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Mona Molarsky was born in New York and has lived on the Upper West Side for many years. She’s written about city life--from potholes to poetry slams--for newspapers and national magazines.

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Book Pick - New York: The Big City and Its Little Neighborhoods

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What’s your favorite New York neighborhood? If you’ve lived in the city for a while, chances are you have a list of them. But even if...
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Abstract Expressionist painter Charles Seliger dies in Manhattan

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Charles Seliger: June 3, 1926 - Oct. 1, 2009 On Wednesday evening, Abstract Expressionist painter Charles Seliger was standing next to me at the...
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US Postal Service censors Adrienne Rich and Nancy Grossman book mailing

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Let us now observe Banned Books Week. As usual, the ironies abound. Recently, when the Michael Rosenfeld Gallery tried to mail out postcards for the...
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Today is Poem in Your Pocket Day

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Today is Poem in Your Pocket Day. Do you have a poem in your pocket? If not, you should find one right away. Otherwise, what will you do if a...
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At the Poets House Showcase you'll find Ryan Adams and James Dean... or at least their spirits

April is Poetry Month and in celebration Poets House has mounted the 17th annual showcase of poetry books and poetry-related texts. Whether...
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Nicholas Hughes, son of Sylvia Plath, commits suicide

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Nicholas Hughes, son of poets Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) and Ted Hughes (1930-1998) hanged himself on Monday, March 16th at his home in Alaska. He was...
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Favorite Upper East Side bookstores

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The Upper East Side is home to several of the most charming bookstores in New York. Tucked in between high-priced restaurants and chicer-than-thou...
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Book Culture hosts Manhattan Review reading on Friday night

Book Culture, one of my favorite Upper West Side bookstores, will be holding a reading on Friday to launch the winter issue of The Manhattan Review,...
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Favorite Midtown bookstores east of Fifth

Although you might not know it by wandering the streets, there are close to a dozen booksellers on the east side of midtown Manhattan. Most of them...
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Perusing the bookstores of Midtown West

Once upon a time—and not so very long ago—mid-Manhattan was teeming with bookstores. As recently as the 1980s, you could stroll up Fifth...
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