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We are a nonprofit bookstore, cafe, and event space in downtown NYC. All proceeds from every show you attend and everything you buy, down to a record and a PBR, go directly to our mission of fighting AIDS and homelessness. 126 Crosby Street, NYC
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Sep
"Dan Wilbur, Onion contributor and genius behind the hilarious time-suck website Better Book Titles, hosts a night of comedy with fellow funny people Chris Gethard, Elna Baker, and Adam Newman and shares amazing tips from his upcoming book, How Not to Read: Harnessing the Power of a Literature-Free Life. This includes speed-reading pointers like, “Just read every third word… . It’s like a Gertrude Stein poem only more comprehensible” and ways to insult people who actually read: “You’re as weak as a passive sentence written in negative form."
Paper Mag thinks you should learn How Not to Read tonight.
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Coffee and yogurt outside all summer long on my new twee as hell bistro set from gardeners.com.
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A girl gave me her number last night and told me that we “have to hang out” and then she revealed...
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“I lifted the steaming coffee to my lips, breathing in the bitter aroma and feeling the warmth...”
