Friend to the UC and local novelist A. J. Sidransky has another outstanding novel to dig into. To celebrate the release of the final installment of The Forgiving Series, Forgiving Stephen Redmond, Alan will read from the book, followed…
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Word Up Community Bookshop (@wordupbooks) on Jul 22, 2020 at 8:29am PDT That’s right familia, Jeff Kinney is coming to Word Up for his only NYC stop! On Monday, August…
Friend to the UC, A. J. Sidransky (Forgiving Maximo Rothman) is back with the first novel in his new “Justice” series. To celebrate the release of The Interpreter, Alan will read, followed by a Q&A with our very own…
BY AJ Sidransky (@AJSidransky) CHAPTER 1 Manila, The Philippines – March 1945 Kurt stood and stretched, dead tired and dead hungry. The heat was intense inside the musty, improvised barracks located in an old school behind a church. He…
The indispensable Word Up Books is hosting Uptown Kid Lit—a mini-children’s book festival—in Inwood Hill Park this coming Sunday, September 8 from 12 to 4 pm! Come by for books, author readings and signings, story times, and FREE school…
HOME AT WORD UP: LAUNCH PARTY! Saturday, February 6, 2016 @ 2pm Word Up Books (2113 Amsterdam Avenue @ 165th St.) Join the Word Up volunteer collective for the launch of their bilingual children’s book, Home at Word Up,…
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BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Due to the fact that the UC has over 2 years of super awesome content, picking the Throwback Thursdays post is pretty difficult. Then it hit me, my good friend and author of When Tito…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Ok, before I even retell my tale of how I survived my first ever juice cleanse for 3-very-LONG-grueling-days. Understand this, I am the mirror opposite of my wife, Eileen Z. Fuentes. In fact, in my…