joanna smith rakoff

After a gorgeous autumn weekend, it'll be mostly cloudy today with a high of 55. Tonight, Community Board 3's SLA Committee has a full docket. We'll be on hand to see which bars and restaurants get CB3's blessing. Also...

Since the release last year of her debut novel, "A Fortunate Age,"  I have wanted to profile Lower East Side writer Joanna Smith Rakoff.  Her upcoming appearance at the Educational Alliance , with fellow author Gary Shteyngart (an event...

The Lo-Down is looking forward to co-sponsoring an upcoming event at the Educational Alliance: "LES Lit," an evening with authors Gary Shteyngart and Joanna Smith Rakoff. The November 17th reading and discussion is a great opportunity to get to...

Joanna Smith Rakoff will read from her debut novel at "Roots & Vines (corner of Grand & Clinton)" tomorrow evening. "A Fortunate Age," tells the story of a group of friends transitioning to adulthood in New York City after...