“Get Lit” Livestream, 4:30 pm ET: On Stephen Crane's "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets."

Brad and Matt visit the Bowery.

Having finished Dostoyevsky’s “The Demons,” Brad Pearce and I will be starting a new book today, a Stephen Crane collection that begins with the story, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. The tale is sometimes described as a pioneering work of American naturalism, sometimes called a satire, sometimes grumbled about as social commentary minus the solutions part. What do we think? Join us at 4:30 PM ET at:

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