LOCAL LITERARY NEWS:
SAVVY WRITERS: Panel discussion with three savvy writers ? Kurt Brown, Amy Holman, and Sigrid Nunez ? on the wisdom they've gleaned in many years as professional literary writers. Sunday, December 10, at 2:30 pm. Hudson Valley Writers Center, 300 Riverside Drive, Sleepy Hollow. 332-4825. www.writerscenter.org
CHRISTMAS AT SUNNYSIDE: Pay homage to Washington Irving, the author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and the first American to earn a living as a writer at his homestead, Sunnyside, on the border of Tarrytown and Irvington. Evening candlelight tours: Saturday and Sunday: Dec. 9-10, 16-17 (from 4-8 pm). Details: www.hudsonvalley.org.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITERS: Westchester Library System's annual African-American Writers & Readers Literary Tea, on Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 15, at Tappan Hill, Tarrytown, with authors Kellye Davis (The Bliss Principle), Flores A. Forbes (Will You Die With Me?), William C. Rhoden (40 Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Black Athlete) and Erica Simone Turnipseed (Hunger). Tickets start at $60. Info: 231-3226
EATING AND READING:
Helen Barolini, the "dean of Italian-American literature," with discuss her books, "Festa: Recipes and Recollections of Italian Holidays" and "A Circular Journey" on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 1:30 p.m. at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, as part of its senior citizens arts program. Details: www.hrm.org. 914-963-4550.
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