Corner Bookstore

Celebration for I Liked Rex by Diane Williams
2026-09-08 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Diane Williams is one of the great masters of the American short story: her tiny, coruscating tales are among the most tender, funny, peculiar, and searching works in all of contemporary literature. I Liked Rex is Williams’s newest collection, which explores sex, love, marriage, and all that comes after; it is a book about living, but more importantly, about how to be alive.
In these stories, a woman sees her soon-to-be ex-husband on the street, walking patiently at the end of a line of geese; a mother implores a total stranger to watch over her small child at the beach; a guest arrives at an orgy uninvited, and takes a nap beneath a dusty carpet; a woman reflects on her life with a man who used to belong to another, but is hers now—though can anyone really possess anyone else, truly?
Williams’s genius lies as much in what is left unspoken as in what is laid out on the page; behind images of startling beauty and strangeness, entire chamber dramas of the heart unfold, and the pleasure of these sphinx-like tales comes from their unremitting mystery, which is the same mystery fundamental to life and to love. A collection of rare originality and daring, I Liked Rex is a complete and utter delight.

Launch Party and Book Signing for Oh Ho OH NO!: Twelve True Tales of Tinsel, Bedlam, and unconditional Love
2026-10-28 18:00 - 19:30
The holiday countdown has begun! Join author and Christmas maximalist Danny Lettieri in celebrating the official launch of his humorous memoir, Ho Ho, OH NO!: Twelve True Stories of Tinsel, Bedlam & Unconditional Love (Hedge Jumper Press, July 2026). Danny will read passages from the book in his inimitable style, and there’ll be wine and Christmas cookies for attendees. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Learn more about Danny and the book at www.dannylettieri.com.
