Bushwick is a literary neighborhood. We have a disproportionate number of well-stocked used book stores and cafes perfect for banging out the first draft of your book, so it only makes sense that when the MIXER Reading & Music Series lost their space of nearly 10 years when Cake Shop closed on the Lower East Side, Our Wicked Lady welcomed it with open arms. 

Their upcoming reading and performance on Wednesday, June 7, is both a 10 year anniversary party and a benefit for Planned Parenthood, co-hosted with The Rumpus, VIDA, a non-profit dedicated to supporting women in the literary arts, Riverhead Books, and Shoe Market.

Hosts Michelle Campagna, Melissa Febos, and Rebecca Keith all came to organize the series through their shared connections at Sarah Lawrence College. Bushwick Daily sat down with two of them—Campagna and Keith—to discuss the move to another neighborhood and how they’ve kept up with the series over the course of a decade.