Book Clubs New York

From New York Story Night

New York Story Night is a literary community event based in Manhattan founded to provide creative writers, amateur and professional alike, a stage on which to share their stories and an audience with which to road test their works. Consider an open mic for stand-up tragedy, stand-up horror, stand-up drama if you will. A night of bedtime stories for adults. **For those who wish to share a story, please arrive before 6:50pm and sign-up for a reading slot.** (Find Aïss at the front of the second floor event space.) For those who wish to be an audience, get a drink, find a favored spot, chit-chat with fellow story lovers if you like! At 7pm story night begins. **Each writer gets 20 minutes in front of the microphone. (15 minutes for the story + 5 minutes for workshop/Q&A with the audience)** We have a 10 minute intermission at the end of every hour. **Rules for stories:** * Stories must be under 15 mins (around 2,300 words) * All stories must be written pieces * Stories can be fiction or non-fiction but must contain a narrative arc * No poetry, no essays We encourage you to email us at newyorkstorynight@gmail.com if you have questions or concerns on if your story is a good fit for our event. If you cannot attend this particular event but would like to be in tune with our next ones join our MeetUp group or email us at newyorkstorynight@gmail.com to be added to our e-mailing list! New York Story Night is a free event. *\*By attending, you acknowledge that you may appear in photos and videos used for social media or promotional purposes.*in

47 attendees

The Writing Group – First Ever Session in Greenpoint

Tue, Sep 15, 10:00 PM

From The Writing Group

4.9

The Writing Group is at Lovebirds for the first time ever – join us! Craft is in session. **Itinerary** People are welcome starting at **6 o'clock**, and you can come and meet other writers, get a drink, socialize and hang out as you like until 7 when we will start readings. At **7 o'clock** we formally get together as a group to listen to readings from those looking for feedback. * We do not select readers based on order of arrival or a sign-up sheet, so if you have work until late but still want to come and read, you can! * Each reader gets five (5) minutes to read, so please select a section of work which is appropriate for that time limit. * We welcome narrative prose (fiction and non-fiction), poetry, and scripts (be they for screen or stage), so long as it is writing that you're serious about. * We'll then spend another five (5) minutes in discussion. This is time for the listeners to provide feedback on the reading and discussing the craft in general. We welcome (and encourage) constructive criticism, so long as it is done with respect. This is just as important as the reading, and is done as an open conversation not lead by the reader or the host, so no hand raising required! * We try to get to as many people who want to read as we can, so if there are a lot of attendees we will be very strict on time. * We take a short break at **8 o'clock** . At **9 o'clock** we finish readings and start our formal social hour. Meet new friends, connect with old ones, exchange longer works for review, or just let loose.

27 attendees

New York Story Night #87

Mon, Sep 21, 11:00 PM

From Silent Book Club NYC

26 attendees

Booze & Books in Brooklyn

Mon, Sep 14, 11:30 PM

From NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community

In addition to draft beers, **LoFi Bar in Park Slope** features craft cocktails, curated wines, and small bites. Non-alcoholic options are also available. Bring your latest read (and maybe a book light!) and **enjoy $1 off all drinks**. **[LoFi Bar](https://www.lofibrooklyn.com/)** is conveniently located near the F/G/R lines. Please note, this is not a private event and LoFi will be open to the public. **There is seating available for 40 people, available on a first-come basis.**

