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READINGS AT PARKSIDE with AMRA BROOKS ~ film edition!

Wonderful memories of Amra’s gorgeous reading back in September. (Amra, apologies for covering the lens in many of these 🙈!) Everyone get Amra’s book MOTHER IS A PLACE! So beautiful.

Please join us for our James Schuyler celebration on his birthday, November 9th, with Nathan Kernan! ♥️

#readingsatparkside @amrabrooks @the_parkside_lounge_nyc @dopaminebooksla

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♋ANNUAL READING GOAL ACHIEVED! NICE.🎉

69 books completed as of today. Auspiciously, (and coincidentally, I swear) this milestone has been reached with exactly 69 days remaining in 2026. What could be more nice?

“But Dan,” interjects absolutely no one, “however did you achieve this audacious and mildly titillating feat of basic literacy?”

Well, I certainly didn’t do it alone. I’d like to thank all the authors whose acquaintance I’ve made here on social media—you’ve motivated me to become more attuned to contemporary literature and I’m much better for it. Thanks, also, to my back and core muscles for providing such frequent and agonizing reminders that I need to slow my dumb ass down on the gym/weightlifting front. “Sit those sweet cheeks on the sofa and read!” they command me in their language of pure pain. I obey.

Don’t think I’ll be resting on my laurels all through November and December, either. There are still several new (and new-ish) books remaining on my hit list for 2026. You’re next, @dl_alvarez, @gregorspamsa , @wayne.koestenbaum, and @sylviajonesjonesjonesjones!

#readinggoals
#performativereading

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had fun helping plan a book tour for @tomdanielcole, culminating in this @participantafterdark event with @harrietisme. a november 18th i wouldn’t mind reliving on a loop, solvej balle style ♾️

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I am SO EXCITED to tour this 🍒book🍒 and gab with some of my most favorite thinkers + people!

🍒 I’ll be in the UK in April + New England in July! 🍒

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Tom Cole brought CHIMES to LA! 🤩🤩🤩

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Single-serving books, coming right up. 🍽️

Five queer reads under 200 pages, each one built to be finished in a single afternoon. Think of them as the tapas of queer lit: small plates, big flavour, zero commitment issues.

Only one of them is actually a novel. The rest? Two plays, a monologue and a poetry collection that rewrites the Bible for gay girls. Swipe through, pick your portion and clear your Saturday.

Which one are you ordering first? 👇

#queerbooks #bookstagram #lgbtqbooks #shortbooks #queerlit gaybooks sapphicbooks readplays queerbookclub

Bible verses, but make them gay. Emily Austin rewrites Catholic prayers for queer women, trans folks and every “strange woman” the church left out. It’s sassy, horny and tender, and CBC named it one of the best poetry books of 2024. At 72 pages, you can finish it with your morning coffee. @emilyraustinauthor @brick.books

What if the future king of England grew up gay? Jordan Tannahill’s play has queer and trans performers run with that thought experiment, weaving royal fantasy into their own stories. The New York Times made it a Critic’s Pick, and it’s horny, chaotic and seriously smart about power. @jordan.tannahill

Fresh out of a psych ward hold, this narrator is doing his best impression of a functioning person. He’s an aging, working-class gay man trying to make rent while “queer” gets gentrified into oblivion. It’s the final book in Lippens’ Wisconsin trilogy, and the only actual novel in this stack. @nate_lippens @semiotexteofficial

One man, months alone and a confession that won’t quit. Tom Cole’s debut is a monologue about addiction, sex and never having enough money. It’s bleak, but somehow it’s also laugh-out-loud funny. 128 pages of pure oversharing. @tomdanielcole @thesongcave

A glamorous couple, a public scandal and a childhood that comes crawling back. In Sam Max’s play, Connor is pulled back into memories of Fake Dad, the Safe House and an imaginary friend in the basement. It’s a dark fever dream you won’t shake for days. @sam_____max @uglyducklingpresse

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Next up in the 2220 Archives this Wednesday!

