Important Transit Note:  The N train will not be running in Astoria this weekend. Instead of taking the N to Ditmars Blvd, you’ll need to transfer to a shuttle bus at Queensboro Plaza. Take the N shuttle bus to the...  read

Over the course of nearly three years, 24 regular episodes, 4 special-edition field trips, and 88 different guests, the Line Break Reading Series has been my delight to host and produce. Like all good things, however, it's time for Line...  read

William Shunn hosts and produces the Line Break Reading Series, and edits the online literary journal The Piltdown Review. He is the author of the award-nominated memoir The Accidental Terrorist, as well as more than three dozen short stories. His...  read

Emre Tetik just graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Computer Science. Aside from his engineering work, he hopes to use prose and movie formats to tell compelling stories. Please join Emre and all our incredible readers for Line...  read

EXO Books is the pen name and publishing company of a man from NYC, USA, Earth. The latest EXO Books release is Schmuck the Buck: Santa's Jewish Reindeer. Please join EXO Books and all our spectacular readers for Line Break...  read

UPDATE: We regret that John will be unable to appear due to unforeseen circumstances. John C. Foster was born in Sleepy Hollow, New York, and has been afraid of the dark for as long as he can remember. His newest...  read

Joe Okonkwo's novel Jazz Moon won the Edmund White Award for debut fiction and was a Lambda Literary finalist. His short stories have appeared in Best Gay Stories 2015, Cooper Street, and The New Engagement. His story "Cleo" was nominated...  read

David Rothman has taught writing for the City University of New York for over ten years. His short stories have appeared in such journals as Glimmer Train, Hybrido, The Prague Review, and The Nassau Review, among others. He has shared...  read

David Mills is the author of two books of poetry—The Dream Detective and The Sudden Country, a book-prize finalist. His most recent manuscript is also a finalist for the Crab Orchard Review Prize. He has received fellowships from the New...  read

Line Break is here again! It's the eclectic monthly live literary magazine where poetry meets prose, fact meets fiction, and high-brow meets low-brow, this time in a special Permanent Break Edition in Astoria, Queens. At every show, live-lit veteran William...  read