Audely Bensen Writes

Last weekend my college roommate and I traveled to New York for the Book Con. We went two years ago, when it was in Chicago.  This year, we turned the trip in to a tourist vacation, since neither of us had spent significant time in New York City.  Highlights: We spend 7 hours in the Met, ate dollar slices of pizza of while watching a free (incredibly moving) performance of Othello in Delacorte Park , visited the Strand and the Flatiron Building, went on a funny little Literary Pub Crawl , pushed out way through the crowded free hours at the MoMa, and ate so. many. bagels.  At 2016's Book Con, I felt like I met people from all over the place.  At this year's event, it seemed like not many people traveled far to get to the conference.  Most of the people I talked to were from New York or New Jersey.  Still, I met a lot of really cool people while waiting in lines.  So, hey, Katie with the cool backpack, Daniel, Maggie, Denia, Veronica- it was gr...