Sixth Street Readings—October 2026

On the last Thursday of every month, Afterword Bookshop presents Sixth Street Readings, with four readers hosted by Chris Molnar and live synths from Tony Cousins. The third iteration will be on October 29th at 7pm EST. About the readers: Yagiz Ay (pronounced "eye" or "I") is a writer and musician based in New York. He is currently en route to a PhD at the CUNY Graduate Center, writing a dissertation on a bricolage of glass, Proust, and Duchamp, while working on a collection of poems, tentatively titled Save the Whale. Mikayla Bryant is a writer and archivist from North Carolina. She is currently editing her first novel. Sadie Dupuis is the guitarist, songwriter & singer of rock band Speedy Ortiz, and also works as a music producer under the project name Sad13. Sadie's poetry and prose have appeared in Rolling Stone, Tape Op, and more. She has published two books: Mouthguard (Gramma, 2018) and Cry Perfume (Black Ocean, 2022). She is a founding organizer of United Musicians & Allied Workers and its local, UMAW Philly. Mina Hamedi is a Turkish/Iranian writer and literary agent. She joined Janklow & Nesbit Associates in 2018 where she represents literary fiction and narrative nonfiction with an interest in stories from around the world. Her work can be found in BOMB Magazine, Joyland, and Off Assignment. Mina lives in New York with her husband Tony and their two Turkish street cats, Saffron and Lemon.