BKLYN-PHILLY — Eric Conroe, 33, is a writer and builder living in Brooklyn. He is the author of the poetry chapbook TOP BLOCKER (2017), available here: https://bit.ly/2M7ZvVV. He is my cousin.He read Thrown (2014) by Kerry Howley in a sitting two weeks ago. I read it in multiple sittings a year ago.Kerry Howley, 38, teaches nonfiction at University of Iowa. Thrown is her first book.