Autumnal is such a delicious word. Or in more online parlance: autumnal is a beautiful name for a vibe. Whatever, it’s true…

Catch a welcome breeze incoming, and the next Track Changes on September 15 featuring multi-instrumentalist, singer, producer, and acclaimed poet Sadie Dupuis along with bestselling author M.L. Rio (celebrating the paperback release of her third book, Hot Wax)!

Copies of our guest’s books will be available from beloved local spot H&H Books, who will be our book vendors!

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Sadie Dupuis is the guitarist, songwriter & singer of rock band Speedy Ortiz, as well as the producer & multi-instrumentalist behind pop project Sad13. Sadie heads the record label Wax Nine, edits its poetry journal, and has contributed to Spin, Tape Op, Talkhouse, and more. She holds an MFA in poetry from UMass Amherst, where she also taught writing. Mouthguard, her first book, was published in 2018 (Gramma); Cry Perfume, a second poetry collection, was released in 2022 (Black Ocean). She is a founding organizer of United Musicians & Allied Workers and its local UMAW Philly.

M.L. Rio has been an actor, a bookseller, an academic, and a music writer. She holds an MA in Shakespeare studies and a PhD in English literature. She is the author of the internationally bestselling novel If We Were Villains, the USA TODAY bestselling novella Graveyard Shift, and Hot Wax.

The August edition of Track Changes with Olivia Muenz and Isaac Pickell featured the very first appearance of a song from a musical on this series, the deeply important revelation that Nina Simone covered Leonard Cohen, a formative early hip-hop classic, the tender indie folk of one’s (perhaps also yours?) youth, making art about being unwell while being unwell, and more — have a listen to the playlist below.

♫ Track Changes 011: Olivia Muenz & Isaac Pickell ♫


Yours in lengthening shadows,

♡ Alina

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