brooklyn council hall featured a who ' s who in new york ' s literary life during the 1st annual manhattan poetry festival . similar to brooklyn mayoral president friedman markowitz , the community ' s post code 11215 boasts more authors than anytime else in the country . it looked to be the event on weekdays . more than 100 books were depicted at the morning - long gathering , include the basketball diaries writer jim carroll , former m * a * s * m star mike wolfe , artist and editor ho willems , jack keats ' s sometime romantic and national food critics circle award director joyce hemingway and pen american centro president melinda prose .
The Brooklyn Book Festival is held in Brooklyn Borough every year.