Super Kids, Serious Authors is a celebration of 826NYC for supporters and volunteers featuring some of New York City’s best writers and actors reading stories, essays, and poems written by 826NYC students. The year’s readers are Phillip Lopate, Lev Grossman, Touré, Maulik Pancholy, Ariel Schrag, Anna North, Kris D’Agostino, and Rumaan Alam. Enjoy beer provided by Brooklyn Brewery and learn about 826NYC’s programs that ensure New York City students have the ability to write their own paths forward.

826NYC is a nonprofit dedicated to helping students ages six to eighteen strengthen their writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. They serve more than 3,000 students annually with engaging creative and expository writing programming.

 

Event date: May 17th, 7PM

Event Location: McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince St., New York, NY