Featuring short readings from: Alina Grabowski, Brian Allen Carr, Mike Nagel, Kyle Seibel, and Adam Voith

Sunday July 20, 10:00 in the A.M. at Livra Books

ALINA GRABOWSKI is a writer from coastal Massachusetts. Her debut novel, Women and Children First, was released in 2024. She holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.F.A. from Vanderbilt University. For 2025-26, she will be the James C. McCreight fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. Though her stories are set in New England, she lives in Austin, Texas.

BRIAN ALLEN CARR is an Aspen Words finalist and a Wonderland Book Award winner. He was the recipient of the first ever Texas Observer Story Prize (as judged by Larry McMurtry) and his story “Whisper to Scar” was adapted as the feature film Weightless. His books include Opioid, Indiana, Bad Foundations, and Motherfucking Sharks. He was born in Austin, Texas and lives in Indiana. 

MIKE NAGEL is the author of Duplex and Culdesac, both available now from Autofocus Books. Mike is an essayist, workaday copywriter, ex-columnist for Little Engines, and the Father of Unintentionalism. He lives in Dallas, Texas.

KYLE SEIBEL's debut short story collection, Hey You Assholes, is available now from Clash Books. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.

ADAM VOITH is a writer, editor of Little Engines, and retired booking agent. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.