Ditmas Lit Reading Series
Wednesday, August 24th, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Ditmas Lit is a free monthly reading series in Kensington dedicated to showcasing the work of emerging and established writers in all genres. Sarah Bridgins and Lena Valencia are its hosts.
This month's edition features poet Eloisa Amezcua and writers Simona Blat, Carina del Valle Schorske, and Emily Zhou. They'll read at Hinterlands Bar on Wednesday, August 24th, from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
From Ditmas Lit:
Eloisa Amezcua is from Arizona. Her second collection of poems, Fighting Is Like a Wife, was published by Coffee House Press (April 2022). Amezcua's debut collection, From the Inside Quietly, is the inaugural winner of the Shelterbelt Poetry Prize selected by Ada Limón. A MacDowell fellow, her poems and translations are published in New York Times Magazine, Poetry Magazine, Kenyon Review, Gulf Coast, and others.Simona Blat is a Russian American writer from Brooklyn. She is the poetry editor at Epiphany magazine, and owner of Black Spring Books, a real life bookshop & literary social club. Somehow she also teaches writing at NYU and in whatever time is left, when she’s not reading or taking care of her blind dog, she tries to write.Carina del Valle Schorske is a writer and literary translator based in Brooklyn. She's a Contributor to New York Times Magazine, and her first book, The Other Island, won a Whiting Nonfiction Award and is forthcoming from Riverhead.Emily Zhou’s book of short stories is forthcoming from LittlePuss Press, and her writing has appeared in e-flux journal and a few other places. She was born in Michigan and lives in New York.
Hinterlands Bar serves beer, wine, cocktails, and some food.
Location
Hinterlands Bar
739 Church Avenue
between E. 7th and E. 8th streets
Kensington, Brooklyn
(718) 633-0550
hinterlandsbar@gmail.com