Reading, Discussion & Booksigning, featuring Shalom Auslander, Helen Benedict, Wesley Brown, Alison Gaylin, Mikhail Horowitz, Nina Shengold and Jennifer May

Date: Sunday, July 31, 1:00 pm
Location: Village Square Bookstore & Literary Arts Center, 7950 Main St, Rte 23A, Village of Hunter, NY
Hours: Monday, Thursday & Friday 10 am - 5 pm, Saturday 10 am - 7 pm, Sunday 10 am - 5 pm.
Information: 518 263 2050
Admission: $5

Come join us for a reading, discussion and book-signing featuring contributors to River of Words, edited by Nina Shengold, with photographs by Jennifer May.

For centuries, writers have drawn inspiration from the Hudson River and its surroundings. John Burroughs, James Fenimore Cooper, Washington Irving, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Edith Wharton all lived and worked in the region immortalized by the Hudson River School of painters. In River of Words, author Nina Shengold and photographer Jennifer May explore the current crop of Hudson Valley writers, offering intimate portraits of seventy-six contemporary writers who live and work in this magnificent and storied region. Nina Shengold is Books Editor at Chronogram magazine, and has written profiles for Poets & Writers. Her novel, Clearcut was published by Anchor Books in 2005. Jennifer May's portraits of authors have appeared on book jackets for Harcourt, Penguin, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Norton, Seven Stories, Doubleday and others.