Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by joining us as we kick off election season on Oct 3rd, at 7pm! Featuring John Manuel Arias, Prachi Gupta (@prachigu), and Anjali Khosla (@_anjalikhosla). Going to be a hell of a night!! Link in bio

The Rally marches on!! Join us as we kick off election season on Oct. 3rd at 7pm. We’ll be featuring the staggering talents of John Manuel Arias, @prachigu, and @_anjalikhosla for readings and action at @PetesCandyStore. Going to be a great night!! For more visit the link in bio!

The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort & convenience, but where they stand on joining us at @petescandystore as we kick off our new season on 9/5, at 7pm! Featuring the  talents of @nellfreuden, @BenPurkert, and Megan Nolan. Link in bio!

Join us on 9/5 at 7pm at @petescandystore with Megan Nolan, whose debut, Acts of Desperation, has been translated into 13 languages & nominated for The Dylan Thomas Prize. Her 2nd novel, Ordinary Human Failings, was shortlisted for The Gordon Burn Prize, the Orwell Prize, & more!

Join us on 9/5 at 7pm at @petescandystore to kick off our new season with @BenPurkert, whose debut novel, The Men Can’t Be Saved, was named one of @VanityFair's Top 20 Books of 2023. His writing has appeared in @NewYorker, @thenation, @Slate , & @WSJ. Link in bio!

Join us on 9/5 at 7pm at @petescandystore to kick off our new season of readings and actions with @nellfreuden, author of the novels Lost and Wanted, The Newlyweds, & The Dissident, & story collection Lucky Girls. Named one of @NewYorker “20 under 40." Link in bio!

Come through on Thursday, Sept. 5th at 7pm as we kick off election season with readings and action at @PetesCandyStore, featuring the divine work of @nellfreuden, @BenPurkert, & @_anjalikhosla. Going to be one hell of a night!! Link in bio!

The Rally marches on!! Join us as we kick off election season on Sept. 5th at 7pm. We’ll be featuring the staggering talents of @nellfreuden, @BenPurkert, & @_anjalikhosla for readings and action at @PetesCandyStore. Going to be a great night!! Link in bio!

Scenes from Thurs’s Rally! Featuring @ortile, @likethediner, @lezzdoothis & @briangresko. We raised money for queer & trans folks impacted by genocide via @TheMASGD, supporting, empowering, & connecting LGBTQ+ Muslims by challenging root causes of oppression. Donate at 🔗 in bio!

Help us close out our season by celebrating Pride TONIGHT, June 6th at 7pm! Featuring the prodigious talents of @ortile, @likethediner, and @lezzdoothis. With special guest host, @briangresko! Going to be a hell of a night!!

Join us June 6th at @petescandystore with @mattortile, author of the essay collection The Groom Will Keep His Name & co-editor of the nonfiction anthology Body Language. He's an editor, as well as a columnist, at @CNTraveler, & was  exec editor of @CatapultStory mag. Link in bio!

Join us June 6th at @petescandystore with @lezzdoothis, a Pushcart-nominated writer, whose debut memoir in essays, I'm Never Fine: Scenes and Spasms on Loss (@VineLeavesPress), was a finalist for the 2024 Eric Hoffer Book Award & the 2021 Prize Americana in Prose. Link in bio!

Join us June 6th at @petescandystore with @likethediner, a writer, actor, & musician who co-starred in @PoseOnFX, @NBCNewAmsterdam, & guest-starred on City On Fire (Apple TV). Her 2021 essay "He Made Affection Feel Simple" was published in @nytimes Modern Love. Link in bio!

Come through on Thursday, June 6th, at 7pm as we close out our season by celebrating Pride with readings and action at @PetesCandyStore. Featuring the divine work of @ortile, Denny, and @lezzdoothis. Going to be one hell of a night!! Link in bio!

The Rally marches on!! Join us to celebrate  Pride on Thursday, June 6th at 7pm. We’ll be featuring the staggering talents of @ortile, Denny, & @lezzdoothis for readings and action at @PetesCandyStore. Going to be a great night!! For more, visit the link in bio!

Scenes from Thursday’s Rally! Featuring the incredible @weitchou, @dispatchdena, & @sarah_wwang. We solicited donations for @survivepunish, a prison abolition org, dedicated to freeing criminalized survivors of gender violence held in prisons in NY. survivedandpunished.org/dona…

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of joining us TONIGHT at 7pm for readings & action at @petescandystore! Featuring the talented @weitchou, @dispatchdena, and @sarah_wwang. Gonna be great!! Link in bio.