Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 6:00 PM

Nameless Writers Salon Returns for Third Season with National & Bestselling Authors

Greenport, NY — The acclaimed salon-style reading series Nameless Writers Salon, co-created by artist Kara Hoblin & author Matthew Daddona, is pleased to announce the launch of its third season. The eleventh installment of the series will take place Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at Sound View Greenport. The evening’s theme is “Appleseed: The Core of What Makes Us Human (Or What Poisons Us),” inviting guest authors to probe myths, origins, and contradictions in human identity. Matthew Daddona will kick off the season as our host & participating reader.

This season opens with a powerhouse lineup: Marlon James, Booker Prize–winning author and New York Times bestseller; Isaac Fitzgerald, bestselling author and Today Show contributor; Nicholas Boggs, celebrated author, editor, and literary critic; and Emily Flouton, award-winning short story writer with work in The Atlantic, Tin House, and Publishers Weekly. Each will present new, original work across fiction, nonfiction, or hybrid forms, designed to challenge, unsettle, and illuminate.

Nicholas Boggs is the author of Baldwin: A Love Story (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), a finalist for the 2025 Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction. He co-edited Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood (with French artist Yoran Cazac), and is a recipient of a 2023 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant, with residencies at Yaddo and MacDowell.

Isaac Fitzgerald is author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts (a New York Times bestseller and award winner) and How to Be a Pirate, among other works. His essays and features have appeared in numerous national publications. He currently resides on the North Fork of Long Island and is at work on his next book, American Rambler.

Marlon James (b. 1970) is one of the most celebrated voices in contemporary fiction. His A Brief History of Seven Killings won the 2015 Booker Prize. His other works, including Black Leopard, Red Wolf, have earned national recognition and acclaim.

Emily Flouton is a writer from Massachusetts living in Brooklyn. Her short stories and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, Tin House, Publishers Weekly, The Massachusetts Review, Gay Magazine, Subtropics, The Forge, DIAGRAM, and other places. She won the 2020 Kurt Brown Fiction Prize from AWP, holds an MFA in creative writing from Portland State University, and teaches at Lighthouse Writers Workshop.

Nameless Writers Salon began in January 2024 and quickly became a local favorite: the inaugural salon drew capacity crowds and even maintained a waiting list, with Sound View accommodating 60 patrons per event. The salon is always free to attend in the spirit of art being shared and open to all. Monthly salons are set in The Library of the hotel and feature a rotating curator who selects themes and up to five readers per event. The Halyard restaurant is open for food and beverages purchases. A short intermission sometimes includes a giveaway or trivia, and in classic salon tradition, guests are seated among new company (though parties are kept together). Over the course of the first two seasons, the series has developed a dedicated audience across writing, arts, and literary communities.

As the third season opens, Nameless Writers Salon reaffirms its commitment to literary risk-taking, communal connection, and the fostering of conversation across genre and perspective. The November 18th salon (the 11th in the series) promises to set the tone for a season of provocative literary exploration.

Event Details (Season Kickoff – Salon #11)

• Date & Time: Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 6:00 PM
• Venue: Sound View Greenport Library / The Halyard, Greenport, NY
• Theme: Appleseed: The Core of What Makes Us Human (Or What Poisons Us)
• Featured Readers: Marlon James, Isaac Fitzgerald, Nicholas Boggs, Matthew Daddona, Emily Flouton
• Format: Each reader presents new work; intermission; opportunity for conversation and community among attendees, Open mic at the end if time allows
• Attendance: Free (MUST RSVP due to limited seating)
• Food & Drink: Available for purchase through The Halyard Restaurant
• Seating: Guests may be seated among others (parties remain together)

For press inquiries, media passes, or interview opportunities with the curators or attending authors, contact Kara Hoblin & Magrino PR.