Ditmas Lit

MATEO ASKARIPOUR wants people to feel seen. His first novel, Black Buck, takes on racism in corporate America with humor and wit. It was an instant New York Times bestseller and a Read with Jenna Today show book club pick. Askaripour was chosen as one of Entertainment Weekly’s “10 rising stars poised to make waves” and was named as a recipient of the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” prize. This Great Hemisphere is his second novel. He lives in Brooklyn. 

AMANDA MILLER is a Brooklyn-based writer and theater artist. Her nonfiction, fiction and poetry have appeared in The Rumpus, Thieving Magpie, Jewishfiction.net, Sylvia Magazine, Fearsome Critters, Hare’s Paw, Freerange Nonfiction,  Cratelit, Underwired Magazine, and other publications. She is the author of One Breath, Then Another: A Memoir, co-editor of Words After Dark: A Lyrics, Lit & Liquor Anthology, and host of performances series' Lyrics, Lit & Liquor and Supper in Fort Lauderdale. Amanda has toured her award-winning theater pieces to festivals through the U.S., Scotland and Canada. She…