Come ready to this reading series from Durham’s own Bull City Press for engaging poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from established and emerging writers.

July 12 at 7:00 pm (book signing at 6:45): JP Gritton & Dasia Moore with Golden Age Comedy

JP Gritton is the author of the novel Wyoming (Tin House, 2019). His stories and essays have appeared in Black Warrior Review, Greensboro Review, Missouri Review, New Ohio Review, Ploughshares, Southwest Review, and elsewhere. His translations of the work of Brazilian author Cidinha da Silva have appeared in such journals as Asymptote, Brooklyn Rail, and Literary Matters.  His awards include a Cynthia Woods Mitchell fellowship, the Meringoff prize in fiction, and the Donald Barthelme prize in fiction. He is an assistant professor of creative writing in the department of English at Duke University. photo by Katy Tartakoff

Dasia Moore is a poet whose work has appeared in journals including The Offing, Fence, and West Trade Review. In 2024, the Charleston Literary Festival named her as one of two inaugural Cato Fellows. In 2025, The Racial Imaginary Institute commissioned her to create an artist’s book, Francophile, which is currently part of an exhibition in Berlin. A queer child of the Black South, Dasia is interested in inherited language and memory. She lives, writes, and teaches in Durham.

Admission: Free!