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| Howard Fishman in the''Upstairs at the Square'' Barnes & Noble, Inc., the world's largest bookseller, announced the next event in its new series, "Upstairs at the Square, " held at the Union Square Barnes & Noble in Manhattan. On Monday, October 30th, Nell Freudenberger, author of the new novel The Dissident, and Howard Fishman, the noted downtown bandleader, guitarist and songwriter whose latest album is Look at All This!, read and perform their work. Nell Freudenberger's debut collection of stories, Lucky Girls, was a New York Times Notable Book and won the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2005, Freudenberger was the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award. Her second book, a novel about secrets, love, and the shining chaos of everyday American life entitled The Dissident, is a remarkable and surprising group portrait, done with a light, sure hand. Reviewing Lucky Girls, the Seattle Times praised Freudenberger's "merciless and often hilarious eye for family dynamics, and her equally sharp eye for cultures in collision." As The New York Times Book Review observed, "Young writers as ambitious—and as good—as Nell Freudenberger give us a reason for hope." Howard Fishman, bandleader, guitarist and songwriter, made his debut at The Algonquin Oak Room in 1999. He has since headlined in major venues both in the States and abroad, including The Steppenwolf Theater, The Blue Note, NJPAC, MassMOCA, Stamford Center for the Performing Arts, The Bottom Line, Le Petit Journal, and Joe's Pub. A Connecticut native, he spent his musically formative years in New Orleans. The All-Music Guide has called him "an important force in creative music, " and The New York Times has written that his work "transcends time and idiom." Fishman maintains a full-time touring schedule and has recorded five critically acclaimed CDs for his own Monkey Farm label. we are destroyed, Fishman's first foray into music theater, was recently done in a workshop at the Pasadena Playhouse as part of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab West and will be presented by the Penobscot Playhouse next spring. His most recent project is his exploration of Bob Dylan's The Basement Tapes, which he performed in a three-night series at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater in May. Howard Fishman will make his debut with the Lincoln Center American Songbook series with a one-night version of The Basement Tapes Project in February 2007. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |