Poetry
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O CAPTAIN! The Strand Bookstore celebrates the 150th year of Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” with a night of poetry and cocktails. The homage pays particular tribute to Whitman’s influence among French writers. Frederic Tuten moderates a discussion among nine poets who read from their work, and Francine du Plessix Gray reads from Whitman’s French translations. Thursday, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway at 12th Street, 212-473-1452, free.
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