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The Ghost Presents: Literary Libations

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    Sun, December 28, 2025 (4:00 PM - 7:00 PM)

Newark Culture Club
563 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102
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Enjoy book-themed cocktails and readings by two award-winning authors from Newark!

Featured Authors

Maisy Card is the author of the novel These Ghosts Are Family, which won an American Book Award, the 2021 OCM Bocas Prize in fiction, and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and the LA Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction.

Annell López is a Dominican immigrant. She is the author of the short story collection I’ll Give You a Reason, published by the Feminist Press, won the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize, was named a PEN/Robert Bingham Finalist, and was named to the Maya Angelou Longlist and Clark Fiction Prize Shortlist.

Menu

Charlotte's Web

Gin, Creme de Cassis, Blueberry Basil Seed Drink, Pomegranate Juice, Lime Juice, & Earl Grey Tea

Garnished with White Cotton Candy

Green Eggs & Ham

Ham fat-Washed Rum, Absinthe, Pineapple Puree, Green Spirulina, Pandan, Peychaud Bitters, & Whole Egg

Served with Fox Keychain

Grapes of Wrath

Cognac, Port, Limoncello, Lemon Juice, Tajin Simple Syrup, Concord Grape Juice, & Fee Foam

Garnished with Sour Gummy Grapes

Clockwork Orange

Bourbon, Crema Orangecello, Italicus, Orange Juice, Milk, & Tobacco Syrup

Garnished with Eyeball Candy

Fourth Wing

Aged Dark Rum, Mezcal, Spiced Honey, Passion Fruit Puree, Lemon Juice, Hellfire Bitters, & Black Glitter Luster

Served with a Mini Dragon

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