Book Readings at Counterpath, October 24th at 7pm

Independent publisher and arts space Counterpath has announced an upcoming multi-author literary event scheduled for Saturday, October 24, 2026, at 7:00 PM. The reading, hosted at Counterpath’s venue at 7935 East 14th Avenue in Denver, CO will feature five acclaimed poets, essayists, and novelists: Julia Cohen, Patrick Cottrell, Kazim Ali, Susan Briante, and Prageeta Sharma. 

The event is free and open to the public.

Featured Readers

• Julia Cohen, author of the lyric essay collection I Was Not Born (Noemi Press) and poetry titles including Collateral Light, will present work alongside her latest book, Freak Lip (TRP, 2026).

  
  

• Patrick Cottrell, Denver-based writer and author of Sorry to Disrupt the Peace (McSweeney’s), will read from his recent work, including Afternoon Hours of a Hermit (Ecco).

  
  

• Kazim Ali, author of over twenty books across multiple genres and winner of the 2021 Banff Mountain Environmental Book Award for Northern Light, brings wide-ranging work spanning poetry, memoir, and translation studies.

  
  

• Susan Briante, University of Arizona creative writing professor and author of Defacing the Monument and 13 Questions for the Next Economy (a CLMP Firecracker Award finalist), will read from her essay and poetry collections.

  
  

• Prageeta Sharma, Henry G. Lee '37 Professor of English at Pomona College, 2025 NEA Creative Writing Fellow, and founder of the Thinking Its Presence conference, will feature work from her six poetry collections, including Onement Won (Wave Books).

  
  

For more information, please visit https://counterpathpress.org.