A huge shoutout to everyone who turned out for the twenty-fifth and final episode of Line Break this past Saturday, at beautiful Q.E.D. in Astoria, Queens. You were a big and enthusiastic audience, and just by showing up and giving us the gift of your attention, you helped make the afternoon bigger and better than it would have been without you. You made it a fitting sendoff for our little reading series.
Thanks as always to Q.E.D. for giving us the space and an opportunity to use it. And thanks especially to our amazing readers, who made it such a fitting and festive sendoff. David Rothman took us inside a very unfortunate and hilarious job interview, leavened by anecdotes from a people who never were. Emre Tetik shared the lovely and somber story of a cat beloved by no one. Joe Okonkwo brought us into an argument over the implementation of a highly unusual marital innovation. The always amazing David Mills delivered powerful poetry in the voices of Lewis Latimer and Louis Armstrong. EXO Books delighted us with a visual feast from his new holiday release, Schmuck the Buck. And finally, host and editor William Shunn closed out the series in decidedly non-sentimental fashion with a rare performance of his sci-fi narrative poem, "Grand Motherfucker."
If you couldn't make it out on Saturday, we wish we could tell you there’s another show coming up soon. But there’s not! You missed out!
But who knows? We might do a one-off show or two sometime down the road, so please sign up for our mailing list and keep abreast of all the latest developments in the Line Break world. Maybe there will be another chance to see us.
Until then please check out all the terrific shows and events at Q.E.D. There’s something amazing happening there literally every day. Multiple times a day in fact.
Happy holidays, you grand motherfuckers!
]]>As if it weren't sad enough that this afternoon's episode of Line Break is our last, the MTA has decided to make it harder for you to get there (as they did throughout the summer). And of course, in their inimitable fashion, they kept this information to themselves until the last possible moment.
In any case, the N train will not be running in Astoria this weekend. It will be replaced by shuttle bus service between Queensboro Plaza and Ditmars Blvd.
If you had planned to take the N train to get to Line Break tomorrow, you’ll instead need to transfer to a shuttle bus at Queensboro Plaza. (Just follow the crowd. There will be a ton of people in the same plight.) Take the shuttle bus to the end of the line at Ditmars Blvd., and you’ll be able to walk to Q.E.D. from there.
We recommend giving yourself at least an extra 30 minutes to get to Line Break on time tomorrow. We can't wait to see you there!
Just a reminder that Line Break, the eclectic monthly live literary magazine, returns this Saturday afternoon in a special Permanent Break Edition in Astoria, Queens.
At every show, live-lit veteran William Shunn brings a wild assortment of writers together on one stage. Don't miss our terrific December 1 lineup, featuring: * John C. Foster will be unable to appear due to unforeseen circumstances.No rules, no themesjust the best writers in town. Line Breakit's the start of a new thought. Don't miss it!
Line Break Reading Series
Permanent Break Edition
Saturday, December 1, 2018, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Hosted by William Shunn
Q.E.D. - A Place to Show & Tell
27-16 23rd Avenue
Astoria, NY 11105
Admission $7. Beer, wine and snacks available.
More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2443325589236517/?event_time_id=2551941718374903
Q.E.D. is a short trip from Manhattan on the N train to Queens. Just stay on all the way to AstoriaDitmars Blvd at the end of the line, and walk a couple of blocks west on 23rd Avenue. (The W train does not run on weekends.)
]]>Just a reminder that Line Break, the eclectic monthly live literary magazine, returns this Saturday afternoon in a special Permanent Break Edition in Astoria, Queens.
At every show, live-lit veteran William Shunn brings a wild assortment of writers together on one stage. Don't miss our terrific December 1 lineup, featuring: * John C. Foster will be unable to appear due to unforeseen circumstances.No rules, no themesjust the best writers in town. Line Breakit's the start of a new thought. Don't miss it!
Line Break Reading Series
Permanent Break Edition
Saturday, December 1, 2018, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Hosted by William Shunn
Q.E.D. - A Place to Show & Tell
27-16 23rd Avenue
Astoria, NY 11105
Admission $7. Beer, wine and snacks available.
