"Personal Velocity" organized by Katie Bennett. The series will feature personal stories (creative nonfiction/ memoir) by Philadelphia-based writers who identify as women, nonbinary, and trans.
The Readers:
Andalyn Young’s writing has appeared in Seneca Review, on Montez Press Radio, and as part of the performance Legal Tender—a dance and poetry collaboration with artist Kyle Dacuyan, presented by FringeArts in Philadelphia. In addition to writing, Andalyn has been making multidisciplinary performances since 2012. Her work has spanned dance, theater, video, radio, and installation.
Ana Woulfe is a queer femme artist, transexuelle, vegan, weirdo, smiley face, caring person, etc. etc living on occupied Lenape land (“Philadelphia”) and the world wide web at deeperclarity.net. Her comics and writing take a playful and chaotic approach to bodies, brains and nature in order to process the unpredictable ups and downs of everyday life.
Nina St. Pierre is the author of the memoir, Love is a Burning Thing, which was featured in People Magazine and the LA Times, and named one of Esquire's Best Memoirs of 2024. Nina's work examines intersections of the sacred and the mundane. Her essays and features on spirituality, queerness, the body, and the American West, have been published in GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Gossamer, Outside, Bitch, The Cut, Elle, NYLON, and more. She was a 2023 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Nonfiction Literature, a 2023 Religion and Environment Story Project Fellow, and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Rutgers-Camden. Iowa born and California-bred, she calls Brooklyn home.
Emma Copley Eisenberg is the author of the nationally bestselling novelHousematesand the narrative nonfiction bookThe Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia,which was named aNew York TimesNotable Book and was nominated for an Edgar Award, a Lambda Literary Award, and an Anthony Award, among other honors. Her fiction has appeared inGranta, McSweeney’s, VQR, American Short Fiction,and other publications. Raised in New York City, she lives in Philadelphia, where she co-founded Blue Stoop, a community hub for the literary arts.