Bitter Kalli presents Mounted, featuring Jessica Lynne

P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Bitter Kalli to celebrate and discuss their new book, Mounted: a series of astute essays, exploring the work of Black artists and influencers from Beyoncé to filmmakers Tiona Nekkia-McClodden and Jeymes Samuel and the author's own life-long relationship to equines.

Bitter will be joined in conversation by Jessica Lynne, founder of editor of ARTS.BLACK. Along with a discussion and audience Q&A, Bitter will also sign copies of Mounted.

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• This is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating.
• Doors open at 6:30pm.
• Cost of a $5 general admission ticket can be applied towards your purchase of the featured event book or any product in our café the night of an event.
• Cost of a book bundle ticket reflects the total cost of the feature event book (MSRP plus tax). Each book bundle ticket guarantees ticket holders one (1) copy of the feature event book.
• The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we're happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!
• Masks are required for this event. Please read the note from the author below:

"I’d like all of my book events including this one to be mask required, rather than just encouraged, to reduce spread of COVID and be more accessible to all readers. I know the bookstore is a public space and may have other people browsing and shopping who aren’t masked, but I would like the audience for the talk to be masked for my own safety as well as that of audience members."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bitter Kalli is a writer and land worker originally from Brooklyn, NY. Through their work, Bitter seeks to create opportunities for liberatory storytelling, land stewardship, and collective food sovereignty.

Bitter’s writing has appeared in BOMB Magazine, Guernica Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, Arts.Black, and Architectural Digest, among others. They have received support from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the Schuylkill Environmental Center, the Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative, Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation, and Columbia University.

As a teaching artist, Bitter has worked with students at organizations including the School for Poetic Computation, the Painted Bride Arts Center, and the Rolling Library, as well as through independently produced events and workshops. Bitter is also the founder of Star Apple Farm and Nursery, a project focused on increasing access to Caribbean and Southeast Asian heritage crops.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Jessica Lynne is a writer and art critic. She is a founding editor of ARTS.BLACK, an online journal of art criticism from Black perspectives. Her writing has been featured in publications such as Artforum, The Believer, Frieze, The Los Angeles Times, The Nation, and Oxford American, where she is a contributing editor. She is the recipient of a 2020 Research and Development award from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, a 2020 Arts Writer Grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation, and the inaugural Beverley Art Writers Travel Grant awarded in 2022 by the American Australian Association. Her writing has been supported by Art Omi, Tin House, and The Carolyn Moore Writers House. Jessica holds an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. She has taught writing and lectured at institutions such as Colorado College, Northwestern University, The New School, and Yale School of Art. She is currently an associate editor at Momus and was host of the award-winning podcast, Harlem is Everywhere.