BROOKLYN
245 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11205
Main: 718.940.5300
Admissions: 718.940.5800
Fax: 718.940.5680
LONG ISLAND
155 W. Roe Blvd., Patchogue, NY 11772
Main: 631.687.5100
Admissions: 631.687.4500
Fax: 631.687.4539
Brooklyn Voices
St. Joseph's University, New York opens its doors to the area's foremost writers, musicians, actors and artists every semester through Brooklyn Voices.
Created in collaboration with Greenlight Bookstore, the aim of the Brooklyn Voices series is to promote and enhance the creative vitality of our home neighborhoods of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill by providing local writers, artists and intellectuals with a forum in which to discuss and present their works to our neighbors, patrons and students.
Through lectures, forums, performances and public discussion, Brooklyn Voices seeks to make a meaningful contribution to the thriving intellectual culture of the neighborhood and ensure that our community remains a stimulating place in which to live, learn and do business.
Brooklyn Voices Lineup
Emily St. John Mandel
Book Launch: Emily St. John Mandel presents Exit Party
In conversation with Mark Wunderlich
IN-PERSON: Live at St. Joseph's University!
Tuesday, September 15, 7:30 p.m.
Greenlight Bookstore, in collaboration with St. Joseph’s University are pleased to announce the launch event for Exit Party, the new novel by beloved Brooklyn neighbor and bestselling, award-winning author Emily St. John Mandel! The author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility returns with a breathtaking novel of doubles, shadow worlds, and fractured timelines.
Starting with an ecstatic house party in Los Angeles, 2031—the first spring after the collapse of the United States, as the curfew has finally been lifted—the novel shifts quickly into uncanny uncharted territory. An unforgettable literary feat, Exit Party is a requiem for a world not unlike our own, and a breathtaking story of resilience in the face of cataclysmic change. Celebrate the book's launch, followed by a discussion onstage with Emily St. John Mandel and fellow author Mark Wunderlich, with a book signing to follow.
Tickets $32-$52 (book included)
Eric Ripert
Book Launch: Eric Ripert presents Mindful Cooking: Simple Recipes for Nurturing Body and Soul: A Plant-Based Cookbook
IN-PERSON: Live at St. Joseph's University!
Tuesday, October 6, 7:30 p.m.
Three-Michelin-starred chef Eric Ripert, bestselling author of Vegetable Simple and Seafood Simple, brings together his two great passions in his new book Mindful Cooking, as he explores how food can bring health, joy, mindfulness, and gratitude into our daily lives. With over 75 easy and delicious plant-based recipes, Chef Ripert urges us to deepen our connection to what we eat, embrace cooking as an act of love, and recognize that every meal is an opportunity to nourish more than just our bodies. Ripert discusses before an audience Q&A and book signing.
Tickets $38 (Book Included)
Previous Seasons of Brooklyn Voices
Spring 2026
Lili Taylor
Monday, May 4, 7:30 p.m.
Actor Lili Taylor launches the paperback edition of her book Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing
Neal Allen and Anne Lamott
Thursday, March 26, 7:30 p.m.
Neal Allen and Anne Lamott present Good Writing: 36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences
Chuck Klosterman
Tuesday, January 20, 7:30 p.m.
Book Launch: Chuck Klosterman presents Football
In conversation with Nora Princiotti
The Friends of Attention
Wednesday, January 21, 7 p.m.
Book Launch: The Friends of Attention present Attensity! A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement
Fall 2025
W. David Marx
Tuesday, November 18, 7:30 p.m.
Book Launch: W. David Marx presents Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century
In conversation with Emily Sundberg
Lee Clay Johnson
Wednesday, September 24, 7:30 p.m.
Lee Clay Johnson presents Bloodline
In conversation with Andrew Martin
Saeed Jones and Maggie Smith
Wednesday, September 10, 7:30 p.m.
Book Launch: Saeed Jones and Maggie Smith present The People's Project: Poems, Essays, and Art for Looking Forward
In conversation with Hala Alyan, Aubrey Hirsch, Mira Jacob, and Chase Strangio
River Selby
Thursday, August 14, 7pm
Book Launch: River Selby presents Hotshot
In conversation with Alexander Sammartino
Spring 2025
Damon Young
Tuesday, June 3, 7:30 p.m.
