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Word Up Recirculation: Elísabet Benavent’s A PERFECT STORY with Priscilla Oliveras

Friday, October 25, 2024 – 7:00pm to 8:30pm
RECIRCULATION A project of Word Up
876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.)
New York, NY 10032

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Word Up is hosting international bestselling author, Elísabet Benavent to celebrate her first novel in English, A Perfect Story, a romance about two heartbroken people from totally different worlds who go on a fake-dating vacation of a lifetime. It has been adapted into an international Netflix series sensation by the same name. Joining Benavent in conversation is Priscilla Oliveras, bestselling author of Kiss Me, Catalina and Their Perfect Melody.

This event is a $5 suggested donation ticket with 50 max attendees. Please register in advance. 

In compliance with Word Up Community Safety guidelines, all attendees are encouraged to stay masked at all time.

re/recirculation, a project of Word Up Community Bookshop, is located at 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.) in Washington Heights, NYC. You can take the 1 train to 157th St., A/C train to 163rd St., and the M4 and M5 to Broadway and 159/160th.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Margot Ortega always struggled to be the princess in her own fairytale: a successful career, a huge salary, a gorgeous apartment, and a perfect fiancé. But on her wedding day, she suffers a major panic attack and has to call it off.

Devastated and ashamed, Margot decides to drown her sufferings in a mad night of alcohol and dancing. The next day, she goes back to the sleazy club to retrieve her sister’s cell phone, and has a crazy encounter with David Sánchez, the handsome, fun-loving bartender who persuades her to pretend to be his new girlfriend in order to make his ex jealous. David recognizes the sadness in her eyes, and together they conspire to help each other get their exes back. Little do they know how much fun they’ll have and how much they’ll complicate their lives.

A trip to Greece together that Margot sees as a much-needed getaway creates an unexpected connection and depth of intimacy between two people who belong to two totally different worlds. What starts as a simple escape for fun and adventure becomes complicated and devastating when the depth of their feelings pulls the two lovers in different directions and forces them to make a life-altering decision.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Elísabet Benavent is a graduate of Audiovisual Communication from the Universidad Cardenal Herrera CEU in Valencia and she has a master’s degree in Communication and Art from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She worked in the communication department of a multinational company until she became a full-time writer. She is an international bestselling author of 20 novels and she lives in Valencia, Spain.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Priscilla Oliveras is a USA Today bestselling author who writes contemporary romance with a Latinx flavor. Proud of her Puerto Rican-Mexican heritage, she strives to bring authenticity to her novels by sharing her Latinx culture with readers. She and her work have earned praise from the Washington Post, New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist, amongst others. Priscilla earned her MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University and currently serves as adjunct faculty in the program and teaches the online class “Romance Writing” for ed2go.

Hudson View Gardens Lounge: Bloom Readings

“Bloom Readings presents “A September Reading – Two Authors/Two New Books!”, Saturday, September 21st, 6:00 pm, in The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens, just west of the intersection of 183rd St. & Pinehurst Ave. Tickets are $10, and can be purchased in advance with Venmo: @wicked-rufous-press.

Sarah Van Arsdale is a fiction writer, poet, and artist living in New York and Oaxaca, Mexico. Her seventh book, Catch and Release, (Finishing Line Press, 2024) is a book-length poem about the human impact on the sea life in Mexico, levied by Van Arsdale’s watercolor illustrations. Her first novel, Toward Amnesia, was published by Riverhead Books in 1995. She is the author of three other books of fiction: Blue, winner of the Peter Taylor Prize for the novel (2003 University of Tennessee Press);  Grand Isle (SUNY Press, 2012) a novella collection, In Case of Emergency, Break Glass (Queens Ferry Press, 2016), and another book-length poem, The Catamount (Nomadic Press, 2016). She’s assistant director of the Ferro-Grumley Award in LGBTQ Fiction, and she teaches creative writing in the low-residency MFA program at Antioch University.

David Ebenbach is the author of ten books of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, including his new novel Possible Happiness, called “a beautiful coming-of-age novel” by Booklist, in a starred review. His books have won such awards as the Drue Heinz Literature Prize and the Juniper Prize, among others. His fiction and poetry have also been published in numerous magazines, including The Kenyon Review, Asimov’s Science Fiction, and The New England Review. He lives with his family in Washington, DC, where he teaches creative writing and literature at Georgetown University. You can find out more at davidebenbach.com

For more information visit BloomReadings.net, or email us at bloomreadings80@gmail.com

Word Up: UNLEASH YOUR INNER BAD BITCH Book Signing

Saturday, July 27, 2024 – 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Word Up Community Bookshop Librería Comunitaria
2113 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10032

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Join Dr. Syreeta Bond for the New York City book tour stop of her new book Unleashing Your Inner Bad B**** at Word Up Community Bookshop on Saturday, July 27th at 1pm ET. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

This event is a $5 suggested donation ticket with 30 max attendees. Please register in advance.

