Pete’s Reading Series: Richard Mirabella, Soraya Palmer & Kirthana Ramisetti

Richard Mirabella is a writer and office worker living in upstate New York. His work has appeared in Story Magazine, American Short Fiction, Split Lip Magazine, and elsewhere. He is the author of the novel Brother & Sister Enter the Forest.

Soraya Palmer is a Flatbush-born-and-raised writer and licensed social worker who advocates for survivors of gender-based violence who are facing criminal charges related to their abuse. She has been awarded a residency at Blue Mountain Center and interviewed for her work against police brutality, gentrification, and violence in The New York Times and BuzzFeed News. She lives in New York. The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts is her first novel.

Kirthana Ramisetti earned her MFA in creative writing from Emerson College, and has had her work published in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and more. Her debut novel, Dava Shastri’s Last Day, was a Good Morning America book club selection and her new novel Advika and the Hollywood Wives will be published in April 2023. She lives in New York City.