Poetry
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PRINTING WHITMAN Poet Joshua Beckman reads from his own work and selections by Walt Whitman. Listeners can then print a Whitman poem on the same kind of letterpress he would have used during his years working as a printer. Friday, 7 p.m., South Street Seaport Museum, 211 Water St., between Fulton and Beekman streets, 212-748-8786, $6 general, $3 members.
THE HUMAN RACE Cynthia Bruckman reads from and celebrates the release of her first collection of poems, “Endangered Species.” Her subjects include her grandfathers and the connections between generations. Saturday, 7 p.m., Freebird Books & Goods, 123 Columbia St. at Kane Street, Brooklyn, 718-643-8484, free.
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