Writers Studio Fall Reading in Brooklyn

Before we shut down our Meetup account we wanted you to know about our latest reading!
Hosted by poet Lisa Badner, this will feature four great readers giving us a mixture of fiction, poetry and memoir including Jay Kidd, Andrea Marcusa, Stephen Kim & Cassie Burkhardt.
Bios:
Jay Kidd is the author of the poetry chapbook, All The Beauty. His award-winning poetry has appeared in many publications including, Bellevue Literary Review, Ruminate Magazine, Atlanta Review, The Florida Review, Crosswinds Poetry Journal, Mudfish, and others. Jay is a past winner of Atlanta Review’s International Poetry Competition, as well as Ruminate Magazine’s Janet B. McCabe Prize for Poetry. He is also a five-time Pushcart Prize nominee. Jay studies the craft of writing at The Writers Studio where he is a student in Philip Schultz’s Master Class. He lives in East Hampton, New York.
**Andrea Marcusa'**s fiction, nonfiction and prose poetry has appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Moon City Review, Milk Candy Review, Citron Review, and others. She’s received recognition in a range of competitions, including Smokelong, Best Microfiction, and Cleaver, and is the author of the chapbook "What We Now Live With," (Bottlecap Press.) She's a member of the faculty at The Writer's Studio in New York City where she teaches online Flash Fiction.
Stephen K. Kim (he/him) is a queer Korean American writer and educator in New Jersey. He enjoys spending time with his husband and his cat. His poems, fiction, and nonfiction appear in Ghost City Review, Neologism, Frozen Sea, the Palisades Review, AC|DC Journal, and elsewhere. He is a Best of the Net nominee and a student and teacher at the Writers Studio.
Cassie Burkhardt is the author of “Dear Boobs” her first chapbook, published in 2025 by Bottlecap Press. Her work has won prizes and been nominated for a Pushcart. Find more of her poems and stories in New Ohio Review, Rattle, Cagibi, Ethel Zine, Cleaver, Misfit and others. She writes for The Philadelphia Citizen, has three kids and her husband let her come here tonight as long as she comes home right away after.