Paragraph Reading

August 28, 2009
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Jeff Roda has written screenplays for DreamWorks, Paramount Pictures, and television pilots for The WB and CBS. He’s presently writing a romantic comedy for New Regency Films and teaching screenwriting at The School Of Visual Arts.

Amy Braunschweiger’s forthcoming book,Taxi Confidential: Life, Death and 3 a.m. Revelations in New York City Cabs (671 Press, September 2009), is a collection of 50 gritty cab stories from the ‘70s through present day. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York and Village Voice, among other publications, and she’s the recipient of the Congress-Bundestag scholarship and the Arthur F. Burns fellowship for journalists. Her latest obsessions: Finding a cabbie who will let her drive and fishing walleye.