First Rule of Fire by Rebecca Gopoian explores how history can never truly be erased, no matter how hard we try to deny or forget. Told in interwoven narratives, the novel explores the lives of three characters as they seek safety, love, and belonging, beginning in Eastern Turkey 1914, at the start of the Armenian Genocide to 1980’s New Jersey.

An afternoon discussion and writing workshop with the authors of YA novel Tell Me Every Lie

Join Alison Kinney and Jennifer Kabat in a discussion about their new books: Alison Kinney’s The United States of Rejection and Jennifer Kabat’s twin memoirs (it’s a triptych, so stay tuned for #3): The Eighth Moon (2025) and Nightshining (2024).

Celebrate Pride with us! with a Double (Quadruple?) bill featuring Bad Words and The Worst Kind of Girl by Susan Rukeyser! in conversation with Hudson Valley authors and Feckless band of feministas, Nina Shengold, Tina Barry, and Jana Martin!