This event is in the past.It took place on March 13, 2026 at Green Apple Books on the Park.


Punk poet Richard Hell brings his novel Godlive to life: a feverish reimagining of the Rimbaud-Verlaine affair transplanted to the squalid, glorious East Village of the 1970s. Expect diaries, poems, and raw confession woven into something altogether wilder.
Author reading
Punk history
Poetry scene
Literary fiction
Tips
🎸"[Hell] almost single handedly [created] 'punk' as we know it... terrific, terrific writer" (Anthony Bourdain)
đź“–"even those who think they hate the stuff will find this book irresistible" (Time Out New York)
♿ground level, no stairs, masks encouraged
Richard Hell Book Event
Inner Sunset


Punk poet Richard Hell brings his novel Godlive to life: a feverish reimagining of the Rimbaud-Verlaine affair transplanted to the squalid, glorious East Village of the 1970s. Expect diaries, poems, and raw confession woven into something altogether wilder.
Author reading
Punk history
Poetry scene
Literary fiction
Tips
🎸"[Hell] almost single handedly [created] 'punk' as we know it... terrific, terrific writer" (Anthony Bourdain)
đź“–"even those who think they hate the stuff will find this book irresistible" (Time Out New York)
♿ground level, no stairs, masks encouraged
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