Past Events:
March 30th, 2024
Hosting the Personal Velocity Reading Series
7:30 pm at The Head and the Hand Bookstore
2230 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia PA
Featuring: Alyssa Songsiridej, Farwa Zaidi, Sofie Wise, Annie Liontas
February 25th, 2024
Co-hosting a group reading of Etel Adnan’s work & a discussion of Sitt Marie Rose w/ Fani Avramopoulos
1-4 pm at The Head and the Hand Bookstore
2230 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia PA
January 27th, 2024
Hosting the Personal Velocity Reading Series
7:30 pm at The Head and the Hand Bookstore
2230 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia PA
Featuring: Kristen Brida, Samantha Paige Rosen, Arielle Brousse, Anni Liu
December 10th, 2023
Hosting a group reading of The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
12-4pm at The Head and the Hand Bookstore
2230 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia PA
Featuring Sam Heaps, Alina Pleskova, Stephanie Cawley, Ava Mirzadegan, Guillermo Santos, Gray Agpalo, Lauren Holguin, Fani Avramopoulou, Lindsay Lerman, Gina Nutt, and Katie Bennett
November 18th, 2023
Hosting the Personal Velocity Reading Series
7:30pm at The Head and the Hand Bookstore
2230 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia PA
Featuring: Shoshana Bockol, Nikki Volpicelli, Amber Joseph, and Gina Tomaine
October 26th, 2023
Reading for Writers w/ Katie Bennett (via Blue Stoop)
In a collaborative and supportive environment, we’ll explore the interplay between our reading and writing practices and what it looks like to read with curiosity, pleasure, and a critical eye. We’ll discuss work by Elaine Castillo, Adrienne Rich, and Kate Zambreno. There will be a short presentation, participatory and generative exercises, and opportunities to share work.
September 30th, 2023
Hosting the Personal Velocity Reading Series
7:30pm at The Head and the Hand Bookstore
2230 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia PA
Featuring: Kay Cosgrove, Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo, Jiordan Castle
August 26th, 2023
Performing with Katie Bejsiuk for the Silo City Reading Series
7pm at Silo City
85 Silo City Row, Buffalo, NY
August 18th, 2023
Hosting the Personal Velocity Reading Series
7:30pm at The Head and the Hand Bookstore
2230 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia PA
Featuring: Sham-e-Ali Nayeem, Blanche Brown, Mary Zhou
May 27th, 2023
Hosting the Personal Velocity Reading Series
7:30pm at The Head and the Hand Bookstore
2230 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia PA
Featuring: Cynthia Schemmer, Camellia-Berry Grass, and Rosario Santiago
April 29th, 2023
Hosting the Personal Velocity Reading Series
7:30pm at The Head and the Hand Bookstore
2230 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia PA
Featuring: Alexa Smith, Doriana Diaz, Christy Davids, Miriam Saperstein
March 25th, 2023
Hosting the Personal Velocity Reading Series
7:30pm at The Head and the Hand Bookstore
2230 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia PA
Featuring: Kate Schneider, Alana Baum, sterling-elizabeth arcadia, Stephanie Cawley
February 25th, 2023
Hosting the Personal Velocity Reading Series
7:30pm at The Head and the Hand Bookstore
2230 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia PA
Featuring: Eshani Surya, Juliana Feliciano Reyes, Ariel Delgado Dixon, Amy Beth Sisson
January 28th, 2023
Hosting and reading for the Personal Velocity Reading Series
8:00pm at The Head and the Hand Bookstore
2230 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia PA
Also featuring: Lauren Holguin, Tobey Ward, and Sam Heaps
December 13th, 2022
DDW Showcase @ Public Records NYC
w/ Babehoven, 2nd Grade, and Katie Bejsiuk
September 15th, 2022
Hosting the Personal Velocity Reading Series
7:30 pm at The Head and the Hand Bookstore
2230 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia PA
Featuring: Connie Yu, Lauren Hilger, and Julian Shendelman
September 14th, 2022
Incorporating Research Into Storytelling w/ Katie Bennett (via Blue Stoop)
Whether you’re writing memoir, historical fiction, literary journalism, or docupoetics, incorporating research may be a crucial component of your writing project. But how do you transform your research from raw factual nuggets into an exciting and dynamic story? Together we’ll strategize, write, and read excerpts from exemplary work by Kate Zambreno and Ocean Vuong. You won’t need to come with your own research and writers of all skill levels are welcome.