We had a grand time with Eliot Duncan, Cleo Qian, & Jakob Guanzon. Ben Purkert couldn't make it but he'll join us in April.

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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.

Open Mic Readers:

Austin Grossman is the author of the novels Soon I Will Be Invincible, YOU, and Crooked. His fourth novel, Fight Me, is coming out in May, and next year there’s a graphic novel called We Hate Wizard School..
What’s the first thing he remembers writing? Absolutely not.

Chelsea Forgone is currently a 2025 Creative Non-Fiction MFA candidate at Hunter College.

The very first thing she remembers writing was a romance story between Jean Gray and Cyclops from X-men.

Amy Grech‘s recently published poetry chapbook is A Shadow of Your Former Self. She’s published in over 100 anthologies and magazines. www.crimsonscreams.com

The first thing she remembers writing is a story in the fourth grade about a little girl who goes deep sea diving and discovers amazing, assorted sea creatures and a treasure chest filled with gold coins.

Natalie Power is currently practicing creative non-fiction at Hunter College.