Greetings Readings-Samuel Wright Fairbanks, Filip Marinovich & Lee Ann Brown
Thursday, April 27⋅7:00 – 8:00pm
Unnameable Books
615 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238, unnameablebooks.square.site/
Greetings Readings: Samuel Wright Fairbanks, Filip Marinovich & Lee Ann Brown
Thu, April 27, 7pm – 8pm
Unnameable Books, 615 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238, Greetings Readings Poetry Free with music by Mysterious Southern Houses
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