Readings are in the side yard (we'll move inside in case of rain)
*Hilltop is a short walk from the Chestnut Hill West regional rail station on the CHW line.
There are a few steps to access the yard.
Free! Optional donations collected for the readers.
Light snacks provided at the break.
About the Readers:
Rahul Mehta is the author of the novel No Other World , the short story collection Quarantine, and most recently the poetry collection Feeding the Ghosts. Their work has received a Lambda Literary Award and an Asian American Literary Award and has appeared in numerous publications including the Kenyon Review, the Massachusetts Review, the Georgia Review, The Sun, and the New York Times Magazine. Born and raised in West Virginia in a Gujarati-American household, they currently live in Northwest Philly and teach in the BFA creative writing program at the University of the Arts.
Ted Rees is a poet, essayist, and editor living and working in Philadelphia. He is the author of DOG DAY ECONOMY (Roof Books, 2022, THANKSGIVING: A POEM (finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, Golias Books, 2020), and In Brazen Fontanelle Aflame (Timeless, Infinite Light, 2018). His essays have been published in The Back Room, The Poetry Project Newsletter, Libertines in the Ante-Room of Love: Poets on Punk, Full Stop Quarterly, and ON Contemporary Practice's monograph on New Narrative. He is Associate Editor for The Elephants, as well as founder and co-editor of Asterion Projects with Levi Bentley.
Raena Shirali is the author of two collections of poetry. Her first book, GILT, was released by YesYes Books in 2017 and won the 2018 Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award. Published by Black Lawrence Press in October 2022, her second book, summonings, won the 2021 Hudson Prize and was shortlisted for the 2022 Julie Suk Award. She holds an MFA in Poetry from The Ohio State University and is an Associate Professor of English at Holy Family University in Philadelphia.
Stan Mir is the author of two full-length collections, Song & Glass (Subito, 2010) and The Lacustrine Suite (Pavement Saw, 2011). His art and poetry reviews have appeared in Asian-American Literary Review, Hyperallergic, and Jacket2. He lives in Philadelphia and teaches writing and literature at Temple University.