Skip to main content

On Chosen Family in East Village Vaguely Soviet Speakeasies

January 30th, 2020 | 5 min read

By Susannah Black Roberts

Last night, we launched Issue 23 of Plough Quarterly, at the Red Room at KGB Bar on East 4th Street. I went there first when I was probably sixteen or so, for a book launch of my father’s, and I’ve found myself there quite a bit, lately, what with absinthe tastings and the Dead Ladies Society and (at the adjacent Kraine Theater) the Odd Salon.

Login to read more

Sign in or create a free account to access Subscriber-only content. 

Sign in

Register

Susannah Black Roberts

Susannah Black Roberts is senior editor at Plough. She is a native Manhattanite. She and her husband, the theologian Alastair Roberts, split their time between Manhattan and the West Midlands of the UK.