Hey y’all!

Thanks to everyone who came out to chat and sip and snack and fun. We imbibed in Nikki’s bev pairings: Sudden Chill from Return and Monumentum (NA). 

Our next Sunday Funday Book Club meetup is Sunday, April 21 from 10 to noon at Hops Scotch Bottle Shop. We are reading Counterfeit by Kirsten Chen.  FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/3565736903643097 

Wrap-up of our discussion of No One Left To Come Looking For You by Sam Lipsyte:

No one really liked this book but me; however, everyone liked the game. ICYMI: See if you can figure out the real bands from the fake bands. (I may not have been very clear with the instructions, and also we found that some of the fake bands are actually real bands).

Which is a real band name?

Switchfoot or Skewer

Coldplay or Warmplay

E Street Band or The Periods

Ned’s Atomic Dustbin or Laura’s Ex Boyfriend

Throbbing Gristle or Eskimo Joe

Metallica or Smelly Cats

The Remus Lupins or The Muggledressed Wizard

Bonus Game: Can you figure out who wrote each one? (Or at least the last one….)

More games to come every Sunday Funday!

Quotes of the Discussion: “For every Jimmy Urine there’s a Jack Shit” and “Chicago is New York in disguise.”

Reading Recs

A sequel to The Guncle is on the horizon, so if you liked that book, you can read what happens next.

Patrick Stewart’s autobiography on audio because he reads it

The Octopus Museum by Brenda Shaughnessy to gear up for September’s book (warning: this is poetry)

Poetry Month Reading Recs Because We Are Not Choosing To Read A Poetry Collection Because Of What Happened Last Time So You Can Read One On Your Own If You Want

Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith (this was the book club choice)

Manifests by Brendan McEntee 

Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz

Damsel in Dystopia by Sarah Borruto

Soft Science by Franny Choi

Watching Recs

Slaves of New York

Upload (Prime)

That Spotify thing that’s not in English (Netflix)

PBS American Masters about Basquiat

A.I. Tiki Barber on WFAN (YouTube)

On The TikTok

Plankton sings Adele

Dance Monkey

Benson Boon

Here’s the soundtrack you created

Here’s the info about Alex Segura, writer of Secret Identity, visiting Nassau Community College. It’s in person and on the zoom: Wednesday, April 17 from 12:30 -1:45 pm. The event will take place in CCB 252/253 and over Zoom (Meeting ID 974 7280 2427).

Interested in Book of the Month Club? Use Shelby’s link to check it out. [ https://www.mybotm.com/sfyw0xyjswc  ]

Some other events where you can find me as I read from my new book and/or chat books:

Wednesday, April 2, 2024 at 7-9 PM
Open Mic at Katie’s of Smithtown
Free oracle deck readings available

Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 3 PM

Friends of Cedarmere Poetry Reading with Willa Carroll

225 Bryant Ave, Roslyn Harbor, NY

FREE

Sign up in advance to attend or be added to the open mic/wait list: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfsutx7uCAox92KqLdIP4Kn_v3SHE31qLiQxIMq_YlwUlM2ww/viewform 

Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 2 PM

Featuring for Molloy University Poetry Series

Reception Room, Kellenberg Hall, Rockville Centre, NY

FREE

FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2589092797959560

Monday, April 8, 2024 at 6:30 PM EST
Poetry Chat: Let’s Talk About Movie Poems
Email info@babylonarts.org for the link
FREE
Also, Solar Eclipse day! Also, Rex Manning Day!

Thursday, April 18, 2024 from 7-8 PM EST
Poetry Prompt Party with the Oceanside Library Poet In Residence
Listen, write, and share on zoom

Meeting ID: 857 3138 6697
Passcode: 683626

Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 11 AM to 4 PM
Psychic Fair 
IAC Gallery, South Shore Mall, Bay Shore, NY

Our Upcoming Sunday Fundays

April 21: Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen

May 19: Imagining Elsewhere by Sara Hosey 

June 23: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

July 21: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin

August 18: With The Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo <== just added

September 15: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt <== just added

Sure thing, you can share this email and/or the links. Yes, invite whomever you wish to book club. If you have book suggestions, send them my way. Hope to see you at our next book chats. Bring your appetite for snacks, sips, and conversation. 

All good things,

Christina

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Poet in Residence, Oceanside Library 
Poet in Residence, Cedarmere 2022
Walt Whitman Birthplace Poet of the Year 2020