Rally Reading Series

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Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by joining us as we kick off election season on Oct 3rd, at 7pm! Featuring John Manuel Arias, Prachi Gupta (@prachigu), and Anjali Khosla (@_anjalikhosla). Going to be a hell of a night!! Link in bio

The Rally marches on!! Join us as we kick off election season on Oct. 3rd at 7pm. We’ll be featuring the staggering talents of John Manuel Arias, @prachigu, and @_anjalikhosla for readings and action at @PetesCandyStore. Going to be a great night!! For more visit the link in bio!

@BenPurkert So great to have you, Ben - thanks for joining us!! 💙

Being a writer is so often isolating and lonely but then sometimes you get to stand on stage and toss out your words to good folks in a good venue with prominent lightbulbs and here is a photo of said thing

The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort & convenience, but where they stand on joining us at @petescandystore as we kick off our new season on 9/5, at 7pm! Featuring the  talents of @nellfreuden, @BenPurkert, and Megan Nolan. Link in bio!

Join us on 9/5 at 7pm at @petescandystore with Megan Nolan, whose debut, Acts of Desperation, has been translated into 13 languages & nominated for The Dylan Thomas Prize. Her 2nd novel, Ordinary Human Failings, was shortlisted for The Gordon Burn Prize, the Orwell Prize, & more!

Join us on 9/5 at 7pm at @petescandystore to kick off our new season with @BenPurkert, whose debut novel, The Men Can’t Be Saved, was named one of @VanityFair's Top 20 Books of 2023. His writing has appeared in @NewYorker, @thenation, @Slate , & @WSJ. Link in bio!

Join us on 9/5 at 7pm at @petescandystore to kick off our new season of readings and actions with @nellfreuden, author of the novels Lost and Wanted, The Newlyweds, & The Dissident, & story collection Lucky Girls. Named one of @NewYorker “20 under 40." Link in bio!

Come through on Thursday, Sept. 5th at 7pm as we kick off election season with readings and action at @PetesCandyStore, featuring the divine work of @nellfreuden, @BenPurkert, & @_anjalikhosla. Going to be one hell of a night!! Link in bio!

The Rally marches on!! Join us as we kick off election season on Sept. 5th at 7pm. We’ll be featuring the staggering talents of @nellfreuden, @BenPurkert, & @_anjalikhosla for readings and action at @PetesCandyStore. Going to be a great night!! Link in bio!

Scenes from Thurs’s Rally! Featuring @ortile, @likethediner, @lezzdoothis & @briangresko. We raised money for queer & trans folks impacted by genocide via @TheMASGD, supporting, empowering, & connecting LGBTQ+ Muslims by challenging root causes of oppression. Donate at 🔗 in bio!

Had the fortune to open for @likethediner and @ortile at last night’s @RallyReading. And, while I felt like The Wiggles opening for the Chromatica Ball, it was simply mesmerizing to watch these artists share their work and simply occupy space with them.

Come on through!! We’ll be raising money to support the Muslim Alliance for Sexual & Gender Diversity!! 🌈

Help us close out our season by celebrating Pride TONIGHT, June 6th at 7pm! Featuring the prodigious talents of @ortile, @likethediner, and @lezzdoothis. With special guest host, @briangresko! Going to be a hell of a night!!

TOMORROW! Feat: @ortile and @likethediner, with guest host @briangresko. Pete’s Candy Store. Be there. @RallyReading

Join Joseph Lezza (@lezzdoothis) tomorrow (6/6) at 7 pm ET during the @RallyReading at Pete's Candy Story in Brooklyn, NY. For more info and for tickets: eventbrite.com/e/rally-readin…

Join us June 6th at @petescandystore with @mattortile, author of the essay collection The Groom Will Keep His Name & co-editor of the nonfiction anthology Body Language. He's an editor, as well as a columnist, at @CNTraveler, & was  exec editor of @CatapultStory mag. Link in bio!

Join us June 6th at @petescandystore with @lezzdoothis, a Pushcart-nominated writer, whose debut memoir in essays, I'm Never Fine: Scenes and Spasms on Loss (@VineLeavesPress), was a finalist for the 2024 Eric Hoffer Book Award & the 2021 Prize Americana in Prose. Link in bio!

Join us June 6th at @petescandystore with @likethediner, a writer, actor, & musician who co-starred in @PoseOnFX, @NBCNewAmsterdam, & guest-starred on City On Fire (Apple TV). Her 2021 essay "He Made Affection Feel Simple" was published in @nytimes Modern Love. Link in bio!

As a reminder, I’m on the lineup for the @RallyReading series this Thursday, 6/6, alongside @ortile and @likethediner. There will be words! And altruism! So, come on out to Williamsburg. We guarantee transcendence OR your money back.