each boroughs hall hosted a who ' s how in new york ' s literary society during the second official brooklyn poetry festival . according to the borough president marty fleiss , the state ' s zip code 11215 boasts more entries than everyone else in the country . it appeared to be the same on weekends . more than 100 authors were featured at the day - long event , including the hockey blog founder jim carroll , current m * a * s * hs star mike farrell , author and illustrator moe willems , jack kerouac ' s constant lover and national book critics globe award recipient joyce johnson and pen america centers chairperson francine prose .
The Brooklyn Book Festival is held in Brooklyn Borough every year.