In compliance with Word Up Community Safety guidelines, all attendees for this event must wear a mask inside.

Word Up Community Bookshop is located at 2113 Amsterdam Ave. (& 165th St.) in Washington Heights, NYC. You can take the 1 train to 168th St and the A/C train to 163rd or 168th  St.

Dr. Syreeta Bond is the author of Unleashing Your Inner Bad B****, a compelling book that has garnered significant attention for its unapologetic and personable approach. Her work delves deep into developing a solid work/life balance, resonating with readers from all walks of life and sparking meaningful conversations about handling toxic work environments, gender & racial bias, and advocating for oneself.

Dr. Bond, with an illustrious 20-year career, is a recognized expert in the project management sector, collaborating with giants like Apple, Inc. and Barclays Bank. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, she currently resides in Austin, Texas. Not only has she held prestigious positions with the Project Management Institute in both Los Angeles and Dubai, but she was also the Chapter President for the National Society of Leadership & Success.

Dr. Bond’s academic prowess includes a Doctorate in Business Administration from Walden University, an MBA with a concentration in Project Management from Keller Graduate School of Management, and an undergraduate degree in Fashion Design and Retail Management from the Art Institute of Atlanta. In addition, her contributions to the field are easily accessible on platforms like Google Scholar.

When she isn’t contributing to the world of project management, Dr. Bond is the driving force behind Edgy Opulence Lifestyle Branding Co, a consulting firm designed to uplift businesses with innovative solutions. She also illuminates the project management arena with her IGTV series “Syreeta’s Project Management Tips,” specifically catering to women of color navigating the industry’s intricacies.

Word Up Recirculation: Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani’s THE CITIES WE NEED with Veronica Santiago Liu

Thursday, October 24, 2024 – 7:00pm to 8:30pm
RECIRCULATION A project of Word Up
876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.)
New York, NY 10032

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Visual urbanist Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani discusses her new book The Cities We Need: Essential Stories of Everyday Places, an expressive book of prose and photographs that reveals the powerful ways our everyday places support our shared belonging. In conversation with Bendiner-Viani will be Word Up’s founder Veronica Santiago Liu.

This event is a $5 suggested donation ticket with 50 max attendees. Please register in advance.

In compliance with Word Up Community Safety guidelines, all attendees are encouraged to stay masked at all times.

Recirculation, a project of Word Up Community Bookshop, is located at 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.) in Washington Heights, NYC. You can take the 1 train to 157th St., A/C train to 163rd St., and the M4 and M5 to Broadway and 159/160th.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Where would you take someone on a guided tour of your neighborhood? In The Cities We Need, photographer and urbanist Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani introduces us to the complex, political, and eminently personable stories of residents who answered this question in Brooklyn, New York, and Oakland, California. Their universal stories and Bendiner-Viani’s evocative images illuminate what’s at stake in our everyday places—from diners to churches to donut shops. In this culmination of two decades of research and art practice, Bendiner-Viani intertwines the personal, historical, and photographic to present us with placework, the way that unassuming places foster a sense of belonging and, in fact, do the essential work of helping us become communities.

In this unique book, Bendiner-Viani makes visible how seemingly unimportant places can lay the foundation for a functional interconnected society, so necessary for both public health and social justice. The Cities We Need explores both what we gain in these spaces and what we risk losing as they are threatened by gentrification, large-scale development, and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic. Ultimately, Bendiner-Viani shows us how to understand ourselves as part of a shared society, with a shared fate; she shows us that everyday places can be the spaces of liberation in which we can build the cities we need.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani is a visual urbanist and cofounder of the interdisciplinary studio Buscada. She is the author of The Cities We Need: Essential Stories of Everyday Life, newly released from MIT Press, and Contested City, a finalist and honoree for the Brendan Gill Prize. A widely exhibited photographer, she holds a doctorate in environmental psychology from the Graduate Center, CUNY and is a long-time resident of Washington Heights.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Veronica Santiago Liu is the founder and general coordinator of the collective that operates Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria, and is a 22-year resident of Washington Heights. More…