsea located on

150 West 17th Street,
New York, NY 10011

The reading will be followed by a book signing in the Lounge area of the Rubin Museum, and will likely devolve into an extended celebration of demons, America, subduing, and books in general. The whole thing lasts until 10 PM. This event is free and open to the public. Also, a special bonus-event, set to occur directly after the party/demon/signing: Rosanne Cash and Joe Henry IN the Rubin Theater, and at 9:30, Francine Prose introducing the epic, the unmatched, the Criterion-collected and unanimously celebrated "Battle of Algiers.

For more information on this event visit the Rubin Museum's Website: http://www.rmanyc.org/programs-events/index.xml?context=programs-events/index.xml


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Monday, November 10th

John Giorno Reads from his new book Subduing Demons in America at 7 pm at McNally Jackson Bookstore:

52 Prince St.
(b/t Lafayette & Mulberry)
New York, NY 10012

there will be a Q&A Session led by Douglas Martin author of Soft Skull books like "In the Time of Assignments", "Branwell", and "Outline of My Lover", as well as the editor of "The Haiku Year."



For more information about this event visit Mcnally Jackson online at ttp://www.mcnallyjackson.com/
And for more information about Get your War On visit Soft Skull's Website: http://softskull.com/detailedbook.php?isbn=978-1-59376-213-1
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Wed, Nov 12, 7p

Dweck Center Central Library Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 11238

Brooklyn authors including Michael Thomas, Nicky Dawidoff and Kevin Baker add their legends to baseball literature! The Brooklyn Independents Series features independent publishers like Akashic Press, BOMB Magazine, A Public Space, Tin House Press and Soft Skull. It is supported in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

For more information on this event visit the Brooklyn Library's website: http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/branch_library_detail.jsp?branchpageid=265


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Sat, Nov 15, 4p

Comic artist David Rees, Author of Get Your War On and journalist Matt Taibbi Spanking the Donkey discuss politics and journalism, placing America's future on a scale of one to doomed at the Brooklyn Public Library

Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 11238

For more information about Get your War On visit Soft Skull's Website: http://softskull.com/detailedbook.php?isbn=978-1-59376-213-1

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Thanks for reading. Come out and support!

Best,
Soft Skull Press



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