MONKEY BUSINESS Vol. 4 launches in NYC this weekend

Monkey Business authors are coming to NY! 

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To celebrate the the 4th issue launch, the magazine’s contributing authors Toh EnJoe, Hideo Furukawa, Laird Hunt, Matthew Sharpe, founding editors Motoyuki Shibata and Ted Goossen, contributing editor, Roland Kelts will be coming to New York and have discussion events in various locations. Please come meet us!

Saturday, May 3, 2pm-
PEN World Voices Festival
Monkey Business — Japan/America: Writer’s Dialogue
Dialogues between Hideo Furukawa and Laird Hunt, and between Toh EnJoe and Matthew Sharpe
at
Asia Society
725 Park Ave. New York, NY 10021
212-288-6400
asiasociety.org
$10 Asia Society & PEN members, $12 Students & Seniors, $15 non-members (Ticket includes a copy of Monkey Business Issue 4.)
Tickets are available at worldvoices.pen.org

Sunday, May 4, 2pm-
Reading at Kinokuniya Bookstore
by EnJoe, Furukawa, Hunt, Roland Kelts, and Sharpe
at
Kinokuniya Bookstore
1073 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10018
212-869-1700
kinokuniya.com/us
Free
Monday, May 5, 12:50pm-
What and How We Are Writing: Two Japanese Authors Talk About Their Work
EnJoe and Furukawa will discuss and read their work with Kelts as a commentator.
Baruch College VC 14-280 14th floor #280
One Bernard Baruch Way (55 Lexington Ave at 24th St) New York, NY 10010
*This is a special class open to the public. Please tell the security at the entrance that you are here for the event.
Free

Monday, May 5, 7pm-
Readings at BookCourt
Readings by EnJoe, Furukawa, Hunt, and Sharpe, moderated by Kelts
BookCourt
163 Court St. Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-875-3677
bookcourt.com
Free
Free

For any inquiries, please email to monkeybiz@apublicspace.org

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