Book Launch: Damon Young presents That's How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor
In conversation with Wyatt Cenac
Moderated by Jazmine Hughes
Mark Kriegel
Wednesday, June 4, 7:30 p.m.
Book Launch: Mark Kriegel presents Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson
In conversation with Rosie Perez
Ocean Vuong
Wednesday, May 14, 7:30 p.m.
Ocean Vuong presents The Emperor of Gladness
Ezra Klein
Thursday, April 24, 7:30 p.m.
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson present Abundance
In conversation with PJ Vogt
Colum McCann
Wednesday, March 26, 7:30 p.m.
Colum McCann presents Twist
In conversation with Phil Klay
Chris Hayes
Monday, February 10, 7:30 p.m.
Chris Hayes presents The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
in conversation with The New Yorker's Jia Tolentino
Liz Pelly
Tuesday, January 7, 7:30 p.m.
Book launch: Liz Pelly's Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist
In conversation with Max Alper
Fall 2024
Ayana Mathis
Thursday, December 12, 7:30 p.m.
Ayana Mathis presents The Unsettled, winner of the Gabe Hudson Prize
In conversation with Akhil Sharma and Gary Shteyngart
Jeff VanderMeer
Thursday, October 24, 7:30 p.m.
Jeff VanderMeer presents Absolution: A Southern Reach
In conversation with Emily St. John Mandel
Emily St. John Mandel
Friday, September 20, 7:30 p.m.
Emily St. John Mandel presents Station Eleven Ten-Year Anniversary Celebration!
In conversation with Jenny Jackson
Spring 2024
Lev Grossman
Monday, July 15, 7:30 p.m.
Lev Grossman presents The Bright Sword
Tommy Orange
Tuesday, March 5, 7:30 p.m.
Tommy Orange presents Absolution: Wandering Stars
In conversation with Ethan Hawke
Michael Ondaatje
Tuesday, April 2, 7:30 p.m.
Michael Ondaatje presents A Year of Last Things: Poems
In conversation with Sonali Deraniyagala
Maurice Ashley
Monday, April 8, 7:30 p.m.
Maurice Ashley presents Move by Move: Life Lessons On and Off the Chessboard
In conversation with Levy Rozman
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Wednesday, May 15, 7:30 p.m.
Aimee Nezhukumatathil presents Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
In conversation with Roxane Gay
Voyage Into Genre LIVE
Friday, May 17, 7:30 p.m.
Andrea Hairston, promoting The Archangels of Funk
Veronica Roth, promoting When Among Crows
Rebecca Thorne, promoting Can't Spell Treason without Tea
Nghi Vo, promoting The Brides of High Hill
Moderator: P. Djeli Clark
Julia Phillips
Tuesday, June 25, 7:30 p.m.
Julia Phillips presents Bear
Fall 2023
Heather Cox Richardson
Wednesday, September 27, 7:30 p.m.
Heather Cox Richardson presents Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
IN-PERSON: Live at St. Joseph's University!
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Wednesday, October 18, 7:30 p.m.
Viet Thanh Nguyen presents A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial
In conversation with Lisa Hsiao Chen
IN-PERSON: Live at St. Joseph's University!
Jhumpa Lahiri
Monday, November 6, 7:30 p.m.
Jhumpa Lahiri presents Roman Stories
IN-PERSON: Live at St. Joseph's University!
Spring 2023
Colm Tóibín
Wednesday, January 25, 7:30 p.m.
Colm Tóibín presents A Guest at the Feast
IN-PERSON: Live at St. Joseph's University!
Lucy Foley
Monday, February 27, 7:30 p.m.
Lucy Foley presents The Paris Apartment
In Conversation with Andrea Bartz
TJ Klune
Wednesday, March 29, 7:30 p.m.
In conversation with audiobook narrators Kirt Graves, Daniel Henning, and Michael Lesley
Co-presented with Libro.fm and Macmillan Audio
IN-PERSON: Live at St. Joseph's University!
Alicia Mountain
Wednesday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.
In conversation with Brenda Shaughnessy
Moderated by Ariel Yelen
IN-PERSON: Live at St. Joseph's University!
