Tag: Last Night’s Reading

Age: 29 Pronouns: She/her Neighborhood: Ditmas Park Most Likely to: Win the Nobel Prize for a Graphic Novel Favorite Quote: “Dr. Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature.” ― Anita Brookner, A Start in Life What do you do when you're at a Junot Díaz reading and Junot, the literary genius that he is, begins dropping gems like a clumsy jeweler? Most of the room would be focused on the floor, trying to pick up...

  Kate Gavino is the unofficial chronicler of the New York literary scene. On her blog Last Night’s Reading, Gavino posts portraits of authors coupled with quotes from their events. Gavino is amazingly prolific—on any given week, she posts from two to four illustrations. Recent entries include Chuck Klosterman, Green Girl author Kate Zambreno, and Elizabeth Gilbert. The blog and Instagram account Gavino keeps has also become a de facto social pages of the book...