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2009 Word for Word Series

Special Thanks To

HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
Exclusive sponsor since 2003

Library of America
For the donation of a set of authoritative editions of American writing to the Bryant Park Reading Room this season.

Scholastic Inc.
For the gift of all children's books

New York's best - including Mitchell's NY, Condé Nast, Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Time Inc, and Rodale - who have steadily supplied the Reading Room with newspapers and magazines over the years.

And, of course, to all of you bookworms... Thank you!

Author | Poetry | Writers | Kids | Storytime | Book Club | All

May

Sat
9
Children’s Book Week Kick-Off

12:00pm–3:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Kids

Wed
13
Kristin Chenoweth

12:30pm–1:45pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Author

Tue
19
KGB Poetry

7:30pm–9:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Poetry

Wed
20
Charlie Todd

12:30pm–1:45pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Author

Tue
26
Hanging Loose Press Poetry

7:30pm–9:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Poetry

Wed
27
Dennis Cooper

12:30pm–1:45pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Author

June

Tue
2
Directors Night Poetry

7:30pm–9:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Poetry

Wed
3
Christopher Buckley

12:30pm–1:45pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Author

Thu
4
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

12:00pm–2:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Kids

Tue
9
Word for Word Poetry

7:30pm–9:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Poetry

Wed
10
Journeys through Fiction

12:30pm–1:45pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Author

Sat
13
Clifford

12:00pm–1:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Kids

Tue
16
Blue Flower Arts Presents Poetry

7:30pm–9:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Poetry

Wed
17
Monica Ali

12:30pm–1:45pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Author

Tue
23
CavanKerry Press Poerty

7:30pm–9:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Poetry

Wed
24
Tom Colicchio & Sisha Ortuzar

12:30pm–1:45pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Author

Thu
25
Fiction

6:30pm–8:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Writers

Sat
27
Camp Broadway

12:00pm–1:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Kids

Tue
30
Asian American Writers’ Workshop Poetry

7:30pm–9:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Poetry

July

Wed
1
Heavy Rotation: Twenty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives

12:30pm–1:45pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Author

Thu
2
Creative Nonfiction

6:30pm–8:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Writers

Tue
7
Word for Word Storytime

10:30am–11:30am | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Storytime

Tue
7
HMH Night of Poetry

7:30pm–9:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Poetry

Wed
8
Writers of New York

12:30pm–1:45pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Author

Thu
9
Memoir Writing

6:30pm–8:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Writers

Sat
11
The Frog & The Witch

12:00pm–1:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Kids

Sat
11
Word for Word Writers – Kids

2:30pm–4:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Kids

Tue
14
Word for Word Storytime

10:30am–11:30am | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Storytime

Tue
14
Word for Word Poetry

7:30pm–9:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Poetry

Wed
15
Gotham Goes Green

12:30pm–1:45pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Author

Thu
16
Poetry

6:30pm–8:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Writers

Sat
18
StarFish

12:00pm–1:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Kids

Sat
18
Word for Word Writers – Kids

2:30pm–4:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Kids

Tue
21
Word for Word Storytime

10:30am–11:30am | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Storytime

Tue
21
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

12:30pm–1:45pm | Reading Room
Word for Word Book Club

Tue
21
Uncalled For Readings Poetry

7:30pm–9:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Poetry

Wed
22
Frank Delaney

12:30pm–1:45pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Author

Thu
23
Creative Writing 101

6:30pm–8:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Writers

Sat
25
I Spy Scavenger Hunt

12:00pm–1:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Kids

Sat
25
Word for Word Writers – Kids

2:30pm–4:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Kids

Tue
28
Word for Word Storytime

10:30am–11:30am | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Storytime

Tue
28
Norton Night of Poetry

7:30pm–9:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Poetry

Wed
29
New Voices in Fiction

12:30pm–1:45pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Author

Thu
30
Dialogue Writing

6:30pm–8:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Writers

August

Sat
1
Animal Friends

12:00pm–1:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Kids

Tue
4
Word for Word Poetry

7:30pm–9:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Poetry

Wed
5
Believer Magazine, McSweeney’s

12:30pm–1:45pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Author

Thu
6
Travel Writing

6:30pm–8:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Writers

Sat
8
Klutz

12:00pm–1:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Kids

Tue
11
Word for Word Poetry

7:30pm–9:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Poetry

Wed
12
Carol Alt, Model, Incorporated

12:30pm–1:45pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Author

Thu
13
Writing for Television

6:30pm–8:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Writers

Sat
15
Night of the Butterfly

12:00pm–1:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Kids

Tue
18
Murder of a Medici Princess

12:30pm–1:45pm | Reading Room
Word for Word Book Club

Tue
18
Housing Works Poetry

7:30pm–9:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Poetry

Wed
19
Comics: From Every Angle

12:30pm–1:45pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Author

Sat
22
Cassandra Clare

12:00pm–2:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Author

Tue
25
Word for Word Poetry

7:30pm–9:00pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Poetry

September

Fri
11
Cave Canem Poetry

12:30pm–1:45pm | Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word Poetry