In March, we’re hosting two rounds of Personal Velocity, the first on Wednesday 3/4 and the second on Tuesday 3/31.

March 4’s lineup includes Marion Bell, Sadie Dupuis, and Eirinie Carson!

Organized by Katie Bennett, Personal Velocity is a monthly reading series featuring personal essays by women, nonbinary, and trans writers. The series will run every month from Aug '25 - Aug '26, thanks to a generous grant from Penn Treaty Special Services District.

Accessibility note: Personal Velocity is held in the basement workshop space at H&H Books, which is down a flight of stairs.

About the Authors:

Marion Bell is a poet who lives in Philadelphia. She is the author of Austerity (Radiator Press, 2019). More recent writing can be found in Recenter Press Poetry Journal.

Sadie Dupuis is the guitarist, songwriter & singer of rock band Speedy Ortiz, as well as the producer & multi-instrumentalist behind pop project Sad13. Sadie heads the record label and journal Wax Nine, and her poetry and prose have appeared in Rolling Stone, the Rumpus, Tape Op, and more. Mouthguard, her first book, was published in 2018 (Gramma); Cry Perfume, a second poetry collection, was released in 2022 (Black Ocean). She is a founding organizer of United Musicians & Allied Workers and its local UMAW Philly.

Eirinie Carson is a member of the Writers Grotto in San Francisco and a frequent contributor to Mother magazine. Her work has also appeared in LitHub, Notre Dame Review, Mortal Mag, Electric Literature, The Sonora Review, and others. Bloodfire, Baby is her first novel.