Organized By Pen Parentis
619 South 2nd Street,Philadelphia (39.940575, -75.145577)
The Pen Parentis Literary Salon is thrilled to announce our first event outside of New York City: a night of readings and discussion at Head House Books in historic downtown Philadelphia, featuring Stephanie Feldman, author of the debut novel The Angel of Losses, Brian Gresko, editor of the anthology When I First Held: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the Triumphs, Challenges, and Transformative Experience of Fatherhood, and Marco Roth, author of the memoir The Scientists: A Family Romance and a founding co-editor of the magazine n+1. Each author will read from their work and then participate in an informal, salon-style roundtable about their writing and parenting lives. It's sure to be an insightful, lively evening, and we hope that you will join us. The reading takes place on Thursday, June 19th at the independently owned and operated Head House Books at 619 South 2nd Street. Event begins at 7:30pm. Free. BIOS OF THESE WONDERFUL AUTHORS (who are also parents): Stephanie Feldman grew up in Philadelphia and studied writing at the University of Pennsylvania and Barnard College. She lives in the greater Philadelphia area with her husband and daughter. The Angel of Losses (Ecco, July 2014) is her first novel. Brian Gresko is the editor of When I First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the Triumphs, Challenges, and Transformative Experience of Fatherhood (Berkley Books, 2014). His work has appeared in Poets & Writers Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, Glimmer Train Stories, and online at Salon, TheAtlantic.com, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and many other sites. He grew up just outside of Philadelphia, and now lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son. Marco Roth is the author of The Scientists: A Family Romance (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012) and a founding co-editor of the magazine n+1. He lives in Philadelphia with his daughter. More info at penparentis.org.