If the dawn of a new year tickles your literary fancy, as it does some 300 of New York’s finest wordsmiths, then what better way to celebrate the day than with a couple of poetry endurance tests? Beginning at 2 today, two long-running festivals host afternoons of readings. Catch John Giorno, Patti Smith, Philip Glass, Suzanne Vega, Eric Bogosian, Jonas Mekas, and scores... More >>>