Patchwork Literary Salon: Heredia, Kadlec, Tsang, Wolfgang-Smith

Patchwork Literary Salon brings together authors across genres and stages in their careers to create a colorful tapestry of Brooklyn’s writing community. Curated and hosted by Nadine Santoro, this monthly reading series features brief readings, lively conversation, drink specials, and an opportunity to mingle and connect with fellow writers and readers!

In June, we're celebrating Pride month (although that's kind of every month here) with a lineup of four spectacular writers across fiction and nonfiction. Join us in welcoming Alejandro Heredia, Jeanna Kadlec, Mia Arias Tsang, and Olivia Wolfgang-Smith!

DATE: Wednesday, June 11
TIME: 7:00pm doors; 7:30 start
LOCATION: SISTERS, 900 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY 11238
FREE! Your RSVP is appreciated to help us gauge venue capacity, but not required.

Our series bookseller is Hive Mind Books, and a portion of book sale proceeds from each event benefit the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund.

🪡 ABOUT OUR READERS 🪡

ALEJANDRO HEREDIA is a writer from the Bronx. He has received fellowships from LAMBDA Literary, Dominican Studies Institute, UNLV’s Black Mountain Institute, and elsewhere. He received an MFA in fiction from Hunter College. LOCA is his debut novel.

JEANNA KADLEC is the author of Heretic: A Memoir and the creator of the New York Times featured newsletter Astrology for Writers. She's also a former lingerie boutique owner and recovering academic. Her writing has appeared in ELLE, NYLON, O the Oprah Magazine, Allure, Catapult, Literary Hub, Autostraddle, and more. A born and bred Midwesterner, she now lives in New York City.

MIA ARIAS TSANG is a writer based in New York City. Her work explores themes of queer desire, intimacy, and disconnect, and has been supported by Tin House and VelvetPark Media. Her first collection, Fragments of Wasted Devotion, is out now with Quilted Press. She lives in Queens with her cat, Peanut, and is working on a novel.

OLIVIA WOLFGANG-SMITH is the author of Glassworks, which was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and, most recently Mutual Interest, which was described by Electric Literature as "Hernan Diaz's Trust but make it gay." She is a 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Fiction from The New York Foundation for the Arts and lives in Brooklyn with her partner.

Patchwork is hosted by NADINE SANTORO. Nadine is a multi-disciplinary artist, writer, and facilitator. She works as the Publicity Director at Deep Vellum, leads retreats, and teaches on creative attention. Nadine is the co-host of the podcast Thinking Straight, a lesbian anthropological dig into the world of heterosexual romance novels, and writes The Doorway, a monthly snail-mail newsletter. She lives in Brooklyn with her fiancée and their two senior dogs, Knives and Young Neil.