Pics of the Week, 6/27
-- Publishers Weekly, 6/27/2005
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This week our pictures capture Poets & Writers 35th Anniversary bash; A Rodale-endowed community garden in East Harlem; a party to celebrate a gay uncle's memoir of raising his niece; David Sedaris at the Strand; the Lambda Literary Awards; and novelist Charles Coleman Finlay at a signing in Ohio. | |
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, P&W
Poets & Writers celebrated its 35th birthday with a Bowery Ballroom bash in downtown Manhattan. Among the many writers on hand were (l. to r.) Jonathan Lethem, Colson Whitehead, Susan Wheeler, Nick Flynn and Francine Prose. (Photo: David Palmer) |
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A GARDEN GROWS IN HARLEM
Celebrating an East Harlem garden endowed by Rodale (l. to r.) are actress Bette Midler, founder of the New York Restoration Project; Julia Erickson, NYRP; and Rodale CEO Steve Murphy. |
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AN UNCLE'S MEMOIR
Miramax Books threw a benefit and party in Manhattan for Edwin John Wintle's new memoir, Breakfast with Tiffany, the story of a gay uncle raising his troubled 13-year-old niece. Proceeds went to Living Beyond Belief, an AIDS prevention organization. Pictured (l. to r.) are actress Sally Kirkland, Wintle, and drag diva Flotilla DeBarge. |
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FAMILY FUN
David Sedaris was on hand at the Strand Bookstore in N.Y.C. last week to promote Little, Brown's paperback edition of Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. |
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A GAY OLD TIME
Comedian Lea Delaria, emcee at the Lambda Literary Awards, with Vagina Monologues author Eve Ensler, winner of the Bridge Builder award, and playwright/performer and presenter Charles Busch at the Lambda ceremony earlier this month. |
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TROLL SIGNING
Novelist Charles Coleman Finlay signs copies of his debut fantasy novel, The Prodigal Troll (Pyr/Prometheus), at a Borders in Columbus, Ohio. |
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