Track Changes: Raena Shirali & Candice Wuehle

Schedule

Tue Apr 28 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Pen & Pencil Club | Philadelphia, PA

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A listening, reading, and conversation series where writers discuss their favorite records.
About this Event

Track Changes is a monthly series where writers chat about their favorite records. Each event features one Philly-based writer and one out-of-town writer. Join us for a night of music, readings, and conversation at the Pen & Pencil Club—the oldest continuously operating press club in the U.S.


✧ ✦ This Month's Guests ✦ ✧


Raena Shirali (Philly)
Raena Shirali is the author of two books: and GILT. Her accolades include a Pushcart Prize and poetry prizes from Gulf Coast, Boston Review, & Cosmonauts Avenue. Raena has received fellowships from Yaddo, VIDA, Bucknell University, and Carolyn Moore Writers House. She lives in Philadelphia and is thus contractually obligated to say, “Go birds.”
Candice Wuehle (Iowa City)
Candice Wuehle is the author of the novel MONARCH (Soft Skull), which was selected as a Best Book of 2002 by NPR. She has also written several collections of poetry, including DEATH INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, which was selected by The Believer Magazine as a finalist for The Believer Prize. She teaches in the University of Iowa's Honors Program and publishes the Substack, Bimbo Summit.



✧ ✦ Ticket Info ✦ ✧

This is a ticketed event. Getting tickets in advance is encouraged; availability at the door is not guaranteed. Online sales end at 6pm day-of; door sales end at 7:15pm.

Sliding-scale donation tickets ($5–15 suggested) support honoraria for our terrific readers and the P&P, which generously provides space for this public event.

Want to gift a ticket to someone else? Use the pay-it-forward community ticket option. Want to claim a ticket? There's currently 2 community pool tickets available! Just email alinapleskova[at]gmail.com with your name or say "community pool" at the door.

Thank you for supporting this non-institutionally affiliated series. ♡



✧ ✦ Coming Up ✦ ✧

May 12: Kirwyn Sutherland (Philly) & Steffan Triplett (Pittsburgh)
Monthly email newsletter: https://track-changes-series.beehiiv.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/track_changes_series/

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Pen & Pencil Club, 1522 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, United States

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