Events • Readings • Arcane City

World Literature: Rodrigo Hasbún’s “The Invisible Years” (Bolivia)

English PEN Award winner Rodrigo Hasbún and moderator Anderson Tepper dive into the secrets and shrapnel of a 20-year-old friendship ripped apart in Rodrigo’s new novel.

Reading

Tuesday, June 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM

City of Asylum

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Books Readings

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PGHwrites: Ed Simon’s “American Elegy: Reflections on 250 Years of the Dis-United States” (Book Launch)

Ed Simon presents 50 short chapters that are asynchronously organized works of flash criticism, meant to draw connections across time periods, which each celebrate an aspect of an expanded and broader “America.”

Reading

Sunday, June 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM

City of Asylum

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Books Politics Readings

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PGHwrites: Damon Young’s “That’s How They Get You” (Paperback Release)

It's the paperback release of Damon Young's riotous anthology, featuring work by Hanif Abdurraqib, Mahogany L. Browne, Wyatt Cenac, Kiese Laymon, Deesha Philyaw, Roy Wood Jr., Nicola Yoon, and more.

Reading

Monday, June 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

City of Asylum

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Books Comedy Readings

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Ditto Crush, Frogonbough, Chameleon Treat, Col Modell

Album release show for Limon Skyullz featuring Ditto Crush, Frogonbough, Chameleon Treat, and a reading by Cole Modell at Telephone

Concert

Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM

Telephone

All Ages

Door: $10

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Experimental Indie Readings

Jazz Poetry 2026: Spanish Pianist Marta Sánchez’s “For the Space You Left” & Poems by City of Asylum Writers-in-Residence

Jazz Poetry 2026 welcomes Marta Sánchez for a stunning solo-piano album release, with compositions inspired by themes of isolation and solitude, as well as intimate, improvisational poetry collaborations with four City of Asylum Writers-in-Residence.

Concert

Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

City of Asylum

All Ages

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