Reading Room Cliffs Notes: Week of May 25

Reading Room Cliffs Notes is the essential guide to what's going on in the Reading Room for the upcoming week. The "Flashback" section captures a highlight from last week, while "Foreshadowing" gives a full list of the upcoming week's events. Make a visit to the Bryant Park Reading Room presented by HSBC a plot point in your week!  

Flashback of the Week: Bethenny Frankel, I Suck At Relationships So You Don't Have To 

Photo by Angelito Jusay Photography 

Real Housewives of New York City stars Bethenny Frankel (right) and Carole Radzwill (left) discussed Bethenny’s new book, I Suck at Relationships so You Don’t Have to  and offered the audience a little dating and relationship advice. Frankel gave us her take on "understanding men," and what they really want when it comes to a relationship. She hopes that her book will help readers steer clear of her previous relationship "mistakes."

To find out more about how Bethenny would advise those just coming out of an "unhealthy" relationship and what exactly she believes are true relationship mistakes, pick up a copy of her latest book.

Foreshadowing for the Week of May 25

Tuesday: HSBC Sustainability: Living With Nature 
12:30pm, Reading Room
Mark Kurlansky, Food Writer, City Beasts: Fourteen Stories of Uninvited Wildlife
Hosted by Margaret Mittelbach, Wild New York

Tuesday: Word for Word Poetry welcomes Kenyon Review 

7pm, Reading Room
James McCorkle, Clare Rossini, G.C. Waldrep and David Baker read original works.

Wednesday: Word for Word Author welcomes John Waters, Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America 

12:30pm, Reading Room

Hosted by Matthew Love, Time Out New York, Rolling Stone 

Hop in! It’s a cross-country trip with the popular filmmaker of Hairspray and Polyester.
The first person to say "Carsick" to the Reading Room Coordinator at the event will win a free copy of the book. 

Stay tuned as other Reading Room programs begin later in the season. For the entire season's lineup, visit the Word for Word page.