MINDY LEWIS: Writer / Editor / Teacher

DIRT Anthology Events

FALL 2009 EVENTS


Thu, September 24, 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Fall for the Book Festival
George Mason University
Johnson Center, Gold Room
4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA
DIRT Contributors Kyoko Mori, Jessica Shines, and anthology editor Mindy Lewis offer “a multidimensional look at the universal challenge of keeping our stuff, our dwellings, and our personal space clean and uncluttered.”

Sun, September 13th, 4-6PM
Sunday Best Reading Series
The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens
Pinehurst Avenue and 183rd Street
DIRT contributors Kathleen Crisci, Laura Shaine Cunningham, and Ann Hood; introduced by DIRT editor Mindy Lewis
$7 admission, free refreshments; reception & book signing

Saturday Sept 12th, 3PM
Fort Washington Public Library
535 W. 179th Street
New York, NY 10033
212-927-3533
Janice Eidus and Mindy Greenstein read essays about motherhood and housekeeping

Thurs Sept 24th at 7:30PM
Fall for the Book Festival at George Mason University
Gold Room, Johnson Building, George Mason Campus, Fairfax, VA
Readings by Mindy Lewis, Kyoko Mori, Jessica Shines

SUMMER 2009 EVENTS


Sat Aug 8th 11AM
Toadstool Bookstore
12 Depot Square
Peterborough, NH 03458
www.toadbooks.com
Readings by Mindy Lewis, Mimi Schwartz, and Katy Brennan

Mon Aug 10th 7:30PM
Bunch of Grapes Bookstore, Martha's Vineyard
44 Main Street, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568
http:/​/​www.bunchofgrapes.com
Katy Brennan and Mindy Lewis read and discuss DIRT

SPRING 2009 EVENTS


Tues, April 28th, 7PM
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street, FREE
KGB Nonfiction Series
DIRT: The Quirks, Habits, and Passions of Keeping House
Celebrate the publication of DIRT with readings by contributors Janice Eidus, Rebecca McClanahan, Mindy Lewis, and Mira Bartók. Get downtown and get dirty!

Friday May 1st, 7-9 PM
The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater of the Westside YMCA
Celebrate the actual pub date of DIRT with Writer's Voice affiliated contributors Mindy Lewis, Mimi Schwartz, Michael Hill, Kathleen Crisci, Brian Gerber, Mindy Greenstein, Branka Ruzak, Markie Robson-Scott, and Nancy Stiefel. Reception follows.

Tues, May 7th at 7PM
Borders, Time Warner building at Columbus Circle
Readings by DIRT anthology contributors Patty Dann, Sally Koslow, Mindy Greenstein, Joyce Maynard, and Mindy Lewis

Sat May 9th 1-2 PM Meet-and-Greet with DIRT editor Mindy Lewis
Watchung Booksellers, Montclair NJ

Sunday May 10, 3PM
Sunny's Sunday Reading Series in Redhook, Brooklyn
Sunny's Bar, 253 Conover Street, Brooklyn
Directions: http:/​/​www.sunnysredhook.com/​pages/​Directions.html
Katy Brennan reads "Buddha in the Closet" and Mindy Lewis reads "A Dirty Love Story"

Tues May 19th, 7PM
Book Revue Bookstore, Huntington L.I.
Readings by DIRT contributors Katy Brennan and Mindy Lewis

Tues June 2nd, 6-8PM
Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street, NYC 10014 212-989-9319
DIRT anthology contributors Laura Shaine Cunningham, Lisa Selin Davis, Thad Rutkowski, and Alissa Quart

Sat June 6th, 7PM Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz NY
Balabusta special DIRT event! Readings by Laura Shaine Cunningham, Rand Richards Cooper, and Mindy Lewis - followed by reception and raffle for Eco-friendly cleaning supplies gift bag donated by True-Value Hardware in New Paltz.

2009 LIFE INSIDE readings


Sunday, March 8, 2009, 4PM - 7PM
The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens, Pinehurst Avenue and 183rd Street
"Speak Up, Past" memoir festival featuring Mindy Lewis, June Cross, Hudson View Gardens memoir group, and others.
Readings, book signing, reception. $7 admission.

Thursday March 12th, 8PM
The Third Annual Memoir-a-thon, curated by Branka Ruzak The Old Stone House, Fifth Avenue and Third Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn
Featured readings by Robert Goolrick, Mindy Lewis, Elena Schwolsky, Branka Ruzak, Erica Silberman
Directions and info: http:/​/​brooklynreadingworks.com

Selected Works

Nonfiction/Memoir
LIFE INSIDE: A Memoir
A moving, poignant and enraging, yet redemptive, account of one woman’s refusal to accept victimization, powerfully told in vivid, poetic prose. Publisher’s Weekly
Nonfiction Anthology
DIRT: The Quirks, Habits, and Passions of Keeping House
38 contemporary writers dish the dirt on cleaning and housekeeping