#LiteraryCocktails
by Megan Rickerson

Collective for Kerri Schlottman & Tell Me One Thing
Burned for Aaron Jacobs & Time Will Break the World
Tournesol for Asha Lemmie & The Wildest Sun
Matryoshka for Daniel Lefferts & Ways & Means

Kerri Schlottman

Kerri’s Book & LiteraryCocktail

Aaron Jacobs’s LiteraryCocktail

Sing or else: Aaron’s #LiteraryCocktail

Kidnapper & Aaron

Aaron’s Ransom Note

Asha’s LiteraryCocktail

Asha Toasts

Daniel Lefferts Reads 1

The Reading & The Room

We love the space at Someday Bar in Brooklyn! Many thanks to Megan Rickerson for hosting us, and to Kelly and Justin for helping us rearrange furniture and for serving drinks and food with aplomb.

Aaron Jacobs Reads 1

Asha reads 1

Asha&Lisa

Book within Asha’s book

Daniel Lefferts Reads 1

I Heart Hemingway for Asha’s Book

Kerri Reads 1

Kerri Reads 2

Kerri Schlottman

Ms BannedBooks

Rapid-Fire Q&A

Q and A

Q & A Asha

Q&A Kerri

Q & A

Q & A Daniel

Q&A Aaron

Q&A Asha

Q&A Daniel

Q&A

Open Mic Readers:

We welcomed a talented crew of open mic readers this month. Outstanding work!

Tania Pabón Acosta is a Puerto Rican nonfiction writer and avid baker based in Brooklyn.

Carissa Chesanek is a Brooklyn-based writer with an MFA from The New School whose work has appeared in the Brooklyn Rail, Publisher’s Weekly, The Rumpus, and LA Review of Books, among others.

Amy Grech has sold over 100 short stories to various anthologies and magazines. Her poetry chapbook is A Shadow of Your Former Self. Find her at: crimsonscreams.com

Alison Louise Hubbard is a prize-winning lyricist whose novel, THE KELSEY OUTRAGE, The Crime of the Century, was published last month.

Roanne Kolvenbach’s favorite place to write is in the rec shed nestled in the pines at the North of Highlands Campgrounds in Truro, Mass.

John Oakes is the publisher of The Evergreen Review and has worked as editor or publisher at several independent presses. THE FAST is his first book.

Ivy Raff’s debut poetry collection, Rooted and Reduced to Dust, was released last week. She’s a prolific challah baker and translates Spanish-language short stories for rest and relaxation.

Matt Sack is a writer, eater, and avid #YeahYouWrite fan based in Greenwich Village, who hopes that all of his books eventually get banned.