Join us at the Kelly Writers house for live performances from Blue Stoop’s community of teaching artists and music by HUEY, The Cosmonaut.
With readings by:
Anndee Hochman is a journalist, essayist, teaching artist and storyteller. For nine years, her column, "The Parent Trip" ran weekly in the Philadelphia Inquirer, and an anthology of those columns, along with her personal essays on parenthood, is forthcoming in fall 2025 from Temple University Press. For more than 30 years, Anndee has guided writers across the age span in poetry, memoir, storytelling and creative non-fiction, working in schools, community venues, detention centers and a tiny village on Mexico's Pacific coast.
Chukwuma "Chuks" Ndulue is a writer and teacher. He is author of the chapbook Boys Quarter (Ugly Duckling Presse). He has been the recipient of fellowships from Columbia University and the Kenyon Review.
Edythe Rodriguez is an Upper Darby poet and copywriter, hardcore Bustelo drinker and non-violent Beyhive member. She’s the author of We, the Spirits which won Grand Prize in the 2022 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest. Edythe has received fellowships from The Hurston/Wright Foundation, The Watering Hole, Brooklyn Poets and elsewhere. Her work is published in Obsidian, Brown Sugar Lit, Torch Literary Arts and elsewhere. You can follow her work at www.edytherodriguez.com.
Originally born and raised on the Northside of Wilmington, DE, Enoch is a poet, manga writer, and trauma-informed teaching artist living an anime lifestyle in Philadelphia. As a mental health advocate and human living with bipolar disorder and autism, Enoch’s work investigates the emotional and spiritual nuances of the Black human experience. Enoch is the 2017 Philadelphia Fuze Grand Slam Champion and the author of two poetry collections, “The Guide to Drowning” published in 2017 and “Burned at the Roots” published in 2020. Enoch operates as the Program Director for ArtWell, a multi-disciplinary arts programming non-profit geared towards using the arts as a medium to enhance students’ social-emotional toolkit, nurture their exploration of self, and strengthen their presence in community.
Kale Choo Hanson is a writer and editor. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Peatsmoke Journal, The Good Life Review, Glassworks, and Thirteen Bridges Review. She holds an MFA from Temple University and currently resides in South Philadelphia with her partner. Kale is represented by Nour Sallam at P.S. Literary Agency.