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5:00 pm EST
September 29, 2026

Center Stage (Columbus Park)

Columbus Park Brooklyn NY United States

Fiction

Our Neck of the Woods

Join three authors whose books pulsate with hope, love, and human connection. The pandemic sets the stage for Regina Porter’s The Rich People Have Gone Away, where ordinary New Yorkers are brought together by the search for a missing woman. Lisa Ko’s Memory Piece follows three lifelong friends from the 1980s to the 2040s as they strive to build meaningful lives in a world that turns out to be radically different from the one they were promised. DéLana R.A. Dameron’s debut novel, Redwood Court, is a family saga covering three generations of a black family living in South Carolina that shows just how far they’ll go to protect the people they care for, blood-related or not. Together these novels provide a multifaceted view of how communities, no matter how small, are the foundation of our lives. Moderated by Catherine LaSota, Founder of the Resort writing community and the LIC Reading Series.

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