‘A Catalogue of Risk’: Launch and Reading with Alisha Mascarenhas
Join us at Upstart & Crow for an evening of poetry with Brooklyn-based poet Alisha Mascarenhas, joined by local writers Sasha J. Langford and Danielle LaFrance, as we celebrate the launch of Mascarenhas’ new collection, A Catalogue of Risk. This debut book of poetry is a “volte-face of the neoliberal market economy’s construction of isolated, individual ...read more
Monday, Jun 23 Upstart & Crow Studio
Writing Toward Borderless Solidarities: A Workshop with Poet in Residence, Preeti Kaur Dhaliwal
Presented in collaboration with Indian Summer Festival, this generative workshop with Preeti Kaur Dhaliwal, Upstart & Crow’s 2025 Poet in Residence, invites participants to explore the theme of borderless solidarities through creative writing, connection, and shared reflection. We’ll begin with a series of freewriting exercises that invite you to explore the idea of borders — between people, places, identities, and within ourselves. ...read more
Wednesday, Jun 25 Upstart & Crow Studio
Listen to the Land Speak: Manchán Magan Live
What if the land speaks, but we’ve simply forgotten how to listen? Join us for an unforgettable evening with one of Ireland’s most visionary voices. On Wednesday, July 9 at 6:30 p.m., Irish writer and documentarian Manchán Magan invites us to tune in again to the forgotten frequencies of the natural world in a special ...read more
Wednesday, Jul 9 Upstart & Crow Studio
The Way Around: A Q&A with Nicholas Triolo
Join us on Tuesday, July 15 at 7pm for an intimate Q&A with writer, editor, and athlete Nicholas Triolo, whose new book The Way Around has been hailed as a “beautiful, intricate rebuke to our obsession with linearity and outcome” (Robert MacFarlane). Raised in a family of elite athletes—and in a culture obsessed with goals, grit, and linear achievement—Nicholas Triolo ...read more
Tuesday, Jul 15 Upstart & Crow Studio