January Village Story Salon: DETOX

January Village Story Salon: DETOX

Village Story Salon is a new monthly prose-reading series at the Hudson Park Library in New York City. At each event, three or four published authors of fiction and nonfiction share recent and upcoming work tied to a monthly theme. Then we all discuss inspiration and process. Books are for sale!

It's FEAST season—and we've asked this month's readers to tie their readings to this theme. Our readers will be Christy Harrison (THE WELLNESS TRAP), Jennifer Juneau (UBERCHEF USA), and Lee Upton (TABITHA, GET UP).

Village Story Salon is co-hosted by writers Cheryl J. Fish and Jonathan Vatner. The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are encouraged but not necessary. Please arrive on time, as we can't guarantee the doors will remain open.

All are welcome!

Reader bios:

CHRISTY HARRISON, MPH, RD, is a registered dietitian nutritionist, certified intuitive eating counselor, and journalist who has been covering food, nutrition, and health for more than 20 years. She is the author of two books, THE WELLNESS TRAP and ANTI-DIET, and the producer and host of the podcasts Rethinking Wellness and Food Psych, which have helped tens of thousands of people around the world think critically about diet and wellness culture and develop more peaceful relationships with food. Christy is also the co-author of The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating and Body Image Workbook and The Making Peace with Food Card Deck. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, WIRED, SELF, BuzzFeed, Refinery29, Gourmet, Slate, the Food Network, and many other publications. Learn more about Christy and her work at christyharrison.com, and subscribe to her bestselling Substack newsletter at rethinkingwellness.substack.com. 

JENNIFER JUNEAU is the author of the novel ÜBERCHEF USA (Spork Press, 2019) and the full-length poetry collection MORE THAN MOON, which was a finalist in the National Poetry Series, (Is a Rose Press, 2020). Her short fiction collection MAZE was published in September 2024 by Roadside Press. Her work has appeared in Barrow Street, Cimarron Review, Cincinnati Review, Columbia Journal, Evergreen Review, Rattle, Seattle Review, Verse Daily, and other magazines. She lives and writes in New York City, and is the curator of the literary series, Phoenix Poetry Open Mic, Monday evenings in the East Village. jenniferjuneau.wordpress.com

LEE UPTON’s comic novel TABITHA, GET UP appeared in May 2024. Three additional novels are forthcoming. Her books include her seventh collection of poetry, THE DAY EVERY DAY IS, two short story collections, a novella, four books of literary criticism, and an essay collection. Her poetry has appeared in many journals, including The New Yorker, Poetry, and Southern Review, as well as three editions of Best American Poetry. www.leeupton.com

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street, New York, United States