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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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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.

"A Short History of Women" is the title of Walbert’s latest novel-slash-story collection. The narrative alternates between the life of a British suffragist and those of a handful of her descendants. More »
7/9 Francis Flaherty at Barnes & Noble
Longtime editor for the "New York Times" discusses his book "Elements of Story: Field Notes on Nonfiction Writing," which, in the tradition of Strunk & White, offers a number of big-picture directives that the author believes will help even the best of writers. More »
7/15 Cornel West at Barnes & Noble
Philosopher, theoretician, Princeton professor, and personal hero of many, West presents "Hope on a Tightrope," a collection of quotes, speech excerpts, letters, and philosophies. More »
7/8 Rafael Yglesias at Barnes & Noble
The author of "Fearless," the plane-crash story and subsequent screenplay, will read from his first novel in thirteen years, "A Happy Marriage." More »