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It was the first post-communist nostalgia bar of its time. Freedom of speech. Freedom of the word. We like writers. Truth be told, after ten-hour days alone in their rooms, serious writers need somewhere bar go. Not-so-serious writers too. And there were exactly zero bars whose"patron saints" were the likes of Leo Tolstoi whose statue rests on the back bar nor Taras Schevchenko his oil gay on the wall The New York Times covered the reading and reported there was a new literary series in town When the Times says something like that, people take it seriously.

We posted kgb review at various colleges and two young men from Columbia University, Ken Foster and Dirk Standen, stepped up to become reading series directors, launching our future as a literary hot-spot for Sunday night fiction. Poetry followed on Mondays, Tuesdays were for nonfiction, and so on.

Before we knew it, we had lit events every night. Five years later Ken Foster was still with us.

Inside look at KGB Bar, a vestige of the East Village literary scene

The contributing writers were referred to as the literary "lion cubs" of the day, and most of them now have grown into full-blown literary lions, whose names many of you might recognize. But then came the internet, which changed everything - especially publishing. So we changed, too.

KGB Bar Lit, our online magazine, debuted in Issues from can be found in our archives. More recent issues can be found right here. As we relaunch, we welcome Carrigan Miller as our new editor-in-chief, and we especially welcome you, dear reader, as we embark on new literary adventures. Patricia Zumhagen, the dozens of series directors and the hundreds of writers who have helped us present to the world - and the community - the very best we can offer.

Skip to main content. About Us. The name itself was galvanizing— we called it that because we could. The journey continues.