Thursday, Sep 24, 2026 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Join us for a reading from writers Mark Leidner, Megan Boyle, Blake Butler, Timothy Willis Sanders, and Matthew Washington hosted by Joseph Grantham and Ashleigh Bryant Phillips on Thursday, September 24th at 6:30 PM.

Megan Boyle is a writer who was born on October 15, 1985. She lives in Baltimore, MD. Her book LIVEBLOG was published in novel form by New York Tyrant Books in 2018.

Blake Butler is the author of twelve book-length works, including Molly (Archway Editions), Alice Knott (Riverhead), 300,000,000 (Harper Perennial), There is No Year (Harper Perennial), and Scorch Atlas (Featherproof Books), as well as the nonfictional Nothing: A Portrait of Insomnia (Harper Perennial). His short fiction, interviews, reviews, and essays have appeared widely, including in The New York Times, Harper’s, The Paris Review, Fence, Bomb, Bookforum, and as an ongoing column at Vice. In 2021, he was longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. He is a founding editor of HTMLGIANT.

Mark Leidner's latest book of poetry is Elegy for Pangaea (Fonograph Editions, 2026). His previous book, Returning the Sword to the Stone, was named best Poetry of 2021 by the New York Times. He also wrote the story collection Under the Sea (Tyrant Books, 2019) and the 2018 feature-length sci-fi thriller Empathy, Inc. More info about his writing can be found at markleidner.com

Timothy Willis Sanders is the author of three short story collections, Modern Massacres (Publishing Genius), Orange Juice and Other Stories (Publishing Genius) and Matt Meets Vik (CCM). He lives in San Francisco.

Matthew Washington is a writer from North Carolina. He is a recent graduate of Appalachian State University, obtaining a B.A. in Creative Writing and a minor in Art History. His work appears in BRUISER, R&R Journal, and Blood+Honey.

 

Flyer art by Saige Hopkins.