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A love letter to letters | Manhattan Times News

Story by Madeleine Cummings and Sherry Mazzocchi Video by Sherry Mazzocchi On his first day of school in Puerto Rico, Luis GutiĆ©rrez was shocked to learn he did not know his own name. Growing up in Chicago, he said…

The Uptown Lit Festival: The Social Media Recap

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The first ever Uptown Lit Festival, which took place on Saturday, October 19th at The United Palace of Cultural Arts and Word Up Community Bookshop was an unequivocal success. Not only did we have a…

The Big Read Comes to Washington Heights

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Ok folks, the first ever Uptown Lit Festival is going down on October 19th at the United Palace of Cultural Arts and Word Up Community Bookshop. What is Uptown Lit? You might ask. Well, Uptown…