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Song of the Week: The Stance by Wes Weddell | inspired by Nick Wong’s essay entitled A Fight for Shared Spaces

Download the song of the week. Wes Weddell puts the hammer down with his song inspired by a story from the 2012 Jack Straw Writers Anthology.

Bookshelf Report: Books, Knick-Knacks, and a Cat

The Bookshelf Report is an ongoing series where a Bushwick reader shares a little bit about the books that occupy their shelves. Today’s bookshelf comes from the loveable Lisa Marie Schattenkirk.

Song of the Week: The Stance by Wes Weddell | inspired by Nick Wong’s essay entitled A Fight for Shared Spaces

Download the song of the week. Wes Weddell puts the hammer down with his song inspired by a story from the 2012 Jack Straw Writers Anthology.

Bookshelf Report: Books, Knick-Knacks, and a Cat

The Bookshelf Report is an ongoing series where a Bushwick reader shares a little bit about the books that occupy their shelves. Today’s bookshelf comes from the loveable Lisa Marie Schattenkirk.

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Song of the Week: The Stance by Wes Weddell | inspired by Nick Wong’s essay entitled A Fight for Shared Spaces

Bushwick’s annual collaboration with the Jack Straw Writers Program has become one of my favorite shows of the season, with a different songwriter paired with each writer to produce a song inspired by the different pieces (which range from fiction to poetry to journalism to memoir and beyond in any given year). In 2012 I drew wandering pugilist Nick Wong, who had contributed an essay titled “A Fight for Shared Spaces” about his experiences in boxing gyms across Latin America.

Bookshelf Report: Books, Knick-Knacks, and a Cat

The Bookshelf Report is an ongoing series where a Bushwick reader shares a little bit about the books that occupy their shelves.

Today’s bookshelf comes from the loveable Lisa Marie Schattenkirk. By now you’ve probably seen her at one of our shows, she is a frequent attendee. Her photography skills are off the charts. You should hire her to take pictures of things – check out her portfolio when you get the chance.

How do you organize your books?

I don’t have a bookshelf at the moment, but when I do I organize them by size. I like my books to be mixed in with chachkies, knick-knacks, and my cat! She’s been known to get cozy on a shelf or two.