The Poetic Research Bureau hosts Tom Cole for a reading and conversation with writer Bradford Nordeen, celebrating his new book on Song Cave, Chimes: A Monologue.

Doors: 7pm Reading: 7:30pm

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Through a striking and unforgettable performative monologue, Tom Cole’s Chimes: A Monologue introduces the distinctive voice of a first-person narrator mentally indexing his lifetime of memories. His individual experiences of shame, addiction, and self-destructive behavior are recounted with mischievous humor, even if they have left lasting scars. Now, after months of monotonous solitude, a storm of unresolved issues resurfaces, triggered by the incessant and irritating clang of an out-of-town neighbor’s outdoor wind chime. As his self-examinations become an obsession, feelings of alienation and unworthiness worsen and lead to unconventional solutions.

In the tradition of the plays of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Georg Büchner, Charles Ludlam, and Sarah Kane, Cole weaves the very bleakest of humor with startling and heartbreaking feats of intimate self-reflection. Speaking on issues of class, sex, intimacy, and the highs and lows of queer reality today, Chimes asks how and where one finds the answers to living a complicated life.

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CHIMES IS HERE! Tom Cole gave an unforgettable reading and performance last night. Thank you so much to everyone who came out and sold out our event. Thank you to the brilliant publishers of The Song Cave ~ Alan & Ben. The Tom Cole fanclub already existed but now there are t-shirts! CHIMES is incredibly special & I urge everyone to check out one of the many upcoming events planned. Thank you Parkside crew for absolutely everything. I ❤️ TOM COLE & you can too! ❤️📚❤️

#readingsatparkside @thesongcave @tomdanielcole @the_parkside_lounge_nyc @benestes @alanfels

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Today we celebrate the launch of ‘Chimes: A Monologue’ by Tom Cole ~ published by The Song Cave! We are sold out and seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors at 3:30, event at 4pm. I cannot wait to celebrate this extraordinary book at the best bar in New York City! 📯🥁📣🎐📚

Readings at Parkside: Tom Cole

The Parkside Lounge
317 East Houston Street
New York City

Sunday, October 4th, 4pm

#readingsatparkside @tomdanielcole @thesongcave @the_parkside_lounge_nyc @artbook 🌹

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Tom Cole will read at the shop on Thursday, November 12th, 2026. Following the reading, Michael Bronski will join him in conversation. The event will be held in person and virtually. Sign up via our website.

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Like Marcel Proust’s madeleine or Clarice Lispector’s cockroach, the sound of wind chimes outside of the apartment occupied by Tom Cole’s narrator catalyzes the fragmented monologue that comprises Cole’s debut novella “Chimes: A Monologue” (The Song Cave, 2026). As if flipping through a photo album, the narrator’s memories—embarrassing hookups, dabbling with meth, auditioning to join a cultlike polyamorous “family”—are dispatched with an unaffected, definitive tone.

Follow our link in bio to subscribe and read Paul McAdory’s review of “Chimes: A Monologue” in our Fall 2026 issue—now for nearly 40% off the newsstand price.

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Love Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair ~ the only NYC line I will happily wait in🗽So many incredible people, projects & publishers ~ very inspiring this year, as always. Pictured here is Rory Mulligan, who was visiting Jordan Weitzman of @magichour.press to sign copies of his incredible book ‘Freddie’. Please go check out a sneak peak of ‘Iris Garden: John Cage and William Gedney’ which Readings at Parkside will celebrate in November!

Also pictured are Alan Felsenthal & Amanda Nadelberg at @thesongcave ~ look at Amanda’s beautiful book ‘Shake Until Cloudy’ with that green Nathaniel Dorsky cover image.💚 You can pick up a copy of Tom Cole’s revelatory book ‘Chimes: A Monologue’ as well as a free poster for our book launch event on October 4th.

By the way that fair lines moves fast! @printedmatter_artbookfairs ❤️📚🍎 #readingsatparkside

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