Book Clubs New York

From NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community

Join us for a two-part discussion of Byung-Chul Han's 2017 *Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power*. How do capitalism and Big Data exploit our productive psychic forces? Why do we all feel depressed and anxious so much of the time? Why are we doing this to ourselves and is there anything we do about it? Han draws on philosophers from [Hegel](https://www.meetup.com/reading-philosophy/events/316641720/) to [Deleuze](https://www.meetup.com/reading-philosophy/events/316485221/) to address these questions. **Required reading for this meeting: Ch. 9–13 (pg. 41–87)** Here's a link to a [PDF](https://www.are.na/block/24292657). You’ll want to have read the first half of the book too, even if you weren’t at the previous session! We'll be meeting at the 180 Maiden Lane Public Atrium on the ground floor of the building downtown.

13 attendees

Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (week 1)

Sun, Oct 11, 8:00 PM

From Socially Awkward but I'm Trying

Join us for weekly discussions of G. W. F. Hegel's 1807 dialectical quest through consciousness and subjectivity to reason and absolute knowledge, *The Phenomenology of Spirit*. **Required reading for this meeting: Introduction and A. Consciousness: I. Sensory Certainty and II. Perception** *(It is generally advised not to start with Hegel's preface, which we will likely read last.)* I'll be reading the 2018 [Inwood](https://eclass.uoa.gr/modules/document/file.php/PHS414/Georg%20Wilhelm%20Friedrich%20Hegel%20-%20The%20Phenomenology%20of%20Spirit.pdf) translation, but feel free to read any translation or even the original German if you can read German. We plan to meet weekly and work our way through the whole book 20–30 pages at a time. We'll be meeting at the 180 Maiden Lane Public Atrium on the ground floor of the building downtown.

16 attendees

🌴☕ Cuban Lunch at Victor's Cafe! 🥘🎶

Sun, Oct 4, 5:00 PM

From New York Story Night

# 🌴☕ Cuban Lunch at Victor's Cafe! 🥘🎶 Join us for a wonderful afternoon of authentic Cuban cuisine, great conversation, and new friendships at the legendary **Victor's Cafe** in the heart of Midtown Manhattan! 🌞🍽️ Known for its delicious food, elegant atmosphere, and warm hospitality, Victor's Cafe is the perfect place to relax, enjoy a fantastic meal, and spend time with fellow Meetup members. Whether you're a longtime fan of Cuban cuisine or trying it for the first time, everyone is welcome! 🇨🇺🌴 📅 **Date:** Sunday, October 4, 2026 🕐 **Time:** 1:00 PM 📍 **Victor's Cafe** 236 W 52nd St. New York, NY 10019 🗺️ **Google Maps:** [https://maps.app.goo.gl/bPUqz7wzkHsgxRDs6](https://maps.app.goo.gl/bPUqz7wzkHsgxRDs6) 👥 **Only 10 spots are available**, so please RSVP only if you're committed to attending. ⚠️ **Serious RSVPs only.** If your plans change, please update your RSVP as soon as possible so another member can join. Repeated no-shows without notice may be removed from the group. 💵 **Please bring cash** to make splitting the bill quick and easy for everyone. 📞 **The reservation is under Steven.** If you're running late or have any questions, please contact **Steven** at **646-238-9910**. Come hungry, bring your smile, and get ready for an afternoon filled with delicious Cuban flavors, laughter, and great company. It's always more fun sharing a meal and making new friends together! 🥘☕🌴🎉 Looking forward to seeing everyone there! **Wepa!** 🎉💙☀️

10 attendees

New York Story Night #88

Mon, Oct 12, 11:00 PM

4.7

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

33 attendees

The Writing Group – Central Park Session

Sat, Oct 10, 6:00 PM

From New York Story Night

This week we are back in Central Park! Bring a few refreshments, a blanket, and some writing to share. We will meet by Pilgrim Hill, and exact coordinates will be dropped at the beginning of the event. **Itinerary** People are welcome starting at **2 o'clock**, and you can come and meet your fellow members until 3 when we will start readings. At **3 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 will take a short break at **4 o'clock** . At **5 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.

51 attendees

New York Story Night #89

Mon, Oct 19, 11:00 PM

4.7

20 attendees

Articulating Reasons by Robert Brandom Week 2

Sat, Oct 10, 2:00 PM

From NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community

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 55-105 for the second 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

18 attendees

The Writing Group – Greenpoint Session

Thu, Oct 15, 10:00 PM

The Writing Group is back at Lovebirds – 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.

23 attendees

The Writing Group – Halloween Horror Session

Tue, Oct 27, 10:00 PM

From NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community

Join us for first ever genre-specific session! In honor of the holiday, come have a festive cocktail, snack on some candy, and bring your horror genre writing to share. Costumes optional but strongly encouraged. **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). This week, we are reading **horror genre works only**! * 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.

20 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

12 attendees

The Writing Group at Brooklyn Art Haus

Tue, Oct 20, 10:00 PM

From Silent Book Club NYC

The Writing Group returns to Brooklyn Art Haus. 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.

9 attendees

Saturday Afternoon at Brooklyn Public Library

Sat, Nov 21, 7:00 PM

4.7

Spend an afternoon reading with us at a jewel of Kings County — **[Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Library](https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/central)!** Bring a book or choose one of the many titles at the main branch of the library. We’ll socialize and read in the **Info Commons Training Lab** which **seats 50 people available on a first-come basis**.

5 attendees

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