Blythe Roberson
Wednesday, April 19, 7:30 p.m.
Blythe Roberson presents America the Beautiful?
In conversation with Phoebe Robinson
IN-PERSON: Live at St. Joseph's University!
Cleyvis Natera
Wednesday, May 3, 7:30 p.m.
Cleyvis Natera presents Neruda on the Park
In conversation with Robert Jones Jr.
IN-PERSON: Live at St. Joseph's University!
Brandon Taylor
Wednesday, May 24, 7:30 p.m.
Brandon Taylor presents The Late Americans
IN-PERSON: Live at St. Joseph's University!
Fall 2022
Andrew Sean Greer
Wednesday, September 28, 7:30 p.m.
Andrew Sean Greer presents Less Is Lost
In conversation with Sloane Crosley
Lydia Millet
Wednesday, October 12, 7:30 p.m.
Lydia Millet presents Dinosaurs
In conversation with Jenny Offill
Fatimah Asghar
Wednesday, October 12, 7:30 p.m.
Fatimah Asghar presents When We Were Sisters
In conversation with Angel Nafis, José Olivarez, and Jess Sn
Eileen Myles
Wednesday, October 12, 7:30 p.m.
Eileen Myles presents Pathetic Literature
Featuring Fred Moten, Carmen Boullosa, Nicole Eisenman, Sarah Nicole Prickett and Will Farri
Summer 2022
Anthony Marra
Tuesday, August 2, 7:30 p.m.
Anthony Marra presents Mercury Pictures Presents
In conversation with Amor Towles
Mohsin Hamid
Wednesday, August 3, 7:30 p.m.
Mohsin Hamid presents The Last White Man
Spring 2022
Bernardine Evaristo
Tuesday, January 18, 7:30 p.m.
Bernardine Evaristo presents Manifesto
In conversation with Rumaan Alam
Marlon James
Tuesday, February 15, 7:30 p.m.*
Marlon James presents Moon Witch, Spider King
Interviewer To Be Announced!
Jennifer Egan
Tuesday, April 5, 7:30 p.m. (doors 6:30 p.m.)*
Jennifer Egan presents The Candy House
In conversation with Susan Choi
Emily St. John Mandel
Thursday, April 7, 7:30 p.m. (doors 6:30 p.m.)*
Emily St. John Mandel presents Sea of Tranquility
Spring 2021
Hermione Lee
Wednesday, February 24, 5 p.m.
Hermione Lee presents Tom Stoppard: A Life
In conversation with Tom Stoppard
Tickets $45-50 (Includes access to the event, a hardcover copy of Tom Stoppard: A Life and a bookplate signed by Hermione Lee. Note pickup and shipping options when purchasing tickets.)
Naima Coster
Thursday, March 4, 7:30 p.m.
Naima Coster presents What’s Mine and Yours
In conversation with Elizabeth Acevedo
Carol Edgarian
Monday, March 8, 7:30 p.m.
Carol Edgarian presents Vera
In conversation with Jennifer Egan
Amy Solomon
Tuesday, March 16, 7:30 p.m.
Amy Solomon presents Notes from the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy
Featuring Catherine Cohen, Tien Tran, Sydnee Washington, Sunita Mani, Aya Cash, Atsuko Okatsuka, Punam Patel, Rachel Sennott, and more to be announced!
Craig Taylor
Tuesday, March 23, 7:30 p.m.
Book Launch: Craig Taylor presents New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time
Featuring special guests to be announced!
Edward Hirsch
Monday, April 5, 7:30 p.m.
Edward Hirsch presents 100 Poems to Break Your Heart
With special guests Victoria Chang and Vijay Seshadri
Rachel Kushner
Thursday, April 8, 7:30 p.m.
Rachel Kushner presents The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020
In conversation with Hari Kunzru
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
Monday, April 19, 7:30 p.m.
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro presents Names of New York: Discovering the City's Past, Present, and Future Through Its Place-Names
In conversation with Matt Weiland
Quiara Alegría Hudes
Wednesday, April 28, 7:30 p.m.
Quiara Alegría Hudes presents My Broken Language: A Memoir
In conversation with Daphne Rubin-Vega
Get Social
Get Social