Brook's Bistro: Art, Culture, + Literature

I had the pleasure of meeting Brook Stephenson many moons ago at a Soho cafe with Mr. John McGregor, whom I affectionately refer to as the Don Quixote of publishing.  Brook has continued to stay in touch, honing his craft in writing, teaching and well, just being Brook! 
Here's Brook's latest! I'll be reposting his writing here , and you can click here- http://www.brookstephenson.com/ 
-if you want to check out just how cool this guy actually is. 

Brook's Bistro: Art, Culture, + Literature

Another day in the kitchen just to make sure the food comes out right and the guests are engaged. The newsletter bistro will contain a lot of fixings from art, culture and lifestyle. It will definitely have my top picks for literature and events covered or upcoming. 

This week's Ebony.com booklist has some heat from children's picture books to poetry to popular fiction. If you have a child who's curious about hip-hop's start, a love of poetry and visual art, or just need a romance novel to get you through the week, click here for more  and check out previous breaking books for what you've missed. 

Below are my three hot picks of the week-a video by one of my literary peers Mitchell Jackson, my inaugural writer's colony page, and The Clever Agency's forthcoming periodical, the intercontinentalist. 

See you next week.
Brook Stephenson

Mitchell S. Jackson 

The Residue Years (Bloomsbury $26)
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When Mitchell first proposed doing a reading discussion at McNally Jackson books, event coordinator Alice Whitwham was on board, as were fellow author/professor Kiese Laymon (Long Division) and moderator Lisa Lucas (Guernica.com). His video says it best. 

 Definitely the sort of social media writers need to aggressively take advantage of. 

Rhode Island Writers Colony (RIWC)

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The inaugural session will be ten days in September. If you are an emerging writer working on a project and need time, then this is for you. Details in the link to apply. 

The intercontinentalist

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 The intercontinetalist is a lifestyle publication for international adventurers and tastemakers who live by the mantra that the world is just a flight away. 

Sundays@...The Sackett
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And for those who are free Sunday the 29th. 
Come over to Park Slope for the Sunday's @...the Sackett reading series featuring VONA writers.
Click here for details. 
VONA is a writing workshop for minority writers based in San Francisco California. 
They are celebrating the release of their new anthology DISMANTLE.
Brook Stephenson
Writer
http://www.brookstephenson.com
Director of Literature & Development 

The Clever Agency , LLC
Founder

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