Have you ever been to a reading at KGB's in the Lower East Side? It's on the second floor somewhere in E4th between Bowery and 2nd avenue, you can't miss it, and it's a must if you like literature.
First of all, as the name suggests, it's all red. The walls are red, the atmosphere is red. You can drink something, sit at one of the tables and listen to somebody reading almost every night of the week at 7 p.m. Short-stories or poems, excerpts of novels and much more.
Grab your beer at the counter then sit at one of the tables with people you know or people you don't know, you'll end up knowing them very soon. Friendly people who listen carefully, take notes, comment and then, shortly after nine, leave, after a last beer, for their next destination.
The area is the damned Lower East Side described by Rick Moody in his book The Ring of Brightest Angels Around Heaven. So no wonder Rick Moody came here to read. Just like Johathan Letham and many other well-known or less known authors.
Check it out.
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