TOC Reading Series: Choi! Jones! Wernersbach!

Readers of Content, We're back for our July reading, joined by Mary HK Choi, Honor Jones, and Jules Wernersbach. We'll be taking August off, so hope you'll join us on July 13 before our summer break! Jules Wernersbach is a writer and bookseller in Brooklyn. Their debut novel, Work To Do, was released on April 7, 2026 from University of Iowa Press. Their short fiction has been published in Bennington Review, Heavy Feather Review, and other journals. They are the author of Vegan Survival Guide to Austin and The Swimming Holes of Texas. Jules is co-founder of Hive Mind Books, a queer independent bookstore and coffee shop in Bushwick, Brooklyn. They have been a bookseller for a long time and also served as literary director of the Texas Book Festival. Honor Jones is a senior editor at The Atlantic, and formerly at The New York Times. She lives in Brooklyn with her three children. She earned her B.A. from the University of Virginia. Her prose has been published in the Chronicle of Higher Education and in the Summer 2007 and Winter 2008 issues of VQR. Mary H.K. Choi is the New York Times bestselling author of Emergency Contact, Permanent Record and Yolk. Her fourth novel, Pool House was published in June 2026. Permanent Record is currently being adapted for a feature film; and Yolk, for a TV series, with Choi serving as executive producer and writer for both. We'vEach ticket includes three small dishes inspired by the passages and one complimentary drink. Additional drinks will be available for purchase. Our friends Sammi and Olivia of Cocktails in Color will be mixing up cocktails inspired by our three authors' books, so you'll want to make room for a couple! And our friends at Hive Mind (Jules' bookstore!) will be with us selling books, so come ready to pick up a few copies. We do have a handful of seats reserved for sliding-scale admission to keep these events as financially accessible as possible. Please let us know if this ticket price is prohibitive for you and we’ll find a way to get you a seat at the table. These sliding scale seats are limited, so please be thoughtful about your resources and needs when making a request. For more information on physical accessibility at Insa or any other questions, please write us at biscuits@tablesofcontents.org. We can accommodate gluten-free and vegetarian diets with advance notice. If you have other restrictions or aversions you are of course still encouraged to attend, you just may not be able to partake in every course. Please be sure to notify us of any serious allergies in advance and remind us at the event. * * Doors will open at 6:40 so feel free to come a few minutes early to grab a drink and get settled. See you all July 13th at Insa! —TOC