Simon Van Booy Discovery Series, Nov. 8, 2012 / @ 287 Spring Art Gallery
Simon Van Booy presents alumni of his fiction writing workshops.
 
- Jamie Patterson, reading a short story
- Vica Miller, reading Family Heirloom, a short story 
- Alison Hess, reading from Indelible, a novel 
- Jill Wright, reading a short story
- Nitzan Blouin, reading from Drinking Fire at 5 AM, a debut novel
 
Sneak Preview: Parallel Worlds by Malcolm D. MacDougall III
 
We raised $210 for the hurricane relief effort. Thank you!
 
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Vica Miller Fall Fiction Salon, Sept. 27, 2012 / Susan Eley Fine Art
The Evening's Program:
 - Simon Van Booy, reading from The Illision of Separateness, a new novel (May 2013)
 - Catherine Lacey, reading from a novel, Nobody is Ever Missing
 - Ted Thompson, reading from his debut novel, The Land of Steady Habits (Fall 2013)
 - Jessica Soffer, reading from her debut novel, Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots (April 2013)
 
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St. Petersburg Literary Salon, June 28, 2012 / Ultramarine Gallery
The unaugural St. Petersburg White Nights Literary Salon! 

The Evening's Program:
- Ksenia Buksha, reading from "The Freedom Factory", a novel
- Alexander Kudriavtsev, reading "The Web", a short story
- Vica Miller, reading selected poems
- Vadim Levental, reading from "Masha Regina", a novel
 
Photos are on our FB page and in society news by SOBAKA.RU magazine.

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Vica Miller Russian Fiction Salon, June 6, 2012 / Susan Eley Fine Art
We're thrilled to announce our participation in Read Russia 2012!
 
The Evening's Program:
- Andrei Rubanov (noir), reading from Gonzo
- Anna Starobinets (dystopia), reading from The Living
- Sergei Kuznetsov (thriller), reading from The Butterfly Skin
- Master Chen (mystery), reading from The Pet Hawk of the House of Abbas
 
All readings are in English, performed by actors Sofiya Akilova and Alex Gurary-Falberg, with excerpts read by authors in Russian.
Photos are on our FB page.
Vica Miller Parenthood & Childhood Salon, May 8, 2012 / Susan Eley Fine Art
Celebrating Salons' third birthday!
 
The Evening's Program:
- Julia Fierro, reading from American Eden, a dark comedic novel-in-progress,  
- Vica Miller, reading Breathless, a short story
- Amelia Kahaney, reading Wiggle and Shake, a short story about mothers behaving badly
 
Vica Miller Spring Salon March 8, 2012 / Susan Eley Fine Art
The Evening's Program:
- Austin Ratner, reading from The Jump Artist, winner of the 2011 Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature
- Peter Selgin, reading from his memoir, Confessions of a Left-Handed Man
- Janet Goss,
reading from Perfect on Paper. First published reading!
- Ellen Schecter, reading from her memoir, Fierce Joy, a medical mystery, a spiritual adventure, and a love story  
 
Ongoing show: David Collins & James Isherwood
 

Vica Miller Winter Salon & Benefit - Jan 31, 2012 @ 7 PM / William Bennett Gallery
 The Evening's Program:
- Arthur Phillips, reading from The Tragedy of Arthur, a novel named one of 2011's best books by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, and many others 
- Darin Strauss, reading from The National Book Critics Circle Award-winning memoir, Half a Life
- Boris Fishman, reading an excerpt from A Replacement Life, a novel about a failed journalist who starts forging Holocaust-restitution claims for old Soviet Jews in New York
- Vica Miller, reading from Inga's Zigzags, a novel about a young New Yorker who goes to Moscow to launch a business and instead finds herself falling in love with two women 
 
The evening raised $750 for The Speyer Legacy School. More photos are up on our FB page.