I Scream Social: featuring Amber Isaac, Jen Parkhill, Dee Lalo Garcia

June 27, 2025 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (CDT)

Description

We're celebrating Pride Month with a stunning queer line-up, featuring writers Amber Isaac, Jen Parkhill, and Dee Lalo Garcia! Giveaways, a curated playlist, and a fun time to be had! 

Presented by Host Publications, I Scream Social is a monthly feminist reading series and ice cream party that takes place at Alienated Majesty Books. We aim to celebrate and empower historically marginalized writers and share incredible literature and diverse perspectives to an Austin-area audience. Hosted by Host Publications editors Annar Veröld & Claire Bowman! Free & open to all! 

✦✦✦ Reader Bios ✦✦✦ 

Amber Isaac is Infrarrealista Review’s Book Reviews Editor and poetry instructor. She is the author of Peppermint from Plancha Press and Remember the Internet: r/WatchPeopleDie from Instar Books. You can follow her on IG @official_peppermint_poetry. 

Jen Parkhill (they/she) “JP”, is a first generation Cuban-American multi-disciplinary artist, born in Southern California. As a writer, director, actor, all of their work begins with a poem. A proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community, and a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts, JP’s writing has appeared in literary magazines, including BrUNch Mag, Eggy Pan, and Mercer St. Her poems have appeared in the films Far Rock, 100 Years or Less, Honey & Milk, and others. Her poem, "Yellow" is a grand prize recipient of the True Colors Challenge by Moleskine + Vocal was awarded second place in the next great American Novel challenge. Additionally, you can find them on the roster of typewriter poets at Ars Poetica, a creative events agency providing an artistic antidote for making the world a more connected and meaningful place. 

Dee Lalo Garcia is a Texas-based, queer Chicano writer, editor, and instructor whose roots run deep in South Texas—specifically “el 956.” He navigates between reflecting and chronicling at the intersection of joterías y mamadas, chismeando his way through online and offline discourse. He insists his students call him “Profe” at Austin Community College’s Creative Writing Department, and outside campus walls, he serves as the nonfiction editor for Infrrarealista Review, where he and a band of literary misfits are committed to amplifying voices across Texas. His debut essay collection, Bien Chingon: Vatos and Other Essays, is set to drop in Spring 2026 through Plancha Press. You can find him weaponizing his MFA via shitposting on most social media channels @ytuequevato (pronounced ee-two-kay-va-toe). 

✦✦✦ OPEN MIC DETAILS ✦✦✦ 

✦ Open mic details: sign ups for the open mic begin at 6:45pm. 

✦ The open mic is reserved for writers from historically marginalized communities. 

✦ Because slots are limited and we want to make room for everyone, we ask that you wait until 7:10 to sign up if you joined us for the open mic the previous month. 

✦✦✦ NOTES ✦✦✦ 

✦ This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. 

✦ Health and safety note: masks are encouraged and will be provided for this month's I Scream Social

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