A Better Bee. A spelling bee to benefit [CLMP] Monday, October 30th 8:00pm Doors open. 8:30pm Bee. 9:30pm Music. Exit Art 475 10th Avenue (at 36th Street), New York City. MC Bob Morris Style Section, The New York Times Judge Jesse Sheidlower Editor-at-large, Oxford English Dictionary Spellers Kate Christensen (The Epicure's Lament) Billy Collins (The Trouble With Poetry) Lev Grossman (Codex) Alex Kuczynski (Style Section, The New York Times) Paul La Farge (Haussmann, or the Distinction) Patrick McGrath (Port Mungo) Rick Moody (The Diviners) Sara Nelson (Editor-in-chief, Publishers Weekly) Thisbe Nissen (Osprey Island) Sigrid Nunez (The Last of Her Kind) Emily Nussbaum (Culture Editor, New York Magazine) Roxana Robinson (A Perfect Stranger) Elissa Schappell (Use Me) Rachel Sherman (The First Hurt) Robert Sietsema (Food Critic, Village Voice) Curtis Sittenfeld (The Man of My Dreams) Lynne Tillman (American Genius) Adriana Trigiani (Home to Big Stone Gap) Meg Wolitzer (The Position). Musical Guests Tax-deductible contribution: $75 
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