More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2443325589236517/?event_time_id=2551941718374903
Q.E.D. is a short trip from Manhattan on the N train to Queens. Just stay on all the way to AstoriaDitmars Blvd at the end of the line, and walk a couple of blocks west on 23rd Avenue. (The W train does not run on weekends.)
]]>Like all good things, however, it's time for Line Break to come to a close. Other projects are simmering on the back burner, and it's time to give them more attention.
But there's still one episode left to go! Please join us for the final Line Break this Saturday, December 1st, at 3:00 pm at Q.E.D. in Astoria, Queens. It'll be our biggest and best show ever.
Our amazing lineup will feature John Foster, Joe Okonkwo, David Mills, Emre Tetik, David Rothman, and EXO Books, not to mention an epic sci-fi poem by your host. Tickets are just $7. Don't miss it!
]]>William Shunn hosts and produces the Line Break Reading Series, and edits the online literary journal The Piltdown Review. He is the author of the award-nominated memoir The Accidental Terrorist, as well as more than three dozen short stories. His poetry has appeared in Sunstone and Analog, and is forthcoming in Asimov's. When not hosting shows or writing about the future, Bill enjoys sneaking onto other people's television specials.
Please join Bill and all our talented readers for Line Break #25, Saturday, December 1, 3:00 p.m. at Q.E.D. in Astoria. Tickets are only 7 bucks!
]]>Emre Tetik just graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Computer Science. Aside from his engineering work, he hopes to use prose and movie formats to tell compelling stories.
Please join Emre and all our incredible readers for Line Break #25, Saturday, December 1, 3:00 p.m. at Q.E.D. in Astoria. Tickets are only 7 bucks!
]]>EXO Books is the pen name and publishing company of a man from NYC, USA, Earth. The latest EXO Books release is Schmuck the Buck: Santa's Jewish Reindeer.
Please join EXO Books and all our accomplished readers for Line Break #25, Saturday, December 1, 3:00 p.m. at Q.E.D. in Astoria. Tickets are only 7 bucks!
]]>UPDATE: We regret that John will be unable to appear due to unforeseen circumstances.
John C. Foster was born in Sleepy Hollow, New York, and has been afraid of the dark for as long as he can remember. His newest novel, The Isle, grew out of his love for New England, where he spent his childhood. He is the author of three previous novels, Dead Men, Night Roads, and Mister White, and one collection of short stories, Baby Powder and Other Terrifying Substances.
His stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies including Dark Moon Digest, Strange Aeons, Dark Visions Volume 2, and Lost Films, among others. He lives in Brooklyn with the actress Linda Jones and their dog Coraline. For more information, please visit www.johnfosterfiction.com.
Please join John and all our spectacular readers for Line Break #25, Saturday, December 1, 3:00 p.m. at Q.E.D. in Astoria. Tickets are only 7 bucks!
]]>Joe Okonkwo's novel Jazz Moon won the Edmund White Award for debut fiction and was a Lambda Literary finalist. His short stories have appeared in Best Gay Stories 2015, Cooper Street, and The New Engagement. His story "Cleo" was nominated for a Pushcart prize. Joe serves as prose editor for Newtown Literary and teaches creative writing at Gotham Writers Workshop. He is currently working on a story collection.
Please join Joe and all our amazing readers for Line Break #25, Saturday, December 1, 3:00 p.m. at Q.E.D. in Astoria. Tickets are only 7 bucks!
]]>David Rothman has taught writing for the City University of New York for over ten years. His short stories have appeared in such journals as Glimmer Train, Hybrido, The Prague Review, and The Nassau Review, among others. He has shared the bill at live events with such luminaries as Francisco Goldman, and has recently completed a novel that might be best described as "magical real-estatism."
Please join David and all our incredible readers for Line Break #25, Saturday, December 1, 3:00 p.m. at Q.E.D. in Astoria. Tickets are only 7 bucks!
]]>David Mills is the author of two books of poetryThe Dream Detective and The Sudden Country, a book-prize finalist. His most recent manuscript is also a finalist for the Crab Orchard Review Prize. He has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Breadloaf, and the Queens Council on the Arts. He has an MFA from Warren Wilson College. His poems have appeared in Ploughshares, Crab Orchard Review, Fence, Colorado Review, and Vermont Literary Review. He has also recorded his poetry on RCA Records and for ESPN, and had poems displayed at the Venice Biennale.
