Read The Room Presents... Belonging

April 29, 2025

Welcome to READ THE ROOM, series of readings by some of New York's leading writers. Our guest readers represent a broad cross-section of the literary world, featuring authors of published works from top magazines, newspapers, websites and books.

For this installment, we explore what it means to Belong.

We are thrilled to invite you to an evening of readings by these renowned writers (plus an audio recording artist!):

Marcy Dermansky, author of Hot Air

Santana Dempsey, reading from The One Who Loves You

Brian Gresko, The Sun Magazine

Melinda Hansen, The New York Times

Diane Mehta, author of Happier Far

Your hosts: Ronnie Rodriguez and Kathleen Squires

Not only are we serving up a buffet of contemporary literature, but as food-lovers, we are also sharing food, wine, beer, soft drinks, desserts and signed books for sale!

So, come on down to Little Italy and get your culture on!

Price: $50