BOOKISH: Toiling in Obscurity @ The Dive, 6/29

Cheap beer meets good writing for another edition of the Dive's favorite reading series.

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BOOKISH: Toiling in Obscurity @ The Dive, 6/29

POSTED: Thursday, June 28, 2012, 10:00 AM

Filed Under: Arts Books

Housed in an unassuming three-story rowhome, The Dive (947 E. Passyunk Ave.) features enough secondhand smoke to allow you to effectively puff a whole pack without touching a ciggy to your lips. You can while away the hours on dollar beers and microwave menu offerings with absolutely no natural light to remind you of the greater world. While this certainly has the potential to lure in hardcore drunks, don't let the description fool you. What makes the Dive great is its dedication to providing a no-frills setting for all the good things that can happen at a bar: compelling conversation, good company and the flowing exchange of revolutionary ideas.

Every few months, this potential is realized in the form of an organized reading on the Dive's second floor. A refreshing alternative to the city's more formal literary settings, Jaime Fountaine's Toiling in Obscurity is a free reading series dedicated to "showcasing the unpublished, unpolished work of the working class writers in Philadelphia," because, let's face it, most writers still need a day job and dollar beers are all they can afford. Forget the sterile quiet of Barnes and Noble or the stuffiness of the public library — your neighborhood bar is as good a place as any to hear some damn good writing. Check the next one out tomorrow at 7 p.m. Go to jaimefountaine.com for a list of future dates.

(nina@citypaper.net) (@willboctopus)

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