Please join David and all our amazing readers for Line Break #25, Saturday, December 1, 3:00 p.m. at Q.E.D. in Astoria. Tickets are only 7 bucks!
]]>Line Break is here again! It's the eclectic monthly live literary magazine where poetry meets prose, fact meets fiction, and high-brow meets low-brow, this time in a special Permanent Break Edition in Astoria, Queens.
At every show, live-lit veteran William Shunn brings a wild assortment of writers together on one stage. Don't miss our terrific December 1 lineup, featuring: * John C. Foster will be unable to appear due to unforeseen circumstances.No rules, no themesjust the best writers in town. Line Breakit's the start of a new thought. Don't miss it!
Line Break Reading Series
Permanent Break Edition
Saturday, December 1, 2018, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Hosted by William Shunn
Q.E.D. - A Place to Show & Tell
27-16 23rd Avenue
Astoria, NY 11105
Admission $7. Beer, wine and snacks available.
More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2443325589236517/?event_time_id=2551941718374903
Q.E.D. is a short trip from Manhattan on the N train to Queens. Just stay on all the way to AstoriaDitmars Blvd at the end of the line, and walk a couple of blocks west on 23rd Avenue. (The W train does not run on weekends.)
]]>Thanks as always to Q.E.D. for giving us the space and an opportunity to use it. And thanks especially to our amazing readers, who made it the fantastic show it turned out to be. Host and editor William Shunn kicked things off with "Stand Up," a tale of dark doings in a futuristic comedy club. Last-minute sub Stephanie Laterza shared poetry from her upcoming chapbook The Psyche Trials. Host Susana H. Case provided a visual feast with a presentation of poems from her new book, Erasure, Syria. Oscar Sanders performed spoken-word selections from his play Diplomacy, with Naqaash Dorrell on percussion and harmonica. And finally, the legendary Eleanor Lerman delighted us with selections from four decades of a life in poetry and letters.
If you couldn't make it out on Saturday, please mark your calendar for Saturday, December 1st, when we'll we back with our twenty-fifth (and final?) issue, featuring David Mills, Joe Okonkwo, Emre Tetik, David Rothman, EXO Books and more.
So sign up for our mailing list and keep abreast of all the latest developments in the Line Break world. And finally, if you're interested in participating in a future Line Break, do send us a submission.
We look forward to seeing you again in December! Until then please check out all the terrific shows and events at Q.E.D. There is something amazing happening there literally every day.
]]>Stephanie Laterza is the recipient of a SU-CASA 2018 artist-in-residence award from the Brooklyn Arts Council, and is the author of the Queens-inspired legal thriller The Boulevard Trial. Stephanie's works of poetry and short fiction have appeared in various publications, including L'Éphémère Review, First Literary Review-East, Ovunque Siamo, Akashic Books, A Gathering of the Tribes, Newtown Literary, The Nottingham Review, and Obra/Artifact. Her poetry chapbook, The Psyche Trials, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press.
Please join Stephanie and all our amazing readers for Line Break #24, Sunday, November 4, 3:00 p.m. at Q.E.D. in Astoria. Tickets are only 7 bucks!
]]>Just a reminder that Line Break, the eclectic monthly live literary magazine, returns this Sunday afternoon in a special Special Sunday Edition in Astoria, Queens.
At every show, live-lit veteran William Shunn brings a wild assortment of writers together on one stage. Don't miss our terrific November 4 lineup, featuring: * Sarah Riccio will be unable to appear due to unforeseen circumstances.No rules, no themesjust the best writers in town. Line Breakit's the start of a new thought. Don't miss it!
Line Break Reading Series
Special Sunday Edition
Sunday, November 4, 2018, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Hosted by William Shunn
Q.E.D. - A Place to Show & Tell
27-16 23rd Avenue
Astoria, NY 11105
Admission $7. Beer, wine and snacks available.
More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2443325589236517/?event_time_id=2551941715041570
Q.E.D. is a short trip from Manhattan on the N train to Queens. Just stay on all the way to AstoriaDitmars Blvd at the end of the line, and walk a couple of blocks west on 23rd Avenue. (The W train does not run on weekends.)
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