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Silent Writing at NYPL

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Silent Writing at NYPL

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Join me in the big reading room at the library with the two lions. I'll be there writing in silence. This is not a structured event, but rather a designated time in which we can find each other here and write in solidarity with each other.

Note: The official name of the room is the "Rose Main Reading Room," located on the third floor of Stephen A. Schwarzman Library by Bryant Park, and I am usually on the left side, by seat #226. If the sign is up saying "for researchers only," just tell the library staff you are studying and have a laptop in your backpack. If the sign is not up, just walk in the entrance with the tourists. Walk through the catalog room, straight to the end, then take a left. There may be another sign here saying for researchers only." Just walk past it - you qualify by coming here to write. The tables have numbers by each seat. Even numbers in the left room, odd in the right. The library opens at 10am, so the event start time is 10:15am, which is when we aim to be seated at the designated table within the library building.

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