Literary Manhattan

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#HappyBirthday #TennesseeWilliams, b. this day in 1911. Though most closely associated with New Orleans, the celebrated playwright spent a great deal of time in #GreenwichVillage, which had a huge impact upon his life and career. More: villagepreservation.org/2018/03/26/ten…

#OTD in 1962, trailblazing local Grove Press publisher Barney Rosset and Lawrence Ferlinghetti team up to dismantle literary censorship in the U.S. Here’s what happened: villagepreservation.org/2021/04/05/fer…

Join us TONIGHT for an exploration of Patchin Place's enduring legacy in #GreenwichVillage. Discover how this historic street, virtually unchanged since the 1840s, impacted British novelist John Cowper Powys during his time there. Register: villagepreservation.org/event/patchin-…

Celebrate the #FirstDayofSpring with us through the poetry of some great #GreenwichVillage writers inspired by the season: villagepreservation.org/2024/03/19/spr…

Check out the video from our latest program about Patchin Place and British novelist John Cowper Powys, his partner Phyllis Playter, and other literary luminaries who made a home here: youtu.be/VyyXgum5AzI?si…

Hell yeah. Boroughs of the Dead is doing a tour of the insane asylum Nellie Bly exposed as an undercover report mark her 160th birthday: fareharbor.com/embeds/book/bo… Via @MacabreNYC

Check this out: Boroughs of the Dead is doing a tour of the insane asylum Nellie Bly exposed as an undercover report mark her 160th birthday: fareharbor.com/embeds/book/bo… Via @MacabreNYC

#HappyBirthday, #JackKerouac, born on this day in 1912. We look back at his life and career in our neighborhoods: villagepreservation.org/2012/03/12/hap…

@k72ndst @UnivNebPress @sabr @nut_history @BaseballHist @WW1CC @DoughboyFound Sorry we missed this!

Join my author talk tonight 8 pm ET about WWI and MLB players who volunteered in the Chemical Warfare Service. With Jim Leeke @UnivNebPress join here eastcoastdoughboys.com

Join us for a comprehensive history of the revolutionary theater collective, the Provincetown Players, with Prof Jefferey Kennedy. Tuesday, March 5th, 6 PM at St. Mark’s in the Bowery Church. Register here: villagepreservation.org/event/staging-…

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@thelitbar Couldn't agree more: literarymanhattan.org/2016/05/what-i… via @LitManhattan

#OTD in 1963, Betty Friedan’s #TheFeminineMystique is published. Friedan lived in #GreenwichVillage prior to her time in suburbia + the book was published here. She+the book found many adherents in the neighborhood. More on the seminal work + its author: villagepreservation.org/2013/02/22/fif…

#OTD in 1845 Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" was published. On January 17 we joined @MerchantsHouse for a special program that examined Poe's life in and around Greenwich Village and the impact it had on his work. Watch this fascinating discussion here: youtube.com/watch?v=kAU0b7…

@TBQuarterly That’s an amazing reason for a lit mag to exist

Some lit mags get funded by wealthy benefactors but this magazine only exists because I personally refuse to die out of petty misplaced energy for the bad decisions I have made! Live más

My mother brought me this to cheer me up. I asked who wrote it. "You did," she said, "as a gift for me when you were a boy."

#OTD in 1862, Edith Wharton was born into the wealthy New York society once centered on Washington Square, which she would later skewer, immortalize in print, and abandon.  More on her life and legacy: villagepreservation.org/2024/01/24/wom…

#OTD in 1830 Stuyvesant Street was opened to the public. The tiny remainder of this once glorious private road stretched over three blocks and led to the mansion of Peter Stuyvesant's great-grandson. Learn more about this tiny street and its big history: villagepreservation.org/2024/01/25/a-t…

Overcast and in the 40s has got to be one of the three most ideal weather conditions for bookshop browsing, the other two being sunny and 75 or drizzling in the upper 50s. We’ll be here til 7 today for all your mystery book buying needs. 🌥️📚🕵️‍♂️