{"title": "NYU Emerging Writers Featuring André Aciman @ Private Curtain", "start": "2026-11-20T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "KGB Bar", "address": "East 4th Street 85, 10003 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A reading evening in the Red Room at KGB Bar presenting emerging writers from NYU alongside author André Aciman. The writers Frazer Cluff, Liv Graner, Harrison Hamm, Gabrielle Linder, Adam Spiegelman and Sara Yossef read from their work. It runs as part of the NYU Emerging Writers series under the title Private Curtain. 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Guests bring whatever book they are reading or want to begin reading, and the hosts take care of the rest. To reach the lounge, take the special elevator on the 6th floor of the University Center to the 7th floor.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/bba-reading-rhythms-88294/", "official_url": "https://readingrhythms.co/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ec65923524dd60f1ffea60d75f9166cb2d2c56dcb8ff4d484ea7efdd1515020c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "An Evening with Albert Mobilio", "start": "2026-11-18T18:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-18T19:00:00-05:00", "place": "The New School", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "An Evening with Albert Mobilio is a reading at which poet Albert Mobilio sits down with Jennifer Firestone to discuss his new book of poems, Beginning of the Hollow. It is presented by the Creative Writing Program at The New School for Social Research. 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