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Bookstore Café Events

  • Bookstore Cafe
  • 126 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10012 :: 212-334-3324

Whether you need a shrink, a book, or a book shrink, this line up of brilliant writing gurus will be on hand to meet, greet, and help you get over all your success blocks for free! Celebrate Susan Shapiro’s new novel Speed Shrinking and “speed date” with actual mental health pros— while your regular psychiatrist is away for the summer!

Starring: Writing professor Susan Shapiro, author of SPEED SHRINKING; Psychologist Diana Kirschner, author of LOVE IN 90 DAYS; Sociologist Jon Fast, author of CEREMONIAL VIOLENCE; Sherry Amatenstein, LMSW, author of THE COMPLETE MARRIAGE COUNSELOR: Relationship-Saving Advice from America’s Top 50 + Couples Therapists; Diet coach Connie Bennett, author of SUGAR SHOCK; Derner Institute Psychotherapist Jay Crosby; Manuscript doctor Paula Derrow, editor at Self magazine & BEHIND THE BEDROOM DOOR; Vatsal Thakkar, M.D., Director of the Graduate Medical Education Wellness Team at the NYU Langone Medical Center and author of two young adult textbooks on psychiatry.

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Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

Since opening its doors in 1998, Housing Works’ Bookstore Café has been an unparalleled hotspot for New York’s literary community, hosting countless readings, panels, and parties for every major publisher, as well as magazines from Lucky to The New Yorker. Every dollar from every customer goes to support Housing Works’ mission to end homelessness and AIDS.