21 attendees

Attention Must Be Paid: The Boundaries of Human Knowledge and the Problem of AI

Sat, Sep 19, 5:00 PM

From Silent Book Club NYC

What can a person know? Philosophy has often framed this question in dualistic terms: the mind is “inside,” the world is “outside,” and knowledge requires the mind to somehow bridge the gap and “know” the world. But what if this picture is wrong? What if the boundary of knowledge is not primarily a wall between mind and world, but a limit of attention, embodiment, habit, language, and action? And what if that boundary is not static, but changing and changeable: different for individuals, groups, cultures, and technologies? This session explores an alternative tradition in philosophy that treats human beings not as detached spectators of reality, but as living organisms already situated in the world. Drawing on thinkers such as Thomas Reid, William James, John Dewey, and related work in embodied cognition and psychology, we will consider how knowledge grows out of perception, attention, practical activity, and our ability to navigate a shared environment. We will then turn to technology, including artificial intelligence. Large language models can process vast amounts of information, imitate reasoning, and produce fluent language. But do they attend? Do they perceive? Do they know? Or are they better understood as powerful extensions and reorganizations of human attention rather than knowers in their own right? The central claim of the session is that older philosophical debates can help us frame the problems and opportunities facing us today. By gaining a clearer understanding of how we attend to the world, we can question inherited assumptions that still shape our thinking, often without our noticing. To effectively guide new technologies, we may first need to understand what human knowledge has always been: not a view from nowhere, but a situated, selective, active engagement with the world. The session will begin with a 40-minute presentation, followed by 20 minutes of open Q&A and discussion. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- This event is part of the NYC Philosophy & Psychology Readers Conference 2026. For full details please visit: [https://www.meetup.com/reading-philosophy/events/314020228/](https://www.meetup.com/reading-philosophy/events/314020228/) \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- This room holds a maximum of 40 people seated or 74 people standing. It will be first come first served. If you cannot make it please update your RSVP to decline to allow others to use your space. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-

45 attendees

Uptown Reading Morning (Inwood)

Sun, Sep 13, 3:00 PM

From NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community

🌟 Registration will open on September 4 🌟 Join us at **[Buunni Coffee](https://www.buunnicoffee.com/)** in Inwood to read, relax, and sip some delicious coffee (or tea) on Sunday morning! We'll spend half an hour settling in, ordering drinks, and doing introductions, and then read from 11:30 to 12:30. Because Buunni Coffee is generously hosting us free of charge, I encourage everyone to purchase a drink or pastry to enjoy while you read.

27 attendees

Manhattan Smutty Book Club -

Tue, Oct 6, 11:00 PM

From Smutty Book Club

4.9

The book for this month is Choosing Her Alpha by Isoellen. The book is a little hard to find, here is a link: https://readsonlinefree.com/isoellen/page,2,579164-choosing_her_alpha Sasha's situation has reached critical mass. Her mother is dying, and her step-father Merrick is a jackal waiting to stake his claim the second she is legal. In her world, Sasha is promised a choice. But if Merrick gets his way she will be married before anyone can protest against it. Desperate to secure the futures of herself and her workers, Sasha makes a dangerous gamble... She seeks out Constantine Kane, the most feared and respected man in the 12 Sectors. Sasha has made her choice... Will it be one she lives to regret? Warning: This dystopian romance explores 18+ themes including scenes of violence, sexual content and power exchange. Please join us at Cornerstone Tavern, 961 2nd Ave, New York, NY (51st and 2nd) for great conversation, laughs, and friendship. Look for our signs, and listen for the laughter. We are often in the back of Cornerstone behind the curtain, which is actually a different restaurant called the Stags Head. We start at 7pm, but feel free to come early before happy hour ends at 7. People usually start to drift in by 6:30pm.

5 attendees

The Writing Group – West Village Session

Tue, Sep 22, 10:00 PM

From The Writing Group

4.9

**Itinerary** People are welcome starting at **6 o'clock**, and you can come and meet other writers, enjoy a happy hour, socialize and hang out as you like until 7 when we will start readings. At **7 o'clock** we formally get together as a group to listen to readings from those looking for feedback. * We do not select readers based on order of arrival or a sign-up sheet, so if you have work until late but still want to come and read, you can! * Each reader gets five (5) minutes to read, so please select a section of work which is appropriate for that time limit. * We welcome narrative prose (fiction and non-fiction), poetry, and scripts (be they for screen or stage), so long as it is writing that you're serious about. * We'll then spend another five (5) minutes in discussion. This is time for the listeners to provide feedback on the reading and discussing the craft in general. We welcome (and encourage) constructive criticism, so long as it is done with respect. This is just as important as the reading, and is done as an open conversation not lead by the reader or the host, so no hand raising required! * We try to get to as many people who want to read as we can, so if there are a lot of attendees we will be very strict on time. * We take a short break at **8 o'clock** . At **9 o'clock** we finish readings and start our formal social hour. Meet new friends, connect with old ones, exchange longer works for review, or just let loose.

