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South Street Seaport Museum
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2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, M, Z at Fulton St.-Broadway/Nassau
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1st Tue of Month |
Now in its nineteenth year, this lit club has conjured its own far-fetched alternate universe, one where horror, fantasy, and sci-fi writing—lofted by the likes of Walter Mosley, Peter Straub, and Jonathan Lethem—ratchets up to a higher(brow) plane of consciousness. Host Jim Freund's Hour of the Wolf program on WBAI rebroadcasts most readings.

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