June 10 2010 - Harper's Magazine Presents Death: A Literary Celebration of the Bitter End

Harper’s Magazine presents "Death: a literary celebration of the bitter end," a reading featuring selections from the magazine and work by Harper's contributors Joseph O'Neill, Diane Williams, and Elif Batuman.

WHEN: Thursday, June 10 at 7:00 P.M.

WHERE: Housing Works Bookstore Café, 126 Crosby Street, New York City

WHO: Joseph O'Neill is the author of four books, most recently the novel Netherland. His story "The World of Cheese" appeared in the February 2009 issue of Harper's Magazine.

Diane Williams is the author of six books of fiction and the editor of NOON, the literary annual. Her story "My First Real Home," published in the January 2009 issue of Harper's Magazine, was awarded a 2010 Pushcart Prize.

Elif Batuman is the author of The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them. Her article "The Murder of Leo Tolstoy: A forensic investigation" appeared in the February 2009 issue of Harper's Magazine.

Additional selections will be read by the staff of Harper's Magazine.

HOW: Admission is free. Attendees are asked to consider bringing a book to donate to the venue. One hundred percent of the bookstore's profits go to Housing Works, Inc., an organization committed to ending AIDS and homelessness. For more information or to set up interviews with any of the writers, contact Kathy Park Price.

Founded in 1850, Harper’s Magazine (http://www.harpers.org/) is the oldest continuously published general-interest monthly in America.