Friday, October 2, 2026, 11:00 PM - 2:00 AM · Gladys Books & Wine, Bed-Stuy + Clinton Hill, New York City
Gladys Books & Wine relaunches its monthly open mic with featured poet Anyrah Shavéh, author of Water the Flowers in Your Hair. The first five poets to sign up get a free glass of wine.
A bookstore and wine lounge where Black queer and feminist literature shares the counter with natural wine, both chosen with serious care. Author events, film theory workshops, and community salons fill the calendar most evenings, making it the kind of place people come to linger rather than browse.