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Sara Barron at The Bitter End

Last week on the subway I swear I saw a guy trying to hide his Dan Brown novel behind a battered cover for The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Good to see that book snobbery is still alive and kicking in the Kindle age. But no matter what tome you're really lugging around town, most trips to New York are just too short to really get a toehold on the literary scene. Your nights are limited, so do you really want to forgo an epic trawl of the Lower East Side for some worthy wordsmithery?

by Brooklyn Fairytale 16. Nov 2010

The Moth

Thing is, you just might... especially if The Moth have anything to do with it. Their weekly StorySLAMs...

330 West 38th Street

http://www.themoth.org/

The Bitter End

If you plan on joining the fun at cosy Village hang-out, The Bitter End (on the last Monday of every...

147 Bleecker Street

http://www.bitterend.com/

Southpaw

But don't worry if you miss all the Bitter End action. On the first Monday of the month you can head...

125 Fifth Avenue

http://www.spsounds.com/

Nuyorican Poets Cafe

If the thought of leaving Manhattan just seems like too much like hard work, you can always head to the...

236 E 3rd Street

http://www.nuyorican.org/

Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

All this sounds a little artsy and self-indulgent? If so, head along to one of the monthly slams at the...

126 Crosby Street

http://www.housingworks.org/social-enterprise/bookstore-cafe/

Book Court

But if bitter-sweet tales of lost innocence, broken relationships and showtune obsessions aren't your...

163 Court Street, New York

http://www.bookcourt.org/

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