Track Changes: Austyn Wohlers & Sam Heaps

Track Changes is a monthly series where writers chat about their favorite records. Each event features one Philly-based writer and one out-of-town writer. Join us for a night of music, readings, and conversation at the Pen & Pencil Club—the oldest continuously operating press club in the U.S.

✧ ✦ This Month's Guests ✦ ✧

Sam Heaps is the author of the essay collections Proximity (Clash 2023) and Enlarging Grasps of Disorder (FutureTense 2026). They teach writing at Temple University in Philadelphia, and study philosophy at NYU. Their debut novella The Living god was released this October from SARKA Publishing.

Austyn Wohlers is a writer from Atlanta, currently living in New York. Her first novel Hothouse Bloom, called “strikingly original” by the New York Times, is out with Hub City Press.

✧ ✦ Ticket Info ✦ ✧

This is a ticketed event. Getting tickets in advance is encouraged; availability at the door is not guaranteed. Online sales end at 6pm day-of; door sales end at 7:15pm.

Sliding-scale donation tickets ($5–15 suggested) support honoraria for our terrific readers and the P&P, which generously provides space for this public event.

Want to gift a ticket to someone else? Use the pay-it-forward community ticket option. Want to claim a ticket? There are currently 2 community pool tickets available! Just email alinapleskova[at]gmail.com with your name or say "community pool" at the door.

Thank you for supporting this non-institutionally affiliated series. ♡

✧ ✦ Coming Up ✦ ✧

Save the date!

Jan 6 — Devin Kelly (NYC) & Grady Chambers (Philly)
Feb 3 — Kristina Ten (NYC) & Eshani Surya (Philly)

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