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Brooklyn Bridge

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Brooklyn Bridge, East River, opened in 1883, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. The architectural grace and strength of the Brooklyn Bridge has been an inspiration to artists of all disciplines, and has been the subject of writing by Walt Whitman, Hart Crane, Marianne Moore, Thomas Wolfe, John Dos Passos, … Continued

Green-Wood Cemetery

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Green-Wood Cemetery, East of Prospect Park, Brooklyn, is the final resting place of many New York City writers, including Jean-Michael Basquiat, Henry Ward Beecher, James Gordon Bennett, Fred Ebb, Horace Greeley, Laura Jean Libbey, Edward R. Murrow, and Theodore Roosevelt.

Brooklyn Public Library

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Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza (main branch), is the nation’s 5th largest public library system with a network of 60 neighborhood libraries. The library hosts many literary readings and events.

Soft Skull Press Inc

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Soft Skull Press publishes everything from political nonfiction to pop culture, intrepid fiction to innovative new poetry. Based in downtown Brooklyn, they also sponsor Soft Skull Shortwave, the bookstore division of Soft Skull Press, and the Frequency reading series.