Join us for the seventh Bricks Reading event of 2023 at H&H Books.

The Bricks is a reading series dedicated to building transcultural conversations on literature & aesthetics.

This event is sponsored by Blue Stoop! Light refreshments will be provided.

Daisuke Shen is the author of the forthcoming short story collection Vague Predictions & Prophecies (CLASH Books, August 2024), and the novella Funeral (co-authored with Vi Khi Nao, KERNPUNKT Press 2023).

Gabriel Ramirez is a Queer Afro-Caribbean poet, activist, and teaching artist. A 2023 Gregory Djanikian Scholar in Poetry at Adroit Journal. Gabriel has received fellowships from Palm Beach Poetry Festival, The Watering Hole, Miami Book Fair, CantoMundo, and Callaloo. Gabriel’s electrifying writing and performance are catalysts towards healing and brings awareness to mental health, Afro-Latinidad, the African Diaspora, self-care, masculinity, and social change.

Holly M. Wendt is the author of Heading North (Braddock Avenue Books, November 7, 2023), and teaches English and Creative Writing at Lebanon Valley College.