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Joseph Mitchell’s Harbor

“The smoky riverbank dawn, the racket the fishmongers make, the seaweedy smell, and the sight of this plentifulness always give me a feeling of well being, and sometimes they elate me,” wrote Joseph Mitchell in “Up in the Old Hotel.” The legendary New Yorker writer, like so many island inhabitants, found himself drawn to the water’s edge. That the island he inhabited just happened to be Manhattan is, without a doubt, one of the most satisfying meetings of author and subject in American literature. Join James Sanders as he moderates a panel with Mark Kurlansky, Luc Sante, Robert Sullivan and Nathan Ward, exploring New York Harbor as it was in the forties and fifties – when the Fulton Fish Market was thriving, and office workers and fishmongers rubbed elbows on South Street – using Joseph Mitchell’s collection of classic essays, The Bottom of the Harbor, as a guide and inspiration.











When: Tue., Jun. 19, 2012 at 6:30 pm
Where: South Street Seaport Museum
12 Fulton St.
212-748-8600
Price: Free
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“The smoky riverbank dawn, the racket the fishmongers make, the seaweedy smell, and the sight of this plentifulness always give me a feeling of well being, and sometimes they elate me,” wrote Joseph Mitchell in “Up in the Old Hotel.” The legendary New Yorker writer, like so many island inhabitants, found himself drawn to the water’s edge. That the island he inhabited just happened to be Manhattan is, without a doubt, one of the most satisfying meetings of author and subject in American literature. Join James Sanders as he moderates a panel with Mark Kurlansky, Luc Sante, Robert Sullivan and Nathan Ward, exploring New York Harbor as it was in the forties and fifties – when the Fulton Fish Market was thriving, and office workers and fishmongers rubbed elbows on South Street – using Joseph Mitchell’s collection of classic essays, The Bottom of the Harbor, as a guide and inspiration.

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