our 2024 lineup
Ten women in a dimly lit restaurant or bar, smiling and sitting or standing around a table.
Group of people gathered around a long table in a dimly lit room, some wearing masks, looking at papers and talking.
A woman standing on a stage with red curtains and two hanging lights, holding a microphone and a small book, smiling, with a water bottle on a high table nearby.
A young woman wearing a black hijab and red shirt stands in front of a red curtain, reading from a book into a microphone on a stand, on a stage with a patterned carpet.
A woman with short dark hair, wearing a yellow lace top and black pants, stands on a stage holding a microphone and smiling. Behind her are red curtains and a table with a water bottle. The stage has a patterned rug and a black music stand.
A woman with long dark hair, wearing a floral dress and black boots, standing on a stage with a red curtain backdrop, speaking into a microphone, holding a phone in her hand, with a water bottle on a small table nearby.

Our 2024 reading took place at Nighthawk on Fri, Feb 9 and was sponsored by Kundiman South.

Nuha Fariha, author of God Mornings, Tiger Nights

Ae Hee Lee, author of Asterism

Kimberly Garza, author of The Last Karankawas

Rita Mookerjee, author of False Offering

Christian Aldana, author of The Water We Swim In

Jen Soriano, author of Nervous: Essays on Heritage
and Healing

Cindy Juyoung Ok, author of Ward Toward

Sarah Ghazal Ali, author of Theophanies

Saba Keramati, author of Self-Mythology

Two people, a woman and a man, standing on a stage with a colorful patterned carpet and a red curtain background. They are smiling and holding books, with a microphone on a stand nearby.
Crowd of people sitting at tables in a dimly lit restaurant or bar, with framed posters and pictures on the walls, and white geometric pendant lights hanging from the ceiling.