Ditmas Lit
Wednesday, January 22nd
7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
From Ditmas Lit:
MATEO ASKARIPOUR wants people to feel seen. His first novel, Black Buck,
takes on racism in corporate America with humor and wit. It was an
instant New York Times bestseller and a Read with Jenna Today show book
club pick.
Askaripour was chosen as one of Entertainment Weekly’s “10
rising stars poised to make waves” and was named as a recipient of the
National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” prize.
This Great Hemisphere is
his second novel.
He lives in Brooklyn.
AMANDA MILLER is a Brooklyn-based writer and theater artist. Her
nonfiction, fiction and poetry have appeared in The Rumpus, Thieving
Magpie, Jewishfiction.net, Sylvia Magazine, Fearsome Critters, Hare’s
Paw, Freerange Nonfiction, Cratelit, Underwired Magazine, and other
publications.
She is the author of One Breath, Then Another: A Memoir,
co-editor of Words After Dark: A Lyrics, Lit & Liquor Anthology, and
host of performances series' Lyrics, Lit & Liquor and Supper in
Fort Lauderdale.
Amanda has toured her award-winning theater pieces to
festivals through the U.S., Scotland and Canada. She is currently
producing a play she co-wrote with her mother called Quacks &
Whacks: A C(ancer) Comedy which will premiere at the NYC Fringe Festival
in April 2025.
Amanda holds an MFA in Creative Writing from The New
School and a BFA in Acting from NYU.
NICOLE TRESKA is the author of the debut memoir Wonderland: A Tale of
Hustling Hard and Breaking Even (Simon & Schuster, 2024). The Wall
Street Journal called Wonderland “gatsbyesque," and Treska "washed up on
the shores of respectability.”
Her work has recently appeared in The
End, Forever Magazine, and Archway Editions. Her short fiction has
appeared in New York Tyrant magazine, Epiphany literary journal, and
Egress: New Openings in Literary Art.
Her interviews and reviews are up
at Electric Literature, Guernica, The Millions, BOMB, The Rumpus, and
others.
IRVIN WEATHERSBY JR. is a Brooklyn-based writer and professor from New
Orleans. His writing has been featured in Guernica, Esquire, The
Atlantic, EBONY, and elsewhere.
He has earned an MFA from The New
School, an MA from Morgan State University, and a BA from Morehouse
College.
He has received fellowships and awards from the Voices of Our
Nations Arts Foundation, the Research Foundation of CUNY, the Bread Loaf
Writers' Conference, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the
Mellon Foundation.
The doors will open at 7:30 p.m., and readings will begin at 8:00 p.m.
Admission is free, but you'll need to RSVP with your name and your e-mail address.
Hosted by Sarah Bridgins and Lena Valencia, Ditmas Lit is a monthly
reading series in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, dedicated to showcasing a
diverse range of emerging and established writers in all genres.
On the
fourth Wednesday of every month, we gather at The Urbane Arts Club at
8PM to listen as poets, essayists, fiction writers, and storytellers
share their work.
