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The Back Room

The Poetry Brothel transforms the Back Room into a poetic paradise for a night. (Photo credit: Rachael Saltzman)

A Look at New York’s Poetry Brothel

It’s not shocking that this scene is real. Perhaps what’s more surprising is that it’s legal. The Poetry Brothel is the brainchild of Stephanie Berger, who was struck with the idea while writing her thesis on New Orleans sex workers at the New School.
By Alexandra Villarreal

The Wee Hours: Nightlife's New Holiest of Holies

On one of the last busy evenings of Fashion Week, the suppertime clique that had turned up for the AnOther
By Nate Freeman

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