Les Bleus Literary Salon was founded by Paige McGreevy in 2014 upon her arrival in New York. Les Bleus has featured readers from MFA candidates to Booker Prize winners and New York Times bestsellers. Les Bleus typically meets in a different person's living room each month and we are delighted to invite the salon to the Coffee House to celebrate 10 extraordinary years of this amazing salon.
THE AUTHORS:
Helen Benedict
Helen Benedict, a British-American professor at Columbia University, is the author of seven previous novels, six books of nonfiction, and a play. Her newest novel, The Good Deed, came out in April 2024 from Red Hen Press.
Sara Benincasa
Sara Benincasa is a comedian, actor, and the author of REAL ARTISTS HAVE DAY JOBS, D.C. TRIP, GREAT, and AGORAFABULOUS!: DISPATCHES FROM MY BEDROOM. She wrote for the most recent season of Mystery Science Theater 3000. She's a columnist for Wonkette and publishes the weekly newsletter SARATONIN. She lives in Chicago.
Jimin Han
Jimin Han is the author of The Apology, a Barnes and Noble Discover Pick; named a best audiobook of the year by Booklist, a best book of the summer by the LA Times, Vanity Fair, Shondaland, Apple Books and more. She is also the author of A Small Revolution. Additional writing of hers can be found at American Public Media's Weekend America, Poets & Writers, and other media outlets. She teaches at The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, Pace University, and community writing centers. Born in Seoul, South Korea, she grew up in Providence, Rhode Island; Dayton, Ohio; and Jamestown, New York. Her work has been supported by the New York State Council on the Arts.
Uzodinma Okehi
Uzodinma Okehi is your shrink, your main connection to that switchboard of souls. Your magic man. New book, House of Hunger, available now: bokoye.com
Julia Phillips
Julia Phillips is the bestselling author of the novel Disappearing Earth, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and one of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year. Her second novel, Bear, will be published in June.
Julia's work has been translated into twenty-six languages. A 2024 Guggenheim Fellow, she has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The Paris Review. She is on the board of the Crime Victims Treatment Center, a nonprofit that helps people heal from violence. She teaches at the Randolph College MFA program and lives with her family in Brooklyn.
De’Shawn Charles Winslow
De’Shawn Charles Winslow is the author of Decent People (2023) and In West Mills (2019), which was a recipient of the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction, an American Book Award, and finalist for other awards and prizes. De’Shawn was born and raised in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, but he has spent the majority of his adult years in New York City. His third novel is forthcoming from One World in 2026.