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Upper East Side

May 22, 2013

Menstrual Poetry Slam to Be Held Next Month at Upper East Side College

The reading will be part of a menstruation conference at Marymount Manhattan College.

New York City

May 03, 2013

Literary Brooklyn's Best Venues for Emerging Writers

Discover Brooklyn's next Jhumpa Lahiri or Jonathan Safran Foer at these eclectic readings.

Lower East Side

December 05, 2012

Manhattan's Only LGBT Bookstore Fighting for Permanent LES Space

BGSQD is creating community through selling books with a gay connection. 

Park Slope

November 29, 2012

Park Slope Bookstores Cater to Pint-Size Readers

PowerHouse on 8th and Community Bookstore now feature roomy children's sections.

Downtown Brooklyn

September 05, 2012

Who's the Book Boss? Tony Danza to Appear at Brooklyn Book Festival

Actor Tony Danza will appear with literary giants like Joyce Carol Oates and Paul Auster at the event.

East Village

August 16, 2012

'Naked Girls Reading' Binds Books with Bods in East Village

The nude reading series took on "Myths & Legends" at the Under St. Mark's theater.

Park Slope

August 08, 2012

Juicy Novel About Park Slope Adultery Eagerly Anticipated by Booksellers

Local booksellers are betting readers will line up for the gossipy "Motherland" by Amy Sohn.

Flatiron

July 09, 2012

Flatiron Restaurant Debuts Literary Salon Series Pen & The Plate

Award-winning authors Kurt Andersen and Meg Wolitzer will attend the first Pen & The Plate event.

Midtown

November 09, 2011

Brian Eno and Other Artists Discuss Mentor Project at NYPL

Artists such as Brian Eno, Trisha Brown and Anish Kapoor spent a year teaching young proteges the tricks of their trade.

Lower East Side & East Village

October 25, 2011

East Village Literature Group Brings Chills to Halloween

The monthly literature group, Fiction Addiction, is focusing on scary stories to get in the Halloween mood.

Washington Heights & Inwood

October 10, 2011

Author Julia Alvarez to Read at the Shabazz Center

Writer Julia Alvarez, will read from her Tia Lola children's book series and, later, from her classic novel “In the Time of the Butterflies."

Lower East Side & East Village

November 06, 2010

Sophie's Bids Farewell to Beloved Scholar-Bartender

Howard O'Brien worked at the East 5th Street bar for nearly 25 years before dying of cancer last week.