Join the fun as we celebrate the launch of HAVE A NYC 2: New York Short Stories, the second installment of the thrilling anthology of short stories based in New York City. This version includes work by renowned crime/thriller author Lawrence Block (Hit Me, Eight Million Ways to Die), New York Times columnist Thomas Pryor, magic realism author Rae Bryant (The Indiefinite State of Imaginary Morals), poet, editor, activist Ron Kolm (assistant editor of the Evergreen Review), and surealist poet/author Janet Hamill (Body of Water).

The book is edited by Three Rooms Press co-directors Peter Carlaftes (I Fold With the Hand I Was Dealt, A Year on Facebook) and Kat Georges (Our Lady of the Hunger).

Additional authors include Resa Alboher, L.S. Bassen, Sion Dayson, Kofi Forson, Jeb Gleason-Allured, Peter Marra, Puma Perl, Michael Schwartz, Jackie Sheeler and Eric Stromsvold. The book is part of the Three Rooms Press Modern Noir Anthology series and will be available at the event.

Doors open at 5:45. Admission is $8, which includes a free drink. Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street, in the West Village, between W. 4th Street at Bleecker (http://corneliastreecafe.com). Reservations and additional information: info@threeroomspress.com.

Have a NYC 2 is the part of The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe, a unique series curated by Three Rooms Press that brings together leading poets, intellectuals, performers and budding rebels on a different topic each month. Upcoming events include: JUNE 7: HYDROGEN JUKEBOX (modern poetry performed to live rock band), JULY 5: THAT’S INDEPENDENTS (a focus on Independent publishers featuring Great Weather for Media, Black Lawrence Press, Akashic Press, The Unbearables Press and Three Rooms Press).