15 attendees

The Archaeology of Knowledge by Foucault Week 4

Sat, Sep 12, 2:00 PM

From Silent Book Club NYC

Are there any proper facts which belong to the subject of epistemology? Or are we simply learning the language and way of life which has been invented and passed down to us? In The Archaeology of Knowledge by Michel Foucault we find a careful analysis of the hidden assumptions which form the bedrock on which we build the rest of our lives. By challenging these foundations Foucault invites us to discourse analysis and genealogy as a way of re-imagining what the future could look like. As is often the experience in philosophy, a tension between freedom and weightlessness is cultivated as we ask how we should live on a foundation we did not choose. Participants should read the entire reading before attending this in person meeting. We will read pages 178-238 for the last week. I will be reading from this version [here](https://www.amazon.com/Archaeology-Knowledge-Discourse-Language/dp/0394711068/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2TBF86VW1FDPE&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.4Eka-w7c4eSAU4l404xgpjNzTWGWk1CF0n4fyAPfDZZ0PvOLXu8z1mj7ZejrohnjWicKRoFdOaQiwbJYJN1oTsVCCAZ8eV84BtKb5x99TXtaoE4GvwcBg6C0mXCY3EwkQSJaRH00zQgKW6M2OJ4E6rbxYyI4EsgQe9YgtpV0mWi7tCAA4Cq2fVQhrZdIgTijOYZ7IjPBXniJBvWnwvoZ9_3FgfMfsnrVDjpUGU5e8-4.o2KumcsSP8p_pQMTFa7BzST80ImxBgwzi2cvgM8w0TQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=archaeology+of+knowledge&qid=1785190321&sprefix=archeology+of+knowledge%2Caps%2C126&sr=8-1). For questions please send me a message or post to meetup. Best, Brian

12 attendees

Bookworms @ Bronx Bookcafe

Wed, Sep 9, 4:00 PM

From New York Backpackers

Join us as we read separately, together! Nefer is the perfect 3rd location. The owner, Pumpkin, a lifelong Bronx native, is constantly changing and expanding the menu with local treats. When the weather is nice, grab a seat outside! We will spend the first few minutes talking about the books we are reading and then we will dive right into our own reads. See you there! PS- please remember to support this small business while we us the space by purchasing a drink, baked item, or one of the many paper/book products there is on display😊

6 attendees

Outdoors Book Club: Lord of the Flies

Thu, Oct 1, 11:30 PM

From NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community

Lord of the Flies — William Golding When a group of British schoolboys become stranded on an uninhabited island, their attempt to build a civilized society gradually gives way to fear, violence, and chaos. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a dark exploration of human nature, power, morality, and what happens when the rules of civilization disappear. Typically our events last ~ 1.5 hours. Bring questions and topics to discuss. Afterwards, we will go socialize at a bar nearby.

12 attendees

Articulating Reasons by Robert Brandom Week 3

Sat, Oct 17, 2:00 PM

Can you know what a word means without knowing what it refers to? Articulating Reasons is an introduction to Inferentialism, a view in philosophy of language holding that words get their meaning not from what they point to in the world, but from the role they play in reasoning, i.e. what follows from a claim, and what it commits you to. Championed by Robert Brandom and others as an alternative to the traditional referential view, inferentialism offers a genuinely different picture of how language works. We'll draw out connections to logic, epistemology, and metaphysics along the way, exploring the broader consequences of taking inference, rather than reference, as fundamental. Participants should read the entire reading before attending this in person meeting. We will read pages 105-155 for the third week. I will be reading from this version [here](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0674006925/?bestFormat=true&k=articulating%20reasons&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-bk-v2_k0_1_19_de&crid=2DUBJ8LYFZ6RG&sprefix=articulating%20reason). For questions please send me a message or post to meetup. Best, Brian

7 attendees

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