Patchwork, a feminist literary salon, brings together authors across genres and stages in their careers to create a colorful tapestry of radical, experimental, and feminist writing and community. Join us monthly for readings, lively conversation, drink specials, books for sale, and an opportunity to mingle and connect with fellow feminist writers and readers!
DATE: Wednesday, October 16
TIME: 7:00pm doors; 7:30 start
LOCATION: SISTERS, 900 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY 11238
FREE! Your RSVP is appreciated to help us gauge venue capacity, but not required.
Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Hive Mind Books, with a portion of proceeds benefitting the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund.
Patchwork is hosted by NADINE SANTORO. Nadine Santoro is a multi-disciplinary artist, writer, and facilitator. She works as the Publicity & Events Coordinator at the Feminist Press, leads retreats, and teaches on creative attention. Nadine is the co-host of the podcast Thinking Straight, a lesbian anthropological dig into the world of heterosexual romance novels, and writes The Doorway, a biweekly snail-mail newsletter. She lives in Brooklyn with her fiancee and their two senior dogs, Knives and Young Neil.
Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Hive Mind Books, with a portion of proceeds benefitting the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund.
🪡 ABOUT OUR READERS 🪡
ALEC POLLAK is a writer, academic, and organizer. She is the winner of the 2023 Hazel Rowley Prize and the 2018 Ursula Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellowship for her work on a biography of Joanna Russ. Her writing appears in the LA Review of Books, the Yale Review, and various academic publications. She is a PhD candidate in the Department of Literatures in English at Cornell University.
EMMA RAMADAN is an educator and literary translator from French. She was awarded the PEN Translation Prize for Abdellah Taïa’s A Country for Dying, and has also received the Albertine Prize, two NEA Fellowships, and a Fulbright. Her other translations include Anne Garréta's Sphinx, Barbara Molinard's Panics, and Marguerite Duras's Me & Other Writing.
AMELIA POSSANZA (she/her) is a full-time book publicist and part-time writer. Her debut book Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives was named a Best Book of 2023 and received the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir. Her work has also appeared in The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, LitHub, Electric Literature, The Millions, and NPR’s Invisibilia. She teaches creative writing to high schoolers through Lambda Literary’s Writers in School program, coaches swimming with Team New York Aquatics, and occasionally volunteers aboard the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. She currently lives in Flatbush with her cat.
Patchwork is hosted by NADINE SANTORO. Nadine is a multi-disciplinary artist, writer, and facilitator. She works as the Publicity & Events Coordinator at the Feminist Press, leads retreats, and teaches on creative attention. Nadine is the co-host of the podcast Thinking Straight, a lesbian anthropological dig into the world of heterosexual romance novels, and writes The Doorway, a biweekly snail-mail newsletter. She lives in Brooklyn with her fiancée and their two senior dogs, Knives and Young Neil.